Tradition (journal)
# Tradition (journal)

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.

## Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Atla Religion Database, Modern Language Association Database, 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)
