TRADITION is a quarterly print journal of Orthodox Jewish thought, principally concerned with covering theology, philosophy, law, and history. TRADITION is a scholarly publication aiming to have a broad impact in its related academic fields as well as within the life of our religious community.
"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the transmission of fire." ―
Academy for Torah Initiatives, Jerusalem
Yitzchak Blau
Yeshivat Orayta, Jerusalem
Hillel Goldberg
Intermountain Jewish News, Denver
Chaim Strauchler
Rinat Israel, Teaneck, NJ
Erica Brown
Yeshiva University, NY
Joel B. Wolowelsky
Shlomo Zuckier
University of Toronto
Hayyim Angel
Yeshiva University
David Berger
Yeshiva University
Rivkah T. Blau
Stern College, NY
Judith Bleich
Touro College, NY
Mali Brofsky
MSW, Israel
Daniel Z. Feldman
Yeshiva University
Dov I. Frimer
Frimer Gellman & Co., Jerusalem
Menachem Genack
Orthodox Union, NY
Mark Gottlieb
Tikvah Fund
Lawrence A. Kobrin
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Yona Reiss
Chicago Rabbinical Council
Sarah Rudolph
Independent Scholar
Benjamin J. Samuels
Shaarei Tefillah, Newton Center, MA
Jacob J. Schacter
Yeshiva University
David Shatz
Yeshiva University
Avraham Walfish
Herzog College, Israel
Natan Levin
Elisha Price
Uriel Sussman
Rivka Werner
Michal Haber
Norman Lamm z"l
Founding Editor (1958-1962)
Walter S. Wurzburger z"l
1962-1988
Emanuel Feldman
1988-2001
Michael A. Shmidman
2001-2004
Shalom Carmy
2004-2019
Print Journal ISSN 0041-0608 | TraditionOnline Digital ISSN 2768-0231
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Rabbi Etan Tokayer, President
Rabbi Menachem Penner, Executive Vice President
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