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In his book, To Heal a Fractured World, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks encourages us to act on our inherent duty to care for others. Until we eradicate hunger, poverty, and curable diseases, we have work to accomplish. As long as discord reigns between nations, hatred exists amongst men | At Yeshiva University, Rabbi Sacks served as an inspiration for us to create two distinctive groups of graduate scholars: the Sacks Research Scholars and the Sacks Impact Scholars. These were established following the successful Sacks Scholars Graduate Fellowship from the previous year. |
The Sacks Research Scholars fellowship aims to enhance the professional abilities and broaden the leadership capabilities of graduate students from Azrieli, GPATS, Revel and RIETS. This is achieved through studying, researching, publishing, and teaching the thoughts of Rabbi Sacks, whilst engaging with modern Jewish concepts. | In the book Future Tense, the author articulates the need for a new generation of Jews to engage in a dialogue between religious and worldly matters for the successful application of Torah in today's world. The emphasis is on understanding the world so that Judaism can effectively tackle the challenges posed by it. |
We are thrilled to announce this year's impressive cohort of Sacks Research Scholars 2023-2024: | Rabbi Tzvi Benoff is a third-year fellow in the Wexner Kollel Elyon/Kollel L Horaah and serves as the Assistant Rabbi at the Riverdale Jewish Center. He holds a MA in International Political Economy and Development from Fordham University. |
Tamar Yastrab Koslowe is a second-year student in GPATS and in Nishmat's Yoatzot Halacha Fellows Program. | She earned a BS in computer science from Stern College and worked on a risk management team at JP Morgan. |
Neti Linzer Penstein is a second-year student in GPATS, while pursuing her MA in Jewish Philosophy at the Bernard Revel Graduate School. | She earned a BA in philosophy from Princeton University and was a teaching fellow at Maayanot and Maimonides high schools |
Asher Willner (RIETS) is a third-year student in RIETS and serves as Rabbinic Intern at the Young Israel of the West Side. | He earned a BS in computer science from Columbia University, where he taught a weekly Talmud class. |
Alisa Zeffren is a doctoral candidate at Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration. | She teaches Jewish studies at Ida Crown Jewish Academy in Chicago, where she is also the Student Activities Director. |
The cohort will meet bi-monthly to workshop their research, writing and teaching projects, and will join the Sacks Impact Scholars in leadership training sessions. | The Sacks Impact Scholars fellowship is an interdisciplinary cohort comprised of graduate students from Cardozo School of Law, Ferkauf School of Psychology, Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Katz School of Science and Health, Sy Syms School of Business, and Wurzweiler School of Social Work. |
In the spirit of Rabbi Sacks charge, We are here to make a difference, to mend the fractures of the world, Yeshiva University welcomes these scholars who are making a dent in the universe: | Megan Priaulx (Cardozo) will contribute to the Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice's legal research, case investigation and social advocacy on behalf of individuals seeking relief from wrongful convictions. |
Shira Levy (Ferkauf) will work with asylum seeking high school students in a mental health support group to share, address and heal from the traumas of their asylum journeys. | Ann Squicciarini (Fish) will create interfaith Holocaust programming, resources and curricula to expose communities with lesser ties to people of the Jewish faith to the history that set the stage for the antisemitic rhetoric and sentiments that fueled the rise of Nazi Germany's Final Solution. |
Thota Manish Kumar (Katz), using artificial intelligence, will train a model that can recognize and teach course content, answer questions, and provide interactions with audiences to improve the learning experience and student engagement in online courses. | Michelle Borde and Eitan Kastner (Syms) will develop a 2-sided marketplace software platform for the hiring of adjuncts in higher education. They will also continue to build YU's relationship with IRS VITA [Volunteer Income Tax Assistance] program to assist local low-income residents with their tax preparation. |
This diverse cohort will collectively participate in monthly leadership training seminars and individually contribute to impact projects in their respective schools. | Dr. Shira Weiss, Assistant Director of the Sacks-Herenstein Center and Dr. Erica Brown, the Center's Director, will be working closely with all of the scholars in both cohorts. |
