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On February 10, 2026, the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, in conjunction with the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program, hosted Douglas Century to discuss his National Jewish Book Award finalist Crash of the Heavens: The Remarkable Story of Hannah Senesh and…

Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, the director of the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, has been awarded the 2026 Bradley Prize from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. Rabbi Soloveichik will receive the award at the Bradley Prizes ceremony on Thursday, May 14, 2026…

On Friday, March 6, 2026, Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought Deputy Director Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern delivered remarks during a panel discussion at the Arts and Humanities Summit at the White House in Washington, D.C. Hosted by the White House Task Force 250 and the…

In the Spring 2026 semester, the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought is offering numerous courses for Straus Scholars and Yeshiva University students to study the great texts and traditions of Judaism and the West. Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, the director of the Straus ...

Through the Hertog Constitutional Studies Program, Fayga Tziporah Soloveichik (née Pinczower) (SCW ’27), a Straus Scholar and political science major, spent the summer of 2025 immersed in the study of the American founding, constitutional interpretation and the enduring tensions between judicial ...

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).

Through an internship with the American Red Cross, Avraham Frohlich (YC ’25), a recent Yeshiva College Honors graduate and English major, explored international humanitarian law, cross-cultural cooperation, and the protection of journalists in conflict zones. His summer included research in New…