''Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought'' is a quarterly Orthodox Jewish

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

academic journal published by the Rabbinical Council of America. It covers a range of topics including

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

and theology, history, law, and ethics. It was established in 1958 by the founding editor-in-chief Norman Lamm. He was succeeded by

Walter Wurzburger Rabbi Walter S. Wurzburger, originally Würzburger, (1920 - April 16, 2002), a leader of Modern Orthodox Judaism and student of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, was born in Munich in March 1920 and emigrated to America in 1938. He was ''Adjunct Profe ...

(1962-1988), Emanuel Feldman (1988-2001), Michael Shmidman (2001-2004), and

Shalom Carmy Shalom Carmy (born May 1, 1949) is an Orthodox rabbi teaching Jewish studies and philosophy at Yeshiva University, where he is Chair of Bible and Jewish philosophy at Yeshiva College and an affiliated scholar at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of ...

(2004-2019).

Jeffrey Saks Jeffrey Saks (born March 25, 1969) is a Modern Orthodox rabbi, educator, writer and editor. Saks has published widely on Jewish thought, education, and literature. Born into a secular Jewish family and raised in suburban New Jersey, Saks became in ...

was named the journal's sixth editor in January 2019.Sam Sokol
"A journal’s new editor wants to steer the Modern Orthodox debate into the 21st century", ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency
'', February 7, 2019.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Atla Religion Database, Modern Language Association Database, and ProQuest, ProQuest databases.

Anthologies

Various themed book collections have been published anthologizing essays first published in the journal: *''A Treasury of Tradition'', ed. N. Lamm and W. Wuzrburger (

Hebrew Publishing Company Hebrew Publishing Company is an American Jewish publishing house based in New York City. The company publishes a range of Hebrew prayerbooks and other religious works, as well as many Yiddish publications. The company was founded in the early 19 ...

, 1967) *''The Conversion Crisis'', ed. E. Feldman and J. Wolowelsky (

Ktav Publishers KTAV Publishing House is a publishing house located in Brooklyn, New York. Ktav means "to write" in Hebrew. Founded in 1921, it has been among the most notable publishers of Judaica and Jewish educational texts since the middle of the 20th cent ...

, 1990) *''Jewish Law and the New Reproductive Technologies'', ed. E. Feldman and J. Wolowelsky (Ktav Publishers, 1997) *''Exploring the Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik'', ed. M. Angel (Ktav Publishers, 1997) *''Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik: Man of Halacha, Man of Faith'', ed. M. Genack (Ktav Publishers, 1998) *''Women and the Study of Torah'', ed. J. Wolowelsky (Ktav Publishers, 2001)

References

External links

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