To fill a critical need for affordable, English-language mental health services in Israel, Yeshiva University,together with Amudim Israel, will open the Jerusalem Therapy Center in September 2022. | Providing professional care for English speakers, gap-year students and Israelis,the Center will offer mental health counseling that has become ever more important during prolonged lockdowns and affiliated stresses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors. |
The Center will be run as a partnership between the Wurzweiler School of Social Work and Amudim Israel, a social services organization serving individuals and families impacted by trauma, addiction and other complex mental health-related issues. | Staffed by Wurzweiler graduate students, recent graduates and other professionals who specialize in a variety of modalities and concentrations such as addiction, anxiety and trauma, the Center will address the pressing mental health needs of English-speaking immigrants, from those suffering psychologically from the pandemic to gap-year students away from home for the first time and new immigrants struggling to adjust to life in Israel. |
Wurzweiler is unique in its ability to both educate the next generation of mental health professionals and provide much-needed and high-level services to our community in Israel, said Dr. Selma Botman, provost and vice president for academic affairs. | This is an exceptional opportunity to connect to the University's larger mission of serving the needs of those living in Israel. As a world-renowned institution, YU is proud to provide exceptional training, support, and expertise to the people of Israel. |
Gap-year students come to Israel to study for a year fresh out of high school and will be a key focus for the Center. | These students are away from their families and familiar support systems, often for the first time, and are not usually covered for mental health counseling by the tourist/temporary health insurance. The Center will provide vital, affordable, quality mental health care to this vulnerable population. |
For many in Israel's English-speaking community, dealing with mental health issues can be difficult, complicated and confusing. | Diagnosis and treatment can be trying under the best of circumstances, and locating appropriate English-speaking practitioners can add layers of complexity, while navigating and understanding the mental health services offered through the health system can be challenging. |
Recognizing the challenges faced by English-speakers in Israel, in May, Wurzweiler co-sponsored a Mental Health Expo in Jerusalem, which drew over 1,500 participants. | The large turnout was just one of many catalysts for opening the Jerusalem Therapy Center. |
Our community is in real need of mental health services, said Nechama Munk, senior program director of Wurzweiler in Israel. | One of our basic values is to help those in need, and the Therapy Center will be here to offer relief and hope. Getting good, affordable treatment is challenging for all Israelis, and even more so when your mother tongue isn t Hebrew. |
And good mental health services have never been more necessary. | Studies have shown that anxiety and depression have increased by 25% since the onset of the pandemic, a wake-up call to countries around the world to step up mental health services and support. |
And while Munk says that COVID did not create new mental health issues, it exacerbated existing difficulties. | As he wrote in Future Tense: If we are to apply Torah to the world, we must understand the world. We need a new generation of Jews committed to the dialogue between sacred and secular if Judaism is to engage with the world and its challenges. ť |
The Center will also serve other often over-looked demographics, who may suffer alone with mental health challenges, such as soldiers struggling with PTSD and those who, in making aliya, find the financial, cultural and psychological stress overwhelming. | In addition, the Jerusalem Therapy Center will provide training and enrichment seminars for gap-year administrators, educators, directors and therapists, giving them the tools they need to gain new skills and properly guide students who may be struggling. |
At a recent presentation at the prestigious International Congress of Industrial and Applied Mathematics in Tokyo, Dr. Marian Gidea, association dean for STEM research and director of graduate mathematics | at the Katz School, revealed the results of a simplified mathematical model demonstrating that oscillating steel beams made of piezoelectric materials produce more energy when their motion is regular. |
The research, Energy Growth, Dissipation, and Control in Hamiltonian Systems, is supported by a three-year $300,000 National Science Foundation grant, which was awarded in July to investigate dynamical systems, including applications to energy harvesting, celestial mechanics and space mission design. | Piezo is the Greek root for pressure or push, and piezoelectric describes a property of special solid materials that can convert energy from an applied pressure into an electrical charge. |
