The latest issue of Tradition (vol. 41 no. 2, Summer 2008) is out and it is an overwhelming tribute to its former editor, R. Dr. Walter Wurzburger. This double-issue is well over 200 pages long and is just so full of fascinating articles that I can’t even skim through it; each article needs to be read carefully. For the sake of timeliness, I’m posting the table of contents without any comments. You can see the issue here (link) and online subscribers can read each article:
- A Tribute by R. Reuven Bulka
- The Words of the Master and the Life of the Student by R. Shalom Carmy
- Reflections on Torah Education and Mis-Education by R. Marc Angel
- The Problem of Identity in Rashi, Rambam, and the Tosafistsby R. J. David Bleich
- A Tiny but Articulate Minority by R. Alan Brill
- Mitsva Surprises: Gleanings from Sefer Haredim by R. Reuven Bulka
- On Cleaving as Identification: R’ Soloveitchik’s Account of Devekut in U-Vikkashtem Mi-Sham by R. Shalom Carmy
- Memorial Tribute for Rabbi Walter S. Wurzburger by Jordan Cherrick
- Ideas and Eternity by R. Hillel Goldberg
- The Odd and Instructive Habits of Non-Observant Jews: A Look at Berit Milah and Pesah by R. Emanuel Feldman
- Did Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer Label Rabbi Zechariah Frankel "An Apostate"? by R. Shnayer Z. Leiman
- The Status of Peace as a Moral Virtue by R. Sol Roth
- Holocaust Commemoration and Tish’a Be-Av: The Debate Over "Yom Ha-Sho’a" by R. Jacob J. Schacter
- Is there Science in the Bible? An Assessment of Biblical Concordism? by R. David Shatz
- Radical Theology in Defense of Faith: A Fourteenth-Century Example by R. Michael A. Shmidman
- Paradise Lost or Outgrown? by R. Shubert Spero
- "With Your Permission": Zimmun in Cyber-Halakha by R. Joel B. Wolowelsky — This is the only article I’ve read so far and I found it interesting, insightful, and generally correct. However, the author overlooked the argument in these posts (I, II).
