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.
YU News 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.