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
"The teacher is just awesome. You can tell he is really passionate. We don't have teachers like this in our school."
- Greg S., Summer 2020 Student
"We are truly grateful for this opportunity for our daughter. She has learned to read primary texts critically in just a few short weeks and her teachers have really encouraged her to analyze and discuss important themes in class."
- Lauren B., Summer 2020 Parent
American Civilization
American Civilization:
Lincoln’s God
Dr. Harry Ballan
Why Sports Matter:
Athletics and Human Excellence
Eric Cohen & Stephanie Cohen
How to Argue about Politics:
The Meaning of Victory in Public Debate
Devorah Goldman
Jewish Ideas and the American Founding
Yishai Schwartz
The Great Conversation: Freedom and Equality in the American Political Tradition
Dr. Vincent Phillip Muñoz
The Moral Meaning of Money
Daniel Gutkind
Jewish Thought
Homer and the Bible: Jewish vs. Greek Thought
Dr. Harry Ballan
Man, Beast, Myth: The Jewish Golem
Dr. Sarah Skwire
The Key to a Jewish Life?
Rabbi Avrohom Zeidman
The Pen and the Sword: Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust
Sarah Wapner
The Politics of Purim:
The Story You Never Knew
Rabbi David Wolpe
The Jewish Prayerbook:
A Philosophical Introduction
Rabbi Ilan Schimmel
Pathways to God: Jewish Identity in the Thought of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Dr. Daniel Rose
Jewish Ideas:
On the Goodness of Creation
Rabbi Mark Gottlieb
Judaism, Science, and Technology
Rabbi Benjamin J. Samuels, PhD
Judaism and the Free Market: How Biblical Ideas Helped Create the West
Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin
Jews and Greeks: Hero, City, Altar
Dr. Harry Ballan
Zionism & Israel
What is Zionism?
The Founding Thinkers
Dr. Brian Horowitz
What is Zionism?
The Great Debates
Tobey Linhart
Great Speeches in Israeli History: Words that Shaped the Jewish Nation
Sarah Wapner
Self Portrait of a Hero:
The Letters of Yonatan Netanyahu
Dr. Tuvia Book
The Six Day War: Israel’s Military Triumph and Spiritual Transformation
Dr. Neil Rogachevsky
Western Canon
What is Philosophy?
An Introduction to
Socrates and Plato
Dr. Matthew Holbreich
The Quest for Justice: Jerusalem, Athens, Philadelphia
Dr. Aaron Tugendhaft
Philosophy Exemplified: Western & Jewish Perspectives on Plato’s Euthyphro
Dr. R.J. Snell
Hard Life Choices:
What Can Philosophy and Literature Teach Us?
Dr. Sarah Skwire
Wartime Speeches to Remember: Churchill and the Queens Elizabeth
Dr. Matthew Holbreich
Robots, Aliens, and Humans: Moral Questions in Science Fiction
Dr. Charles T. Rubin