Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik on “Abraham Lincoln, the Bible, and Leadership.”
Tag: Straus Center
Politics and the Bible at Pepperdine
On Feb. 6, 2020, the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought and the Pepperdine School of Public Policy presented a panel on “The Role of Religion in Politics and the Role of Politics in Religion” celebrating the release of the Straus Center’s best-selling book Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land: The Hebrew […]
Remembering Rembrandt
A Conversation on His Legacy
From Mitzrayim to Manhattan
What the Egyptian Exhibit at the Met Can Teach us About the Jewish Exodus
Swearing on the Truth?
A Panel Discussion on the Meaning of Oaths
Torah and Western Thought Across the Pond
Straus Scholars on Winter Break in England
An Illuminating Evening
Eight Paths to Illumination
Celebrating a Commentary for the Ages
Celebrating the Release of Rohr Family Edition of the Koren Mikraot HaDorot
What are Stories For? Visiting Professor Dr. Dara Horn Provides Some Answers
The Acclaimed Author Speaks to Honors Students About Literature and Life
A Kinah in Kislev
On Shabbat Parshat Vayeshev, our resident scholar Chaya Sima Koenigsberg delivered a Seudah Shlishit shiur at the Mount Sinai Jewish Center in Washington Heights to a full audience entitled, “A Kinah in Kislev.” Her lecture, which took place on the 23rd day of Kislev, commemorated the murder of the most well-known medieval Jewish woman, Dolce […]