This past week the Straus center launched a new bi-weekly seminar for the Beren Campus Straus Scholars given by the director of the Straus Center, Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik. The first work being addressed in the seminar is Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt”l’s famous speech Kol Dodi Dofek. Rabbi Soloveichik began by setting the familial background […]
On November 20, 2019, Dr. David Shyovitz, Associate Professor in Northwestern University’s History Department, Director of the Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies and author of A Remembrance of His Wonders: Nature and the Supernatural in Medieval Ashkenaz, addressed Straus Center faculty and the Wilf Campus Straus Scholars in a fascinating lecture that […]
On November 19, 2019, Straus Center Director Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik and Senior Advisor to the Provost and Senior Program Officer of the Straus Center Dr. Stu Halpern addressed a warm and welcoming packed house at Brigham Young University, in a celebration of the Center’s best-selling book Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land: The Hebrew Bible […]
Straus Center Welcomes Dr. Dara Horn as Distinguished Visiting Scholar
Noted Media Personality and Teacher of Torah in Residence for 2019-2020 Academic Year
Panelists Discuss the Nature and Scope of Religion Reporting in the Media
Dr. Rabbi Meir Soloveichik discusses Churchill, Walking with Destiny with Andrew Roberts On Monday, May 6, 2019, more than 350 students and supporters of the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought gathered at Congregation Shearith Israel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan to explore the life and legacy of one of […]
Pre-Passover Event Offers a Stimulating Mix of Lectures, Workshops and Conversations
Yeshiva College Junior Dovid Schwartz Tackles Intensive Philosophy Study
Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik and John Podhoretz Explore Cinematic Depictions of Moses at Straus Center Conversation