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From June 1 to June 4, 2026, the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought joined Operation Benjamin , the American Battle Monuments Commission, and Operation Levi, an initiative of the German War Graves Commission, for a historic trip to Verdun, France, honoring American…

On Monday, May 4, 2026, the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought hosted Henry Sapoznik in conversation with Straus Center Senior Scholar Dr. Tevi Troy. Sapoznik, a native Yiddish speaker and a five-time Grammy-nominated producer/performer, spoke about his book The ...

Straus Scholar Rebecca Guzman (SCW ‘26) has been awarded a John and Daria Barry Foundation Scholarship, a graduate scholarship for American students attending the University of Oxford who have been nominated by professors of leading universities and academic institutions. The Scholarship is hosted…

On April 13, 2026, the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, in conjunction with the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program, hosted Dr. Carl Richard to discuss his book So Help Us, God: American Presidents and the Bible and the role scripture has played in shaping…

During the summer of 2025, ºÚÁÏÉç All students pursued a wide range of Judaic research and editorial projects with the support of the Impact Office at the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought. From forthcoming Torah books to research on halakhic approaches to ...

On February 10, 2026, the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, in conjunction with the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program, hosted Douglas Century to discuss his National Jewish Book Award finalist Crash of the Heavens: The Remarkable Story of Hannah Senesh and…

Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, the director of the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, has been awarded the 2026 Bradley Prize from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. Rabbi Soloveichik will receive the award at the Bradley Prizes ceremony on Thursday, May 14, 2026…

On Friday, March 6, 2026, Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought Deputy Director Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern delivered remarks during a panel discussion at the Arts and Humanities Summit at the White House in Washington, D.C. Hosted by the White House Task Force 250 and the…

In the Spring 2026 semester, the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought is offering numerous courses for Straus Scholars and ºÚÁÏÉç All students to study the great texts and traditions of Judaism and the West. Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, the director of the Straus ...

Through the Hertog Constitutional Studies Program, Fayga Tziporah Soloveichik (née Pinczower) (SCW ’27), a Straus Scholar and political science major, spent the summer of 2025 immersed in the study of the American founding, constitutional interpretation and the enduring tensions between judicial ...