Straus Center and Honors Program Event Provides Practical Comparison of American and Talmudic Law Why do appellate courts exist? What role do fellow judges play in the decision-making process? What is the most difficult legal case you have ever decided? These were all questions posed to both Judge Joseph Greenaway and Rabbi Yona Reiss at an […]
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The Battle for Israel’s Soul
At Straus Center Event, Author Daniel Gordis Discusses The Life and Legacy of Menachem Begin
New Perspectives on a Book of Mysteries
YU Faculty Offer Insight into Historical, Political and Religious World of Esther
Straus Center Commemorates Begin’s 100th Birthday
Menachem Begin Heritage Center Grant Supports YU Programming Honoring Former Prime Minister’s Legacy
On Matters of God and State
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Renowned Attorney Nathan Lewin Discuss Landmark First Amendment Cases at Straus Center Event
Synagogue and State in America
Straus Center Presents Nov. 6 Conversation with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Nathan Lewin
A Serious Look at Jewish Jokes
Rabbi Meir Soloveichik and Dr. Ruth Wisse Discuss Jewish Humor at Straus Center Event
Straus Center Hosts Rabbi Sacks
Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Discusses The Merchant of Venice, Modern-Day Anti-Semitism
Morality and Modernity in Dialogue
From O.J. Case to Gaza War, Alan Dershowitz Confronts Moral Complexities at Straus Center Event
From Sodom to Nuremberg
Straus Center Presents Conversation with Alan Dershowitz on November 20