June 7, 2021

REVIEW: Yiddish Letters

Rivkah Blau reviews a new collection of letters translated from Yiddish, which offers a view of Jewish life in 17th-century European Jewry.
June 3, 2021

The BEST: The Meaning of History 

Joe Kanofsky introduces us to the thought of Russian political philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev, who serves as a model of the flaws in constraining the sweep of Jewish history to one philosophical or theological view.
June 1, 2021

New and Noteworthy Hebrew Books

TRADITION’s seasonal roundup of noteworthy new Hebrew books in academic Jewish studies.
May 31, 2021

REVIEW: Making Decisions

Shayna Goldberg’s new book offers helpful guidance for a world where decision making has become more challenging. Yitzchak Blau reviews…
May 27, 2021

The BEST: Lincoln’s Second Inaugural

Menachem Genack read’s Lincoln’s Second Inaugural and discovers the profundity of the President’s religious thought – this week in “The BEST.”
May 26, 2021

PODCAST: Rav Henkin as Posek and Thinker

On the TRADITION Podcast Rabbanit Chana Henkin discusses the legacy of her late husband, Rav Yehuda Herzl Henkin zt”l, as a thinker and posek (shared broadcast from the 2021 RCA Convention).
May 25, 2021

Remembering Rav Hayyim Volozhiner

Today marks the 200th Yahrzeit of R. Hayyim of Volozhin – learn more about him in “The Pages of TRADITION” with Prof. Shnayer Z. Leiman.
May 23, 2021

REVIEW: Mahalakhim ba-Mikra

Yaakov Bieler reviews a new work of biblical interpretation by R. Yehuda Henkin z”l, drawing our attention to the author’s careful use of the insights of modern scholarship and sensitivity to women’s roles in biblical narratives.
May 20, 2021

Rabbi Lamm: First Yahrzeit Event

Watch a recording of the special memorial program for TRADITION’s founder Rabbi Norman Lamm.