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Straus Center New Staff
This fall, the Straus Center welcomes three new members to its team. Dr. Tevi Troy joins as the inaugural Senior Scholar & Impact Office Director, Yisroel Ben-Porat serves as the new Programming & Communications Officer, and Sarah Wapner returns as the new Impact Officer.
Tevi Troy
This coming fall semester, Dr. Tevi Troy will join the Straus Center as the inaugural Senior Scholar & Impact Office Director.
Summer Session
On June 20 and June 22, 2023, the Straus Center hosted its annual summer seminars for high school students, Jewish and Western Texts in Conversation.
Ruderman Fellows
On June 16th, 2023, fellows of the Ruderman Program for American Jewish Studies at the University of Haifa joined the Straus Center for a lecture on the history of Modern Orthodoxy and Ó£»¨¶¯Âþ’s role as America’s premier institution for Jewish education.
Providence and Power
Straus Center Director Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik’s new book, Providence and Power: Ten Portraits in Jewish Statesmanship, explores models of Jewish leadership throughout history.
Rav Kook
In Spring 2023, Rabbi Shalom Carmy, Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Bible at Ó£»¨¶¯Âþ and renowned scholar of Jewish thought, taught a Straus Center course on the philosophy of Rav Abraham Isaac Kook.
Souls in the World of Chaos
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern reviews Bezalel Naor's "Souls in the World of Chaos."
The Eleventh Plague
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern reviews Jeremy Brown's "The Eleventh Plague".
Eichmann
On March 26th, 2023, Straus Scholar Yaakov Willner (YC ’25) was invited to present on his paper The Eichmann Trial and Rousseau’s Social Contract at the eighth annual Undergraduate Judaic Studies Conference at the University of Chicago.
Marc Shapiro
On May 3rd, 2023, the Straus Center and the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program hosted Dr. Marc B. Shapiro, a renowned scholar of Jewish history, theology, philosophy and Jewish literature.

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