The computer model was developed in collaboration with Tamar Leiser, who wrote her honor's thesis on the subject as a student at YU's Stern School for Women, and Katz School Mathematics Ph.D. student Samuel Akingbade, as well as research collaborators from Georgia Tech and Polytechnic University of Catalunya. | The researchers created a framework in which two steel beams are hooked up to a capacitor and suspended over magnets. When the vibration of the beams is stronger than the mechanical friction, electricity is produced and stored in the capacitor. |
What we discovered to our surprise is that the answer we got was the one we should have expected, said Dr. Gidea. | The beams that keep moving in a regular fashion, a periodic motion, going back and forth, accumulate more energy in comparison with the ones that move chaotically ”that is, without any pattern. |
Energy harvesting devices, which produce electrical charges through external vibrations, can be attached to skyscrapers, trains or bridges and provide a source of unlimited renewable energy. | Piezoelectric energy harvesting is also the preferred method for use with wearable devices since it is the most capable of producing the power needed at a small scale. |
energy harvesting because of its low cost and effective piezoelectric properties.The steel beams in the Katz School model were coated with ceramic, the preferred material for this type of energy harvesting because of its low cost and effective piezoelectric properties. | The steel beams in the Katz School model were coated with ceramic, the preferred material for this type of energy harvesting because of its low cost and effective piezoelectric properties.The use of piezoelectricity stands to reduce, or even eliminate, the need for frequent charging of devices and batteries. Consumers would no longer be burdened with having to be near an electrical outlet, which would in turn conserve electricity. |
This may be a critical advance for healthcare since these devices can be implanted in pacemakers to stimulate the heart, said Dr. Gidea. | The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law is the law school of Yeshiva University. Located in New York City and founded in 1976, the school is named for Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo. Cardozo graduated its first class in 1979. |
An LL.M. program was established in 1998. Cardozo is nondenominational and has a secular curriculum, in contrast to some of YU's undergraduate programs. | Around 320 students begin the J.D. program per year, of whom about 57% are women. |
In addition, there are about 60-70 LL.M. students each year. Cardozo was ranked 52nd in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in 2023, but 69th in 2024 due in part to various changes USNWR's calculation of rank. | For the class entering in 2022, Cardozo accepted 33.80% of applicants, with 27.12% of those accepted enrolling, the average enrollee having a 164 LSAT score and 3.76 undergraduate GPA. |
Cardozo is home to academic centers including the FAME Center for fashion, arts, media & entertainment; the Innocence Project; the Florsheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy; the Data Law Initiative; | the Blockchain Project; Cardozo/Google Patent Diversity Project; the Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights; and the Heyman Center on Corporate Governance. |
Cardozo's faculty are notably productive in their scholarship. They were ranked 15th most prolific faculty in 1996, when the School of Law was only twenty years old. | Ten years later the faculty had the 31st most SSRN downloads, and it is ranked 33rd in scholarly impact (as of 2021). |
Highly cited faculty members include Professors Myriam Gilles, Michael Herz, Peter Markowitz, Alexander Reinert, Anthony Sebok, Stewart Sterk and Edward Zelinsky. | Cardozo's faculty were also the most productive per capita for articles in top journals from 1993 to 2012, for law schools outside of U.S. News & World Report Top 50 law schools. |
Cardozo is noted for its focus on clinical teaching and practical experience. As part of the fulfillment of the J.D. requirements, students may choose to participate in clinics housed within the school, taking on legal work under faculty supervision. | The clinics provide pro bono services to clients across a range of areas of legal practice, including both civil and criminal cases. |
Many clinics serve individual clients, while other clinics take on class action lawsuits. They include the Civil Rights Clinic; Bet Tzedek (focused on representing elderly and disabled people); Filmmakers Legal Clinic; Immigration Justice Clinic; the | Innocence Project; Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic; and Tech Startup Clinic, among others.Perhaps the best known is the Innocence Project, run by Professor Barry Scheck, which has used DNA profiling to help free dozens of innocent people from prison. The project's work has been instrumental in a number of high-profile cases. |
