Israel Panel Featuring President Joel Will Discuss 21st Century Israeli and American Perspectives Yeshiva University in Israel, the Office of Alumni Affairs, and the YU S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program will cohost a panel discussion titled “Modern Orthodox Education in 21st Century Israel and America: Lessons from the Past, Building the Future,” on Friday, January 15,…
What America Owes the Jews, What Jews Owe America
Straus Center May 31 Conference Features Prominent Political Commentators, Academics and Writers Yeshiva University’s Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, in partnership with Mosaic and the Tikvah Find, will present a conference, titled “What America Owes the Jews, What Jews Owe America” on Sunday, May 31 at Congregation Shearith Israel, 2 West 70th Street, New York…
Judaism and The American Revolution
Yeshiva University and Congregation Shearith Israel Present Community Beit Midrash Program Yeshiva University will present “Jews for George: An Exploration of Judaism in the Age of the American Revolution,” a four-week Community Beit Midrash program beginning Wednesday, April 29, at Congregation Shearith Israel, The Spanish Portuguese Synagogue. Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, director of YU’s Zahava…
The Haggada as a Work of Political Thought
Rabbi Sacks and Senator Lieberman Discuss the Haggada’s Politics at Center for the Jewish Future Event
The Haggada’s Politics: From 2,000 Years Ago to Today
Yeshiva University Presents March 22 Conversation with Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks and Senator Joseph Lieberman
Of Kings and Kohanim
Inaugural Rabbi Allan Mirvis Lecture Confronts and Contrasts Jewish Leadership Roles Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, director of Yeshiva University’s Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, delivered the inaugural Rabbi Allan Mirvis lecture on Sunday morning, December 21, at the Shenk Community Shul on YU’s Wilf Campus. More than 150 attended the…
Beyond Baseball
George Will and John Sexton Discuss “Baseball, Tradition and God” at Straus Center Event
Baseball, Tradition and God
Straus Center Presents December 17 Conversation with George Will and John Sexton
Religion and Reason in Dialogue
Straus Center Programs, Seminars and Lectures Promote Interdisciplinary Study of Jewish and Western Thought
YU Presents Community Beit Midrash Program
Interdisciplinary Seminar on Art History and Jewish Thought to be Offered at YU Museum in October Yeshiva University will present a Community Beit Midrash program at the Yeshiva University Museum in the fall. The Image and the Idea is a six-week interdisciplinary seminar on art history and Jewish thought taught collaboratively by Rabbi Dr. Meir…