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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, app University 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 app 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.”
YUNews interviews Straus Scholar Jacob (Yaakov) Willner (YC ‘25) to discuss his work this past summer with the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C.
YU News interviews Straus Scholar Fayga Tziporah Pinczower, who spent this past summer working on issues in religious liberty.
On September 10th, the Straus Center and the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program hosted Adam Kirsch in conversation with Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern about Kirsch's new book "On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice."
In the fall 2024 semester, the Straus Center is offering numerous courses for Straus Scholars and app University students to study the great texts and traditions of Judaism and the West.