A leadership program for 9th and 10th grade students interested in Jewish, Zionist, and Western ideas
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Summer @ Yale
All Ben-Gurion Fellows participate in the Tikvah Scholars summer residential program at Yale University. The Yale program involves two-weeks of intensive study with 200 exceptional fellow students from around the world.
Fellows can choose between Session # 1 (June 27 to July 7, 2022) or Session #2 (July 25 to August 4, 2022).
Students choose electives in four key areas: Jewish thought and history, Zionism and modern Israel, the meaning of American democracy, and the great debates of Western civilization. Courses include:
Jewish Thought & History
Why Be Jewish?
Justice and Injustice in Jewish Tradition
The Jews vs. Greeks: What is Human Nature?
Jewish Political Thought
The Heroes of Jewish History
Zionism & Modern Israel
The Zionist Founders: Herzl, Begin, Ben-Gurion
The Israeli Declaration of Independence
The Great Speeches of Israeli History
The Israeli Economy
The Wars of Israel: 1948, 1967, the Yom Kippur War
The Meaning of American Democracy
The Hebraic Spirit of America
The Future of Religious Liberty
Freedom and Equality in American Political Thought
Left, Right, and the Future of American Politics
Abraham Lincoln and the American Idea of Statesmanship
The Great Debates of Western Civilization
The Birth of Western Civilization: Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, and Philadelphia
The History of Democratic Capitalism
The Ethics of War and Peace
Science, Technology, and the Future of the West
Nationalism and World Politics: Past, Present, and Future