Summer Seminar 2010: Jewish Thought and Enduring Human Questions
August 1st - August 11th
*ONLINE APPLICATION-APPLY NOW*
Students from universities in North America, Israel and elsewhere around the world will convene in Princeton to study Jewish texts, Jewish thought, and Jewish perspectives on the great questions of human life. Leora Batnitzky, Director of the Tikvah Project at Princeton will be joined by Allan Arkush (State University of New York) and Alan Mittleman (Jewish Theological Seminary) as seminar leaders. Topics will include Creation and Redemption, Love and Death, Justice and Injustice, Law and Authority, and God and Politics. Students will read and discuss classic Jewish and Western texts, hear lectures by renowned professors, and have opportunities for advising sessions with visiting faculty.
Provisions: Housing and Kosher meals will be provided throughout the seminar. Accepted students will receive a $1,000 stipend directly from the Tikvah Fund.
Faculty for 2010 Seminar
(For individual faculty bios, please click on the faculty names below)
Allan Arkush, State University of New York
Leora Batnitzky, Princeton Unviersity
Michael Fishbane, University of Chicago
Moshe Halbertal, Hebrew University
Leon Kass, University of Chicago
Eric Lawee, York University
Jon Levenson, Harvard University
Alan Mittleman, Jewish Theological Seminary
Michael Morgan, Indiana University
David Novak, University of Toronto
Clifford Orwin,University of Toronto
Kenneth Seeskin, Northwestern University
Steven Smith, Yale University
Abe Socher, Oberlin College
Suzanne Last Stone, Cardozo Law School
Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study
Joseph Weiler, New York University
*For more information about the 2010 faculty and schedule, or to learn about the 2009 seminar, please explore the appropriate links on the sidebar*
The Tikvah Fund is a proud supporter of the Tikvah Project at Princeton and other Tikvah Centers across North America. To learn more about the Tikvah Fund and its other projects, click on the links below.
The Tikvah Center for Law and Jewish Civilization - NYU Law School
Tikvah at the Jewish Theological Seminary
Tikvah at the University of Toronto
The Tikvah Fund