Cardozo has seven faculty members who have clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justices, and Cardozo has had two graduates chosen to clerk for the U.S. Supreme Court: Sara J. Klein 05 (for Justice John Paul Stevens) and Cliff Elgarten 79 (for Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.). In 1999 Cardozo became a member of the Order of the Coif, an honor society for law scholars. | Cardozo was the second U.S. law school to secure an invitation to The European Law Moot Court Competition, and the first American law school to be invited twice consecutively. Many of Cardozo's 12,000 alumni reside in the New York metropolitan area, while many pursue their careers internationally and can be found across the country. |
U.S. News ranked Cardozo 52nd out of 196 law schools in the country in 2022 (5th of 15 law schools in New York State). Cardozo's LL.M./Master of Laws program was ranked tenth by American Universities Admission Program in 2012. Cardozo ranked high in US News law specialties in Dispute Resolution (4th) and Intellectual Property Law (8th) as of the 2023 rankings. | It has also been ranked in the top ten for its Music Law program. Cardozo got A-grades in several areas according to National Jurist's preLaw Magazine in 2018, including Tax Law, International Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution,and Business Law.[26] PreLaw Magazine also ranked Cardozo highly in Government and Public Defender/Prosecutor specializations (11th). |
Bar examination passage rates graduates who took the New York bar exam for the first time in 2022, 84.7% passed (as compared to the state pass rate of 82.7%). | In 2022, 83.5% of the law school's first-time test takers passed the bar exam.Among the 349 who graduated in 2020, 95.6% of those who sat for the bar (336) passed within two years. Of the 261 graduates who took the New York bar courses offered to J.D. students. The LL.M. program may be entered in the Spring Term or in the Fall Term. |
While most Cardozo students begin their legal studies in August, some students begin in May.May-entry students take their first-year courses over three semesters - summer, fall, and spring, and then attend their fall and spring first-year classes with fall-entry students. | For those who already have a law degree, Cardozo offers LL.M. degrees in General Studies, Comparative Legal Thought, Dispute Resolution and Advocacy, and Intellectual Property.LL.M. students can take almost any of the |
According to Cardozo's ABA-required disclosures, 81% of the Class of 2021 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment within ten months of graduating.Of the Class of 2018, 87% obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required or JD-advantage employment within ten months. The law school ranks 25th in the United States for | Gold Standard jobs (full-time, long-term jobs requiring bar passage that are not funded by the school). It is 37th in the percentage of graduates hired by the 100 largest firms. |
The cost of tuition and fees at Cardozo for the 2021 “22 academic year was $68,462. | The Law School Transparency estimated non-discounted, debt-financed cost of attendance (including living expenses) for three years is $323,858. |
Located on lower Fifth Avenue at the corner of 12th Street in New York City's Greenwich Village, Cardozo's urban campus is in a 19-story building, known as the Brookdale Center. A multimillion-dollar capital improvement plan took place in 2006. | The addition of more space at the Brookdale Center also allowed for a larger and significantly enhanced library, new offices and clinic spaces, as well as a new and larger lobby, moot court room, and ground-floor seminar room. |
In addition, older classrooms were renovated. In fall 2006, the Greenberg Center for Student Life, given in honor of former Dean David Rudenstine, opened. This addition to Cardozo included a new student lounge and a caf© on the third floor. | Also completed were several new seminar rooms, internal stairways between floors, and added windows. |
The Innocence Project moved from the 11th floor of Brookdale Center to a new office space. The move allowed the Innocence Project to hire more staff and significantly increase the number of cases it takes. | Both the Fogelman Library and the Cooper Union library serve as Cardozo's secondary libraries when the main library is closed on the Sabbath or on holidays. |
Students in the JD program publish several law journals: Cardozo Law Review; Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal; Cardozo International and Comparative Law Review; Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution; and Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice. | Cardozo Law Review was established in 1979, the first year of the School of Law's existence. The journal was cited 75 times in court cases in 2017 “21, making it fourth most-cited among American law journals (after Harvard Law Review, California Law Review and Yale Law Review). |
