Tikvah has partnered with the University of Dallas, one of the world leaders in classical education, to offer an M.A. in Humanities with a concentration in Jewish Classical Education. This master’s degree is the only program of its kind in the world—a deep-dive into the history, culture, and ideas of Western Civilization animated by the belief that the Jewish people have held an exceptional place within the human story. Our program equips established and aspiring educators to teach the best of Western culture from a Jewish perspective while also enhancing their ability to teach traditional Judaic studies.
If Jews and Judaism are truly summoned to be “a light unto the nations”—a moral and metaphysical Menorah to the world—then the purpose of Jewish education is to kindle that light. And that Jewish light depends on educating committed Jews who understand and care about their exceptional role in history, who bring Jewish wisdom into the civilizational arena, and who incorporate the best of Western culture into Jewish life. This is the mission of Jewish classical education: to build a movement of civilizational renewal that looks to the past heights of human excellence as a guide to the future, and that does so with a Jewish mind and Jewish heart.