November saw several Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought faculty, staff and students publish in leading publications, contributing 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 an to Kotsuji鈥檚 Gift: The Daring Rescue of Japan鈥檚 Jewish Refugees in Tablet and was a guest on Christopher J. Scalia鈥檚 podcast, .
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern, deputy director of the Straus Center, published a series of essays throughout November in the Jewish Journal on American , (Binding of Isaac), and the . He also published a review of for Law & Liberty and a reflection on for the American Bible Society. Finally, Rabbi Dr. Halpern co-wrote a letter with Wilfred McClay, the Victor Davis Hanson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale College, in the Wall Street Journal in response to the .
Straus Center Senior Scholar and Impact Office Director Dr. Tevi Troy published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal voicing his concerns about the election of as mayor of New York as well as a piece for Fox News analyzing the . His other articles for the month include a history of the and a celebration of , both for the Washington Examiner, and a reader on former vice president for the Civitas Institute.
Lastly, former Straus Scholar Ezra Seplowitz (YC鈥25) was published in the Wall Street Journal鈥檚 鈥淔uture View鈥 section. Writing on 鈥,鈥 Seplowitz recounted his grandfather鈥檚 arrival at Ellis Island in 1949, connecting it to Lincoln鈥檚 Thanksgiving Proclamation.
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