Browsing Pamphlets: The Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought by Issue Date
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Adams, Jefferson, and the Jews: Supplementary Readings.
(The Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought. Yeshiva University., 2012)Throughout the academic year 2011–2012, the Straus Center been presented seminars and lectures on the subject of “Jewish Ideas and American Democracy.” Our goal is to bring classic Jewish texts into conversation with the ... -
God’s Providence and the United States A Thanksgiving Reader on Judaism, Thanksgiving and the American Idea.
(Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University, 2013-11)Much has been made in the media of the fact that the American holiday of Thanksgiving occurs this year on what is, for Jews, the first day of Chanukah.While this has provided much fodder for humorous remarks about ... -
In the Valley of the Dry Bones: Lincoln’s Biblical Oratory and the Coming of the Civil War.
(Imprint Academic, 2014)Co-authored by the Straus Center’s Resident Scholar, Dr. Matthew Holbreich, this article investigates Lincoln’s public use of the Bible before he became President of the United States. The rhetorical tropes of covenant, ... -
Priestly predicaments : analysing "Sof Tuma Latzet" according to Maimonides.
(Maggid Books, 2015)Rabbi Jonathan Sacks is one of the most distinguished rabbinic leaders of our day and a world-renowned spokesman for Judaism. To honor him upon his retirement from the chief rabbinate of the United Hebrew Congregations of ... -
The Source of Faith Examined.
(Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University, 2015)Someone who wants to understand the content of Jewish faith can pick up nearly any article or listen to any number of sihot by Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, and find an illuminating treatment of some aspect of that issue. The ... -
On Faith and Democracy as a New Form of Religion: A Few Tocquevillian Reflections.
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JHIS 4938H - A Topics: Malbim & Modernity / JPHI 1918H – A Topics: Malbim & Modernity
(2021-01)Course Overview The aim of this class is to explore the thought of one of the most well-known Jewish exegetes of the nineteenth century—Malbim—with a heavy emphasis on his historical and intellectual context. We will ... -
POL 1401: Great Political Thinkers: Ancient Political Thought
(2021-01)Course Description It has been commonly said that Western Civilization—of which America has long been considered a part—was formed through the combination of, or creative tension between, the ideas typified by two cities: ...