By journal citations, it ranks 29th, according to Washington & Lee Law School's database. Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal was ranked first in journal cites in the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law category in 2006 (second in Scholarly Impact and third in Cites by Courts). | Ari Berman President of Yeshiva University has announced the launch of Rise Up The Campaign for Yeshiva University an ambitious comprehensive campaign that will fund scholarships facilities and faculty programs to position the University for continued success.The campaign launched on December plans to raise million over the next five years to ensure student success in a changing world |
This will come through investments in YU four areas of strategic focus values and leadership science and tech entrepreneurship and innovation and great jobs and impactful careers. | Rise Up The Campaign for Yeshiva University has already raised more than million since its quiet phase began in fiscal year |
Under Berman helm fundraising for the University has significantly increased from about million annually in to million in The Torah teaches ways to honor God show respect for others and build an ethical flourishing society | Raising million for scholarships faculty and facilities reflects our core Torah values and meets our needs for the future.Committed to academic excellence and geared to empower our students to be the leaders of tomorrow the flagship Jewish university is on the rise Berman said Now is the time to rise up and become a partner in the future.The commitments already made during the campaign quiet phase demonstrate tremendous confidence in Yeshiva University future and have made an impact through a number of new initiatives |
These include Values and Leadership Scholarships for the next generation of Jewish educators at the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration | The establishment and development of the Emil A and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies which trains both school and university educators in the field of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and offers graduate programs in the discipline |
The launch of the Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Center for Values and Leadership founded by Terri and Andrew Herenstein dedicated to the dissemination of core Torah values and the education of tomorrow leaders through Rabbi Sacks teachings and life lessons | Establishment of new undergraduate scholarships including the President Leadership Scholars which will educate the Jewish communal leaders of the future |
Great Jobs and Impactful Careers.The establishment of the Shevet Glaubach Center for Career Strategy and Professional Development that is based on best practices in the field of student success | Expanded undergraduate career preparation experiences including undergraduate student trips to Israel and internships at some of Israel most dynamic companies |
The launch of the Mitzner Master of Science in Real Estate degree program at Sy Syms School of Business where students master essential concepts in the real estate industry and access YU extensive alumni network of real estate professionals | Much of the success of the quiet phase has been due to the leadership of the Campaign Planning Committee co chaired by Sen Joseph Lieberman and Anita Zucker |
The Campaign Cabinet includes Elliot Gibber Billy Greenblatt Andrew Herenstein Lance Hirt Ira Mitzner Ann Pava and Mark Wilf | We are thrilled by our donors support during the quiet phase of this campaign and expect the public phase will produce similarly inspiring results said Anita Zucker |
We are eager to see what possible when we come together in support of the next generation of leaders | In recent years we have seen more than ever the need for leaders with a broad based education and a foundation of solid values said Sen Lieberman |
Yeshiva University provides a unique education that does just that.This campaign will improve our capacity to fulfill that special mission and broaden our reach as well | Rise Up The Campaign for Yeshiva University is being launched during a time of great achievement.The University rose places from to over two years in the U News World Report rankings and was ranked in the report best value category |
Over the past four years YU has launched more than new programs including an associate degree in liberal arts bachelor programs in business analytics finance marketing and strategy and entrepreneurship and master degrees in Holocaust studies cybersecurity and physician assistant studies | Over that same period the University grew graduate school net tuition by more than |
A doctoral program in occupational therapy was also launched in and YU expanded partnership with Montefiore and its affiliated medical school the Albert Einstein College of Medicine included the launch of a new B A M D program offering a direct pathway to the medical profession for elite high school graduates attending YU undergraduate honors programs | YU Maccabees are ranked No in the nation in Division basketball and hold the longest winning streak in men college basketball with consecutive wins |
