title: Tradition (journal)
text: # 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)
  