November 12, 2025

Historical Realities and Educational Methodologies

1 hour 44 minutes

As part of the Tradition Today Summit, held on November 9, 2025, convened by Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Studies and TRADITION’s publisher the Rabbinical Council of America, we hosted a community wide public Keynote Address by Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter on “Historical Realities and Educational Methodologies: Then and Now.” This was the capstone to a daylong closed conference exploring “Educating Our Children to Be Ovdei Hashem in a Modern World: Challenges and Opportunities.”

Evening Keynote Address Program

Greetings: R. Jeffrey Saks, Editor, TRADITION

R. Chaim Strauchler, Rinat Yisrael & TRADITION

R. Menachem Penner, Executive Vice-President, RCA

Lecture: R. Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, Yeshiva University

Respondents: R. Dr. Michael Berger, Dean, Azrieli Graduate School

Ms. Miriam Krupka Berger, Associate Principal, Ramaz Upper School

Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Kobrin, Rosh Yeshiva & Head of School, North Shore Hebrew Academy

View the lecture’s accompanying source packet.

The Tradition Today Summit was hosted at Congregation Rinat Yisrael, in Teaneck, NJ, and supported by Henry and Golda Reena Rothman

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