In support of the campaign launch the University Office of Institutional Advancement has planned a series of events across North America including South Florida Los Angeles Houston the Hamptons and other areas on Long Island New Jersey Chicago and Toronto among other markets | The Annual Hanukkah Dinner A Virtual Celebration The campaign was launched during Yeshiva University th Annual Hanukkah Dinner on Dec |
Philanthropic donors friends of the University student leaders faculty and staff attended the virtual celebration which was hosted by Gayle King television personality editor at large of Oprah Daily and co host of CBS Mornings | It also featured Berman famed opera tenor Andrea Bocelli and several YU luminaries |
A Katz School researcher and several colleagues are developing an AI powered wearable device that can monitor illicit drug use in individuals with substance use disorder | In a research paper Precision Polysubstance Use Episode Detection in Wearable Biosensor Data Streams Honggang Wang chair of the Katz School Computer Science and Engineering Department describes a method called RP STREAM which is an algorithm that can identify when an individual is using drugs by analyzing data collected from a wearable device |
To develop the model the researchers collected data from people who had used cocaine and were fitted with a wearable biosensor called Affectiva Q which can measure various physiological changes such as electrodermal activity physical activity and body temperature | To figure out when these people used cocaine the researchers evaluated patient notes urine tests and data from the device.When it comes to detecting drug use some studies have been successful in finding out when people use drugs but they usually look at big chunks of time said Wang. |
This new method is different because it can figure out when someone uses drugs in smaller timeframes. It like looking at a movie frame by frame instead of the whole movie at once | Prof Wang presented the team findings at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE International Conference on Connected Health Applications Systems and Engineering Technologies with colleagues Joshua Rumbut and Hua Fang of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and Edward Boyer of Ohio State University and Harvard Medical School |
RP STREAM or Real time Precision Pattern Recognition for Polysubstance Use Episode Detection in Wearable Biosensor Data Streams uses a set of rules derived from previous studies to differentiate between substances and identify substance use episodes accurately | The algorithm includes an intelligent mechanism for setting the threshold at which an observation is considered abnormal which helps in distinguishing substance use episodes from other anomalies in the biosensor data |
It can also recognize substance use occurrences that vary in length and over many days making it suitable for real world scenarios where substance use patterns aren t fixed | Presently the usual ways to check if someone relapsed aren t very good said Wang |
They test things like urine or blood which can t tell us much about when it happened.People can also lie or forget about it | During the experiments RP STREAM was able to find and identify when people used cocaine and cannabis and the episodes were usually about minutes in duration on average |
They also compared RP STREAM to another method and found that RP STREAM was better at not giving false alarms meaning it didn t mistakenly detect substance abuse | We want to keep working on this method to make it better at recognizing substance use for new participants said Wang.This is important because it can help us understand what leads to substance use and maybe even predict when someone might relapse |
We can also study how people tolerance to drugs changes over time in real life situations which will help us understand why people use drugs again and how to help them stop | On June and June the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought hosted its annual summer seminars for high school students Jewish and Western Texts in Conversation |
Held in Manhattan the respective programs for women and men brought together over forty students to participate in unique interdisciplinary seminars and activities learn at the collegiate level and engage with the YU Straus Center renowned faculty | The program kicked off with breakfast and words of welcome from Shaina Trapedo Straus Resident Scholar and Recruitment Officer |
Her session titled Talking Talmud with the Founding Fathers explored the relationship between Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and John Adams and their written exchanges about the Hebrew Bible and its exegetical tradition | In discussion students explored what the correspondence between Jefferson and Adams reveals about the extent to which the history morality and aesthetics of the Hebrew Bible were the subject of interest to the Founding Fathers and the framing of the Declaration and Constitution |
