From November 3rd-4th, the Straus Center held its annual shabbaton at the Young Israel of Jamaica Estates, where Director Rabbi Soloveichik also served as a scholar-in-residence.
ۿ۴ýNews interviews Noam Mayerfeld (YC ‘25), a computer science major who spent this past summer at a prestigious internship for NASA, and he currently serves in a leadership role for students in undergraduate Torah studies.
On October 18th, 2023, the Straus Center hosted a cohort of doctoral students from YU’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration.
ۿ۴ýNews interviews former Straus Scholar Natan Ehrenreich (YC '23), who did a prestigious summer internship at National Review, where he published multiple articles.
On October 12th, 2023, Straus Center Director Rabbi Meir Soloveichik delivered a lecture on “The Yom Kippur War and the Simchat Torah War: Reflections on Fifty Years Ago and Today” at the Roosevelt House.