Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought

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." ― Gustav Mahler

Editor

Jeffrey Saks

Academy for Torah Initiatives, Jerusalem

Associate Editors

Yitzchak Blau

Yeshivat Orayta, Jerusalem

Hillel Goldberg

Intermountain Jewish News, Denver

Chaim Strauchler

Rinat Israel, Teaneck, NJ

Consulting Editors

Erica Brown

Yeshiva University, NY

Joel B. Wolowelsky

Shlomo Zuckier

University of Toronto

Editorial Committee

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

Editorial Assistants

Natan Levin

Elisha Price

Uriel Sussman

Rivka Werner

Editorial Assistant, TraditionOnline.org

Michal Haber

Past Editors

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

Published by and © the Rabbinical Council of America since 1958

Rabbi Etan Tokayer, President

Rabbi Menachem Penner, Executive Vice President

The views expressed in TRADITION's print journal or on TraditionOnline.org are those of the individual authors only and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Rabbinical Council of America, its administration, officers, or members, or those of the TRADITION editorial committee.

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