Tradition (journal) explained

Tradition
Cover:	Tradition Journal Logo.png
Editor:	Jeffrey Saks
Discipline:	Jewish studies
Abbreviation:	Tradition
Publisher:	Rabbinical Council of America
Country:	United States
Frequency:	Quarterly
History:	1958–present
Website:	http://www.traditiononline.org/
Link1:	https://traditiononline.org/latest-issues/
Link1-Name:	Online access
Link2:	https://traditiononline.org/archives/
Link2-Name:	Online archive
Jstor:	00410608
Oclc:	242975206
Lccn:	65049751
Issn:	0041-0608

Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought is a quarterly Orthodox Jewish peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Rabbinical Council of America. It covers a range of topics including philosophy 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 (1962-1988), Emanuel Feldman (1988-2001), Michael Shmidman (2001-2004), and Shalom Carmy (2004-2019). Jeffrey Saks was named the journal's sixth editor in January 2019.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Title and Product Update Lists . . . 2019-04-04.
2. Web site: Tradition . MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals . . 2019-04-04.
3. 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,^[1] Modern Language Association Database,^[2] and 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, 1967)
   • The Conversion Crisis, ed. E. Feldman and J. Wolowelsky (Ktav Publishers, 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)

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