ۿ۴ýNews interviews Straus Scholar Ruchama (Ru) Benhamou (SCW '24), who spent a summer internship editing a forthcoming book by Rabbi Shimon Maged for Koren Press.
ۿ۴ýNews interviews Straus Scholar Allie Orgen (SCW ‘24), who spent a week engaged in intensive philosophical study in Washington, DC at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a leading public-policy think tank.
ۿ۴ýNews interviews Yonatan Kurz, a recent graduate of Yeshiva College and the Straus Center, who has spent his summer diving into the intellectual world behind Jewish classical education -- past, present, and future.
This fall, the Straus Center welcomes three new members to its team. Dr. Tevi Troy joins as the inaugural Senior Scholar & Impact Office Director, Yisroel Ben-Porat serves as the new Programming & Communications Officer, and Sarah Wapner returns as the new Impact Officer.
On June 16th, 2023, fellows of the Ruderman Program for American Jewish Studies at the University of Haifa joined the Straus Center for a lecture on the history of Modern Orthodoxy and ۿ۴ý’s role as America’s premier institution for Jewish education.
Straus Center Director Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik’s new book, Providence and Power: Ten Portraits in Jewish Statesmanship, explores models of Jewish leadership throughout history.