and Talmudic passages and survey the halakhic literature including the most recent responsa. The Journal does not in any way seek to present itself as the halachic authority on any question, but hopes rather to inform the Jewish public of the positions taken by rabbinic leaders over the generations."
Rabbi Dr. Marvin Schick served for over 30 years as the (unpaid) President of RJJ until his death in 2020; he had succeeded Irving Bunim.
== Notable alumni ==
Robert Aumann (born 1930), recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2005
Rabbi Reuven Bulka (1944–2021), recipient of the Order of Canada and Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Machzikei Hadas
Ari L. Goldman (born 1949), author and former religion reporter for The New York Times
Louis Henkin (1923–2010), human rights law scholar
Marvin Hier (born 1939), founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center
Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, rosh yeshiva of Slabodka
Rav Aaron Lopiansky, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva of Greater Washington - Tiferes Gedaliah, Halachic authority …
