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YU News interviews Straus Scholar Aharon Soloveichik (YC ‘25), who spent his summer delving into constitutional studies with the Hertog Foundation.
YU News interviews Straus Scholar Allie Orgen (SCW ‘24), who spent a week engaged in intensive philosophical study in Washington, DC at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a leading public-policy think tank.
YU News interviews Yonatan Kurz, a recent graduate of Yeshiva College and the Straus Center, who has spent his summer diving into the intellectual world behind Jewish classical education -- past, present, and future.
The Straus Center is proud to announce the incoming class of ten Straus Scholars who will form the seventh cohort of the Straus Scholars Program.
This fall, the Straus Center welcomes three new members to its team. Dr. Tevi Troy joins as the inaugural Senior Scholar & Impact Office Director, Yisroel Ben-Porat serves as the new Programming & Communications Officer, and Sarah Wapner returns as the new Impact Officer.
This coming fall semester, Dr. Tevi Troy will join the Straus Center as the inaugural Senior Scholar & Impact Office Director.
On June 20 and June 22, 2023, the Straus Center hosted its annual summer seminars for high school students, Jewish and Western Texts in Conversation.
On June 16th, 2023, fellows of the Ruderman Program for American Jewish Studies at the University of Haifa joined the Straus Center for a lecture on the history of Modern Orthodoxy and èapp’s role as America’s premier institution for Jewish education.
Straus Center Director Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik’s new book, Providence and Power: Ten Portraits in Jewish Statesmanship, explores models of Jewish leadership throughout history.
In Spring 2023, Rabbi Shalom Carmy, Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Bible at èapp and renowned scholar of Jewish thought, taught a Straus Center course on the philosophy of Rav Abraham Isaac Kook.