Our M.A. is more than a graduate program.
Our graduate students not only earn a degree but also have the opportunity to foster long-term relationships with Tikvah instructors and the broader Tikvah community, as part of a mission to build a movement for Jewish classical education. Alumni can benefit from mentorship by veteran teachers, participation in an intellectual community with shared goals, assistance with placement in Jewish day schools and yeshivas, and opportunities to participate in Lobel Center programs and professional development.
Students will also have the chance to connect with the broader classical education movement—a network of educators, conferences, university-level research programs, curriculum projects, and K-12 schools with tens of thousands of students enrolled across North America.
Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin is director of the Jewish Classical Education Concentration track at the University of Dallas and the academic director and dean of the Lobel Center for Jewish Classical Education. His prior work on Jewish Classical Education as a research fellow with Tikvah was featured ....
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Harry Ballan is a managing director of Alliant‘s Global Mergers and Acquisitions Group and an adjunct professor at New York University Law School. He holds a BA, MA, M.Phil. and PhD from Yale University and a JD from Columbia Law School. After law school, Harry clerked for the ....
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Rabbi Mark Gottlieb is chief education officer of Tikvah and founding dean of the Tikvah Scholars Program. Prior to joining Tikvah, Rabbi Gottlieb served as head of school at Yeshiva University High School for Boys and principal of the Maimonides School in Brookline, MA, and has taught at .....
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Laura Eidt has taught in the German, Spanish, Comparative Literature, and Humanities programs at the University of Dallas since 2006, and is director of the Humanities Program and faculty advisor for the university’s K-12 Classical Curriculum Team. Dr. Eidt regularly teaches various ....
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John M. Peterson is assistant dean of the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts at the University of Dallas. He also serves as graduate director for the Classical Education and American Studies graduate programs and is affiliate assistant professor of Humanities. Dr. Peterson specializes in the ....
read moreOur graduates will have a competitive advantage in the education job market, where there is a demand for elite educators who can teach general studies from a Jewish perspective. Tikvah staff are ready to assist excellent graduate students in securing placements during their studies, as well as teaching positions upon completion of the program.
