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Daniel Brauner (YC '27) reflects on his summer internship at the Israel Antiquities Authority. What were the main tasks you undertook during your internship or fellowship? During the internship, I worked with the Israel Antiquities Authority in archaeological digging at the Western Wall Heritage ...

On October 12th, the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought’s Lunch ‘n Learn series welcomed Professor Roberta Kwall, a law professor at DePaul University whose work explores Jewish law, American Jewish identity, and creativity. The session focused on her book Polarized: Why American Jews Are…

On October 14, 2026, the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought welcomed Dr. Adam Rovner for a lecture on the history and limits of proposals to establish Jewish refuges outside of Palestine. Dr. Rovner is the Professor of English and Jewish Literature and serves as ...

Talya Naggar (SCW '27) reflects on her judicial internship with Judge Freier at the New York Supreme Court. What were the main tasks you undertook during your internship or fellowship? When serving as a judicial intern in the chambers of the Hon. Judge Freier at the New York Supreme Court, I ...

Eliana Waghalter (SCW '28) reflects on her summer internship at Deracheha. What were the main tasks you undertook during your internship or fellowship? During my internship at Deracheha, I undertook three main tasks, two of which were focused on developing the content that was already on the ...

Chloe Baker (SCW '26) reflects on her experience in Tevel b’Tzedek’s Service Learning Cohort in Zambia. What were the main tasks you undertook during your internship or fellowship? During my time as a participant in Tevel b’Tzedek’s Service Learning Cohort in rural Zambia, my work fell into two…

Rebecca Peykar (SCW '28) reflects on her summer internship at The Diplomatic Institute. Over the Summer of 2026, I had the wonderful opportunity of being an intern at The Diplomatic Institute, in which I worked closely with my boss Gabriel Haayon to facilitate partnerships with businesses and ...

Matthew Minsk (YC '26) reflects on his summer internship at the Institute for Family Studies. What were the main tasks you undertook during your internship or fellowship? I was a research intern at the Institute for Family Studies. My main task was data—I ran cross tabs on a recent survey conducted…

Kayla Kramer (SCW '26) reflects on her judicial internship with Judge Scott Dunn at the Civil Supreme Court of Queens County. What were the main tasks you undertook during your internship or fellowship? During my time as a Judicial Intern in the chambers of the Honorable Judge Dunn at the Civil ...

Jared Kinches (YC '27) reflects on his summer internships with Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (NY-21) and Congressman Andrew Garbarino (NY-02). This past summer I had the great honor of spending three months in our nation’s Capitol interning first with Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (NY-21) and then ...