Throughout the day seminars covered a variety of themes texts and questions centered around the connection between Torah and various cultural and political elements of Western thought as a sampler of the breadth and depth of Straus Center courses | In his seminar Torah and Western Thought the Ethos of the YU Straus Center Straus Director Rabbi Meir Soloveichik explored the profound impact the Torah has had on the West more so than any other text |
Rabbi Soloveichik emphasized that the worldview of the Torah has the potential to influence the trajectory of America future while remaining an essential pillar of America founding | In her second session of the day titled Torah and Poetry |
Psalms and the American Founding Trapedo shifted the conversation to a contemporary lens inviting students to think about how recent auction prices of literary works including Shakespeare Folio the Bay Psalm Book and the Codex Sasson Bible might give us insight into how society views and values different types of wisdom and their perceived monetary and moral value in the st century | The next session Torah and Art Yetziat Mitzrayim and the Birth of Jewish Political Thought featured an on site visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Rabbi Soloveichik |
Throughout the tour Rabbi Soloviechik showed students how often overlooked artifcants and hieroglyphics founds in the Egyptian collection reveal the deeper political aspects of the Exodus including the Paschal lamb the ten plagues and iconic unleavened bread of the Seder which have been central to Jewish life and faith for centruies | Following the tour a session on Torah and Zionism Israel Declaration was delivered by Neil Rogachevsky Straus Center Associate Director and author of Israel Declaration of Independence The History and Political Theory of the Nation Founding Document |
He emphasized the importance of the Declaration from the political perspective without a political state the trajectory of the Zionist movement would have been halted | While idealistically the Declaration could have detailed a more specific outline for the future state of Israel this document was born out of necessity |
Finally Torah and Literature Myth and Monotheism led by Straus Center Clinical Assistant Professor Rabbi Dov Lerner featured an analysis of monotheism and the significance of the repetition in throughout Tanakh and our daily liturgy that God is one | Rabbi Lerner explained the danger of a Dualistic society in which the belief in a good god and a bad god exacerbates rather than addresses the issue of theodicy |
The belief in one God is essential to understanding that while the world is complex and unpredictable God is at once omnipotent and incomprehensible | The respective seminars concluded with a panel featuring Straus Scholars Allie Orgen SCW Yonatan Kurz YC and Reuben Hartman YC where they highlighted their favorite elements of the Straus Scholar program various classes they took and seminars they attended as well as leadership roles fellowships and internships they were involved in throughout their time in the program |
On Sept Rabbi Ari Berman President of Yeshiva University headlined an historic panel launching the first year of programming at the Abrahamic Family House AFH in Abu Dhabi titled Rethinking Sustainability and Peace Through a Spiritual Lens | The discussion held on the International Day of Peace highlighted YU continued commitment to deepening ties and spreading Jewish values in the global community |
The other panelists included Monica Menendez Associate Dean of Engineering for Graduate Affairs at NYU Abu Dhabi and Rabbi David Rosen Special Advisor for Interfaith and Jewish Affairs to the Abrahamic Family House | The event also included remarks by Abdulla Al Shehhi Acting Executive Director of the Abrahamic Family House |
Topics discussed included environmental preservation the climate crisis and the importance of religion and ethics in addressing these challenges | As a representative of our multi millennia tradition I m honored to draw on the time tested roots of the Jewish faith to address the universal challenges of tomorrow said President Berman |
Yeshiva University is proud to participate in this historic opportunity and continue our work of bringing the Jewish voice into the global moral conversation | Since opening in February the AFH has served a global audience and provided a platform for Jewish values to be shared |
The venue offers a model of tolerance and education housing a mosque a church and the Ben Maimon Synagogue | President Berman participation marked the latest in YU work to strengthen ties with Jewish Muslim and Christian communities on an international stage |
In April he addressed the first ever Holocaust Commemoration event in an Arab country at the Crossroads of Civilization Museum CCM in Dubai | Additionally in May YU partnered with Mohammed Bin Zayed University for Humanities MBZUH on the first of its kind academic conference in the UAE Interacting Philosophies Shared Friendships at which faculty from both universities offered scholarly reflections on Judaism and Islam political philosophical and social interactions to an audience of community members Emirati Israeli and American dignitaries and students |
