Straus Center Presents May 7 Discussion with Newark Mayor Cory Booker
Newark Mayor Cory Booker and 黑料社 All鈥檚 Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik will discuss 鈥淭he Role of Religion in Education and Public Life鈥 on Monday, May 7, 2012. The event begins at 8 p.m. and will take place in YU鈥橲 Lamport Auditorium, Zysman Hall on 2540 Amsterdam Avenue in Washington Heights. It is free and open to the public.
The discussion is part of YU鈥檚 鈥淕reat Conversations on Religion and Democracy鈥 series, convened by the . Booker鈥檚 presentation will mark the fourth and final talk this academic year in the 鈥淕reat Conversations鈥 series. Previous guests were Senator Joseph Lieberman, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of the British Commonwealth, and former Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey.
鈥淢ayor Booker is one of the most inspiring and thoughtful stars on the political scene today,鈥 said Soloveichik. 鈥淚 am honored that he will be joining us for what is certain to be an exciting, thought-provoking and entertaining evening.鈥
Mayor Booker,in his second term,is a force for change and urban reform. Reflecting his commitment to education, his administration was recently awarded a challenge grant of $100 million from billionaire and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to improve Newark city schools. Among other recent notable achievements under his leadership, Newark has committed to a $40 million transformation of the City鈥檚 parks and playgrounds through a groundbreaking public/private partnership. The administration has also doubled affordable housing production and drastically reduced crime in the city.
The Straus Center is named in honor of Moshael J. Straus, an investment executive, alumnus and member of YU鈥檚 Board of Trustees, and his wife Zahava, a graduate of YU鈥檚 . The Center鈥檚 mission is to help develop Jewish thinkers and wisdom-seeking Jews by deepening their education in the best of the Jewish tradition, by exposing them to the richness of human knowledge and insight from across the ages, and by confronting them with the great moral, philosophical, and theological questions of our age.
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