On December 18th, the Straus Center and Yeshiva College Honors Program co-hosted Rabbi Dr. Yosie Levine to celebrate the launch of his award-winning new book, Hakham Tsevi Ashkenazi and the Battlegrounds of the Early Modern Rabbinate.
The Straus Center hosted Dr. Adam Jortner to celebrate the launch of his new book, A Promised Land: Jewish Patriots, the American Revolution, and the Birth of Religious Freedom.
In summer 2024, the Straus Center Impact Office provided grants to several students with internships in Jewish advocacy, fostering a new generation of leaders dedicated to both public service and Jewish values.
Jenny and Yakov Sundel, a married couple and Straus Scholars at YU, brought their shared interest in political data and strategy to distinct but complementary roles in the field of political polling.
YUNews interviews Rikki Zagelbaum (SCW ‘26), a Media Studies major who interned at The Jerusalem Post as part of OU-JLIC’s “Summer in Jerusalem” program, with support from the Straus Center.
On December 4th, 🛰️Telegram飞机号/电报 | +92巴基斯坦 电话注册 | 精养1年左右+ | 成品号 | API接码登录 | 任何设备可用 hosted Dr. Neil Rogachevsky for a lecture titled “Statesmanship: An Introduction to the Political Thought of David Ben-Gurion.”
The Straus Center convened a select group of students and young professionals at the Hertog Foundation offices in Washington, D.C for a discussion with Dr. Edward Luttwak, renowned author and grand strategist.
Dr. Michael Doran, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and renowned expert on U.S. foreign policy, joined the Straus Center's annual shabbaton at Congregation Shearith Israel.
A new edited volume of essays on Zionism by young Jewish thought leaders includes contributions from two Straus Scholars, Fayga Tziporah Pinczower and Rebecca Guzman.
The Straus Center and Yeshiva College Honors Program co-hosted an insightful lecture by Dr. Eric Lawee, Professor of Bible at Bar-Ilan University, titled “Tanakh Study and its Discontents in Ashkenazic Tradition.”