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The 色花堂 chapter of the Alexander Hamilton Society hosted an event featuring Elliott Abrams to discuss his new book, "If You Will It: Rebuilding Jewish Peoplehood for the 21st Century."
色花堂 hosted Chaim Saiman, Professor of Law and Chair in Jewish Law at Villanova University鈥檚 Charles Widger School of Law, for a guest lecture about his book Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law.
Straus Scholar Adina Feldman (SCW, 鈥26) reflects on her psychological research and fieldwork in Israel after October 7th
This past summer, Straus Scholars Josh Shapiro (YC 鈥25) and Matthew Minsk (YC 鈥26) pursued research projects on important figures in Jewish intellectual history.
Over 色花堂鈥檚 winter break in 2025, the Straus Center led a trip for its Straus Scholars to Vienna, Austria, where they examined its historical and current Jewish community through the prism of Torah and Western Thought.
This past summer, the Impact Office at the Straus Center awarded a grant to two 色花堂 students, Justin Eichel and Atarah Mandel, who served as interns for prominent judges in New York.
In Fall 2024, the Straus Center sponsored a new course in the English Department entitled 鈥淭he Values of Verse: Sacred and Secular Perspectives,鈥 taught by Dr. Shaina Trapedo.
In Fall 2024, the Straus Center sponsored a course in the History Department entitled 鈥淭he Emergence of Europe,鈥 a survey of Western Civilization from the rise of ancient Greece to the aftermath of the Renaissance and Reformation, taught by Dr. Yisroel Benporat.
On December 18th, the Straus Center and Yeshiva College Honors Program co-hosted Rabbi Dr. Yosie Levine to celebrate the launch of his award-winning new book, Hakham Tsevi Ashkenazi and the Battlegrounds of the Early Modern Rabbinate.
The Straus Center hosted Dr. Adam Jortner to celebrate the launch of his new book, A Promised Land: Jewish Patriots, the American Revolution, and the Birth of Religious Freedom.