New Seminars for 11th- and 12th-Grade Students Coming This Winter
Tikvah Online Academy offers high-level seminars—with small classes, master teachers, and spirited discussions—for students interested in Jewish ideas, Zionism and modern Israel, American democracy, and Western civilization.
✔ All classes are capped at 12 to 15 students.
✔ Seminars meet live over Zoom for spirited conversation and debate. All weekday classes are scheduled in the evenings, so they will not conflict with the school day. Sunday sessions will take place in the late mornings or evenings.
✔ Courses are open to all students regardless of their educational backgrounds. The application process is simple but selective.
✔ Tuition is $200 per course. Full scholarships are available for any family with financial need.
Applications are not currently open, but you can learn more about our course offerings by browsing previous seminars below, or click here to sign up to receive more information.
Testimonials
"Teaching for Tikvah’s Online Academy has been a joy from the very first class. My students are active and engaged, and Tikvah gives us the luxury of time to think, talk, and inquire about materials we’d never get to in a traditional classroom, or that we’d have to rush through. Whether it’s a class on Golems or on Shakespeare, I leave every class session energized and excited to come back—and I hope all my students feel the same!"
- Sarah Skwire, Teacher
American Civilization

American Civilization:
How the U.S. Economy Works
Dr. Harry Ballan

Identity Politics: A History and Critique
Dr. David Azerrad

Five Perspectives on the American Presidency
Dr. Tevi Troy

Jews and Conservatism: Great Thinkers and Debates
Dr. Rita Koganzon

Jews and American Law
Alyza Lewin

Jews and Religious Freedom
Dr. Michael A. Helfand

The Roots of the American Political Order

The Varieties of Anti-Semitism: What Do We Face?
Dr. Rachel Fish

Five Threats to American Democracy
David Goldman
Jewish Thought

Is God Paying Attention? Job, Jonah, and Robinson Crusoe
Dr. Shlomo Zuckier

The Sabbath in Jewish Thought and Literature
Rabbi Gamliel Shmalo

Love and Death:
Thinking with Plato and the Bible
Alan Rubenstein

Plato and the Talmud
Dr. Jacob Howland

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’s
The Great Partnership
Rabbi Benjamin J. Samuels, PhD

The Jewish Idea of Giving: What is the True Meaning of Tikkun Olam?
Rabbi Avrohom Zeidman

Who Am I? A Jewish Exploration of the Human Mind and Heart
Rabbi Mark Gottlieb

The People of the Book: Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust
Zionism & Israel

Zionism and Anti-Zionism: Dispatches from Campus
Dr. Andrew Pessin

Israel’s Economic Take-Off: Human Creativity and the Dynamism of the Market
Dov Zigler

The Modern Wars of the Jews: Great Moments & Debates
Rabbi Shlomo Brody

Israeli Military Strategy
Dr. Gabriel Scheinmann

Israel’s Declaration of Independence
Dr. Neil Rogachevsky

The Israeli Right:
From Jabotinsky to Netanyahu
Dr. Brian Horowitz

Jabotinsky’s Samson:
The Politics of Jewish Independence
Dr. Jonathan Yudelman

The Zionist Political Divide: Exploring the Left-Right Debate
Dr. Brian Horowitz