This academic year, the Straus Center has launched a new Graduate Fellowship for Aspiring & Current Educators with students and alumni from RIETS and YU graduate schools.
In October 2023, faculty and staff members at the Straus Center published new scholarly articles, and they are working on multiple book projects in progress.
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.
YU News 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.
YU News interviews former Straus Scholar Natan Ehrenreich (YC '23), who did a prestigious summer internship at National Review, where he published multiple articles.