Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought faculty, staff and students were published in several leading publications over the month of December 2025, writing articles that contributed to the discourse and debates that continue to shape American society and the Jewish people.
Straus Center Director Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik published his monthly column in Commentary, titled 鈥.鈥 In the essay, Rabbi Dr. Soloveitchik diagnosed Ireland鈥檚 descent into obsessive antisemitic behavior, arguing that the country鈥檚 actions encompass the essence of anti-Semitism itself. Rabbi Soloveichik also examined in National Review, arguing that the President鈥檚 words speak to all. Finally, Rabbi Soloveichik joined on The Tikvah Podcast to discuss Jews, Evangelicals and Israel.
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern, deputy director of the Straus Center, published a series of essays throughout January in the Jewish Journal, including an on how the story of Jacob and Joseph influenced the American civil rights movement, a profile of , the first (unofficial) American consul in Jerusalem, and an examination of how the . He also reviewed for the Washington Free Beacon and tracked from Exodus 15 throughout American history for the American Bible Society.
Straus Center Senior Scholar Dr. Tevi Troy dared to ask if for Tablet amid rising antisemitism on both the right and the left. He also looked back on the political life of former for the Civitas Institute and analyzed the fallout from that Kamala Harris鈥 team asked him if he had ever served as an Israeli agent while being vetted as her potential running mate for Fox News.
Finally, Straus Scholar Elisha Price was published in the Wall Street Journal鈥檚 鈥淔uture View鈥 section on the question of 鈥溾
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