Highlights
Program Highlights
Intensive study of modern Hebrew language, literature, and culture
Advanced courses within the School of Civic Leadership, exploring key subject areas from a uniquely Jewish and Hebraic vantage point. Jewish ideas and Jewish history are central to every key field of study and academic major within the School of Civic Leadership:
In the “Civics Honors” major, students will have the opportunity to study the unique role of Hebraic ideas in shaping the moral, political, and cultural imagination of the Western mind and the American republic. In the “Great Books” major, students will explore the foundational texts of Jewish tradition, the insights of Jewish philosophy into the nature of man, and the conversation between Jewish and Western thought in shaping Western culture.
The Ackerman Program aims to be a national leader in exploring the great challenges facing Jewish and Western civilization in the modern age. We bring together thinkers and civic leaders from myriad fields—public policy, law, academia, K-12 education, business, and world affairs—to weigh these issues. We create a wide range of opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to participate in important discussions and develop as future civic leaders themselves.
Key areas of study include:
Foreign Language
The Ackerman Program actively promotes the study of Hebrew as one of the foundational languages of Western civilization and the living language of the Jewish people. Hebrew language is explored as the gateway to understanding the continuity of Jewish life from the biblical age to the age of modern Zionism and to exploring the masterworks of modern Hebrew literature and culture.
