November 11, 2025
Published by Tradition Online at November 11, 2025
On November 9th, 75 Jewish educators, rabbis, lay-leaders, and thought leaders gathered for the second Tradition Today Summit, convened together with the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education, on “Educating Our Children to Be Ovdei Hashem in a Modern World.” Listen to the opening remarks of the assembly with Rabbi Jeffrey Saks (Editor of TRADITION), Rabbi Etan Tokayer (President, RCA), and Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman (President, Yeshiva University).
November 10, 2025
Published by Tradition Online at November 10, 2025
Last week, marking the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Israel’s Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, all youth movements across Israel joined forces for the first time to unite at Mount Herzl for a joint memorial ceremony. This hopeful display of national unity on the part of Israel’s youth should serve as an example for its adults and its leadership. Among the speakers was Rabbi Tamir Granot, father of Amital z”l, who fell in battle in defense of the land and nation of Israel.
November 8, 2025
Published by Tradition Online at November 8, 2025
In this episode of our podcast, Tzvi Sinensky, co-editor of TRADITION’s special issue on the intellectual legacy of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, speaks with author Alex Israel about his essay in the volume, “Not by Might: Aversion to Power in Rabbi Sacks’ Writings.” They consider Rabbi Sacks’ 2016 debate with Rabbi Shlomo Riskin on the pages of “The Jewish Review of Books” about Jews’ complicated relationship with power, R. Sacks’ reading of Genesis’ “Divine Image” as a moral counterweight to power, and speculate about how he might have responded in the wake of October 7th.
November 6, 2025
Published by Tradition Online at November 6, 2025
In memory of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ upon his fifth Yahrzeit, Chaim Strauchler uses a 2012 comedic YouTube clip “Rowan and Jonny” to celebrate how R. Sacks’ career transformed the image of the rabbi in modern culture and society.
November 4, 2025
Published by Jeffrey Saks at November 4, 2025
Join us in Teaneck on Sunday evening, November 9 for an in-person event: Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter and a panel of respondents on “Historical Realities & Educational Methodologies”— the open to the public Keynote event of the Tradition Today Summit convened with the Azrieli Graduate School of Education.
November 3, 2025
Published by Tradition Online at November 3, 2025
Listen to the recording of our online event marking the publication of TRADITION's special volume, published in partnership with the Rabbi Sacks Legacy, exploring the intellectual legacy of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z"l.
November 2, 2025
Published by Tradition Online at November 2, 2025
Join TRADITION’s consulting editor, Dr. Erica Brown, for a special Zoom event commemorating the fifth yahrzeit of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z”l, on Monday November 10 at 8:00pm (ET). Dr. Brown will be discussing her essay, “Staying Alive: The Dangers of Leadership” from our recent special issue on the Intellectual Legacy of Rabbi Sacks.
November 2, 2025
Published by Jeffrey Saks at November 2, 2025
TRADITION, together with the Rabbi Sacks Legacy, is proud to host an online launch of our special issue dedicated to the Intellectual legacy of Rabi Jonathan Sacks as part of a series of events to be taking place worldwide in advance of Rabbi Sacks' upcoming 5th yahrzeit. Join us on Zoom TODAY, Sunday, November 2.
November 2, 2025
Published by Jeffrey Saks at November 2, 2025
This week marks 30 years since the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin z”l. That the assassin was a self-identifying member of the Religious Zionist community has been a source of shame and cause for self-reflection for our community these three decades. Explore treatments of this in the TRADITION Archive.