October 29, 2019
As part of Tradition’s upcoming symposium on the 25th anniversary of Prof. Haym Soloveitchik’s “Rupture and Reconstruction: The Transformation of Contemporary Orthodoxy” we will be featuring […]
October 28, 2019
Looking Backward Halakha and Homeland Redux Lawrence A. Kobrin [“Looking Backward” is an occasional feature on TraditionOnline.org in which we ask authors to reflect on their […]
October 23, 2019
Gishat HaTemurot [Hebrew], edited by Hezi Cohen and Aviad Evron (Maggid Books, 2019), 288 pages Reviewed by David Curwin In the decades following the onset of […]
October 17, 2019
In this new episode of the TRADITION podcast, editor Jeffrey Saks chats with Atara Eis and Laurie Novick about their essay “Reconstruction in No Man’s Land.” […]
October 10, 2019
The BEST: Daniel Deronda Author: George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) by Yitzchak Blau Summary: Eliot’s classic novel, set in Victorian England, focuses on social commentary and moral […]
October 3, 2019
Review: Teshuva Insights in Unexpected Places This is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared by Alan Lew Reviewed by Rabbi Avi Finegold Ten years ago, Rabbi […]
September 27, 2019
“TODAY IS THE BIRTHDAY OF THE (WARMING) WORLD” Chaim Strauchler Today, the average temperature of the Earth’s climate is rising. Though earlier epochs also experienced warming, […]
September 26, 2019
The BEST: “The Life of Samuel Johnson” by James Boswell Consumption Time: ~54 hours Summary: Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an eighteenth-century poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary […]
September 22, 2019
The scandalous reports of grotesque and criminal cases of child pornography in two of our community’s flagship educational institutions are tragic and shocking. It is a […]
September 19, 2019
The BEST: Changing Lanes by Herbert J. Cohen Consumption Time: 1 hour 39 minutes Summary: Gavin Banek is a successful New York lawyer. His task for the day is […]