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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 ...

In Summer 2025, the Impact Office at the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought provided grants to several students with internships in politics, publishing, journalism, and Jewish life, fostering a new generation of leaders dedicated to both public service and Jewish ...

In Summer 2025, the Impact Office at the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought provided grants to several students with internships in the political arena, fostering a new generation of leaders dedicated to both public service and Jewish values. The Impact Office…

With the fall 2025 semester coming to a close, the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought welcomed two high-profile guest speakers to end the year on a high note. Chief Judge Matthew Solomson of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims spoke to Dr. Tevi Troy's Straus reading…

November saw several Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought faculty, staff and students publish in leading publications, contributing to the discourse and debates that continue to shape American society and the Jewish people. Straus Center Director Rabbi Dr. Meir ...

On Monday, November 10, 2025, the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, in conjunction with the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program, hosted Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff in conversation with Straus Center Senior Scholar Dr. Tevi Troy. Part of the Presidency from the…

Straus Center Clinical Assistant Professor Rabbi Dr. Dov Lerner participated in “The Intellectual Legacy of Rabbi Sacks,” a launch event for Tradition’s special volume exploring the impact of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.