Joining President Berman was a delegation of students and faculty from the YU Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought | The students met with local leaders including H E Ahmed Almansoori the founder of the CCM Amir Hayek Israeli Ambassador to the UAE Israeli Consul General Liron Zaslansky and Marc Sievers former Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman and Director of the AJC Abu Dhabi |
The group participated in seminars led by Straus Center faculty that examined Jewish and Islamic history and law | The YU delegation met with academic leaders and students at the MBZUH campus |
They were also led on a VIP tour of the Letters of Light exhibit at the Louvre Abu Dhabi which displays some of the oldest sacred texts of the Abrahamic faiths | As part of their education and training to be Modern Orthodox leaders of the future Straus Scholars are encouraged to take summer jobs internships and fellowships that allow them to build on their Straus Center studies |
Many Scholars spent this past summer participating in programs where they study aspects of public policy and philosophy relevant to their academic and personal interests | We continue to highlight Scholars who have taken advantage of such programming this summer many of whom have produced novel and important research and analysis in areas of particular concern to American Jews |
In this installment written before the recent war in Israel we spoke with Yaakov Willner YC who spent his summer in multiple DC based think tanks | After just one year of study with the Straus Center Willner decided he wanted to take a deep dive into the theory and practice of foreign policy criminal justice and more |
Along the way Willner encountered and learned from some of the most influential and well known political and military leaders around | One major takeaway Observant Jews have much to contribute to major ongoing debates about our biggest geopolitical and legal questions |
Tell us about your summer program in the nation capital | This summer I participated in the American Enterprise Institute AEI Summer Honors Program and was a summer fellow at Hudson Institute Political Studies |
After a year of studying religion philosophy and politics through the Straus Center I wanted to build on my education by spending some time in Washington DC | What got you interested in these programs in particular |
I was interested in these programs because I have a general interest in foreign policy and national security and thought that these academic programs would help be a stepping stone for work in those areas | I knew that AEI and Hudson host some of the top foreign policy scholars in the world so I couldn t pass up the opportunity to learn from them directly |
What did you like most about each program | AEI was a great experience because I learned more about the Middle Eas t and how America should approach it from its own national security interests |
Acting in America interests does not mean being isolationist or non interventionist but it doesn t mean trying to take over the world either | It was also interesting for me specifically because I learned about countries in the Middle East I hadn t thought about much before and what those countries economies cultures and geopolitical interests mean for Israeli security |
During the last day of the AEI program I had the unbelievable opportunity to hear from a Supreme Court justice Justice Clarence Thomas | He spoke of his philosophical leanings when it comes to the law which prompted my thinking more seriously about how to possibly combine law and national security |
Hudson program was much longer an amazing six weeks which allowed me to get to know the other fellows and many of the experts that work and study foreign policy at Hudson | These are the current and future leaders in American foreign policy and I got to pick their brains learn from them and maybe even influence their thinking a little by asking questions |
Were there any scholars whose classes stood out to you | I really did enjoy every course I took and learned from each of my teachers |
But specifically I really enjoyed studying criminal justice with John Walters who is the President of Hudson as well as learning about the Iranian threat with Michael Doran who leads the Center for Middle East at Hudson | We got to run policy workshop simulations where we modeled for example a National Security Council meeting |
Experts like Doran would watch and comment bringing our attention to the concerns that might actually come up when policymakers try to formulate a position on an issue | That was an eye opening experience because it showed just how hard it is to make foreign policy decisions |
There are so many moving pieces and competing concerns and there are very few easy choices | We also heard from an amazing series of distinguished speakers who taught the fellows about different areas in the world of public policy and public life more broadly |
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