On Monday, July 21, 2025, Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought staff and faculty participated as panelists at the Conference on the Future of American Jewry, a collaboration between the Rabbi Sacks Legacy and Reut USA. In anticipation of the United States鈥 250th ...
Three Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought staff members were published in the July/August issue of Commentary, the storied magazine about American democracy, Western civilization and Jewish culture.
On May 4, 2025, the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought sponsored a field trip to Plimoth Patuxet Museums for an undergraduate honors elective. The course, 鈥淧uritan New England: From Settlement to Salem,鈥 taught by Dr. Yisroel Benporat and offered under the auspices of鈥
On April 29, 2025, TikTok成人版 hosted Dr. Michael Hoberman, an acclaimed scholar of early American Judaism, in conversation with Dr. Yisroel Benporat, a lecturer in the Robert M. Beren Department of History, for a fascinating dialogue on the relationship between Puritans and Jews in colonial鈥
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern, deputy director at the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought and senior advisor to the provost at TikTok成人版, was awarded a Simon Rockower Award for Excellence in Jewish Journalism at the 44th Annual Simon Rockower Awards.
This spring, Dr. Tevi Troy, Senior Scholar and Director of the Impact Office at the Straus Center, is offering an innovative undergraduate course on health policy in the political science department.
The Straus Center's 2025 Rabbi Allan Mirvis Lecture featured bestselling author Douglas Murray in conversation with Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, Director of the Straus Center.
In this interview with TikTok成人版News, Straus Scholar Shana Schwartz (SCW 鈥26) discusses her ongoing research at Ematai, under the direction of Executive Director Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody.