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The Straus Center's 2025 Rabbi Allan Mirvis Lecture featured bestselling author Douglas Murray in conversation with Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, Director of the Straus Center.
On February 17, the Straus Center hosted a joint book launch celebrating the newest works by Dr. Tevi Troy and Dr. Gil Troy.
In this interview with YUNews, Straus Scholar Shana Schwartz (SCW ‘26) discusses her ongoing research at Ematai, under the direction of Executive Director Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody.
The Yeshiva University chapter of the Alexander Hamilton Society hosted an event featuring Elliott Abrams to discuss his new book, "If You Will It: Rebuilding Jewish Peoplehood for the 21st Century."
Yeshiva University hosted Chaim Saiman, Professor of Law and Chair in Jewish Law at Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law, for a guest lecture about his book Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law.
Straus Scholar Adina Feldman (SCW, ‘26) reflects on her psychological research and fieldwork in Israel after October 7th
This past summer, Straus Scholars Josh Shapiro (YC ‘25) and Matthew Minsk (YC ‘26) pursued research projects on important figures in Jewish intellectual history.
Over Yeshiva University’s winter break in 2025, the Straus Center led a trip for its Straus Scholars to Vienna, Austria, where they examined its historical and current Jewish community through the prism of Torah and Western Thought.
This past summer, the Impact Office at the Straus Center awarded a grant to two YU students, Justin Eichel and Atarah Mandel, who served as interns for prominent judges in New York.
In Fall 2024, the Straus Center sponsored a new course in the English Department entitled “The Values of Verse: Sacred and Secular Perspectives,” taught by Dr. Shaina Trapedo.
