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 article, Rabbi Soloveichik recapped a recent performance by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris, describing it as a moment of cultural courage and an embodiment of the miracle of Jewish history. Rabbi Dr. Soloveichik also published 鈥溾 in The Free Press as part of the online magazine鈥檚 鈥淎merica at 250鈥 series and eulogized in the Washington Free Beacon. Finally, Rabbi Dr. Soloveichik appeared on the enduring legacy of Psalms in the American and Jewish psyche.
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern, deputy director of the Straus Center, published a series of essays throughout December in the Jewish Journal, including book reviews of Yael Leibowitz鈥檚 and Mitchell 鈥淢oish鈥 Silk鈥檚 . Other book reviews from Rabbi Dr. Halpern this month include Eran Shalev鈥檚 in the Wall Street Journal and Amit Segal鈥檚 in the Washington Free Beacon. In celebration of Hanukkah, Rabbi Dr. Halpern also wrote an ode to on the festival of lights for ARC.
Dr. Tevi Troy, Straus Center senior scholar, wrote his own eulogy for in the pages of the Washington Post and remembered other titans of the who passed away in 2025 in the Washington Examiner. For City Journal, he analyzed former New York City mayor and looked at Trump鈥檚 increased interest in for the Wall Street Journal.
Finally, Straus Scholar Elisha Price (YC鈥28) published his first piece in The Lehrhaus: 鈥.鈥
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