YU News

On Wednesday, February 25th, 2026, the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., hosted a symposium on Jewish Roots of American Liberty: The Impact of Hebraic Ideas on the American Story (Encounter Books), edited by Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought Deputy Director Dr…

The Straus Center celebrated the launch of “Jewish Roots of American Liberty: The Impact of Hebraic Ideas on the American” story with Ruth Wisse, Ari Lamm, Ilana Kurshan and Elliot Kaufman.

The Impact Office at the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought supports students across Yeshiva University pursuing internships in public policy, national security and public service. This summer, Benjamin Winters (SB ’27), a Yeshiva University Leadership Scholar through…

Ayelet Friedman (SCW ’27) spent Summer 2025 interning at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) and in the office of Senator Dave McCormick (R-PA).

Straus Scholar Elisha Price (YC ’28) spent the Fall 2025 semester as a research assistant to Dr. Tevi Troy, gaining hands-on experience in historical research, political analysis and the production of scholarly and public-facing writing.

Over Yeshiva University’s 2026 winter break, the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought led a trip for its Straus Scholars to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where they examined the city’s historical and current Jewish community through the prism of Torah and Western thought…

Douglas Murray, Yeshiva University's inaugural President’s Professor of Practice, will offer several guest lectures in the Straus Center course “The Values of Verse: Sacred and Secular Perspectives.”

Matthew Minsk (YC ’27), a Straus Scholar and co-president of Yeshiva University’s chapters of the Tikvah Collegiate Forum and the Alexander Hamilton Society, was named a finalist in the inaugural Middle East History Competition (MEHC). Organized by Tikvah and the Alexander Hamilton Society, and ...

Straus Scholar Tamara Yeshurun (SCW ’26) spent Summer 2025 assisting acclaimed Israeli journalist Amit Segal with his English-language newsletter and social media outreach.

Rikki Zagelbaum (SCW ‘26) spent her summer at two think tanks—the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA) in Israel and the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) in Washington, D.C.