Applications for Summer 2027 are now open!
Our priority application deadline is December 18, 2026. Accepted students who apply by the priority deadline will receive a $250 tuition discount on US-based programs and a $500 tuition discount on the Jerusalem Seminar.
Our final application deadline is February 1, 2027.
In 2027, Tikvah Summer Programs will be hosted in four locations: Princeton, Vanderbilt, Washington, D.C., and Jerusalem.
What Makes a Tikvah Summer Unique:
- Seminar-Style Learning: Our students discuss enduring questions and abiding debates in Jewish thought, Western civilization, or public affairs through the study of primary texts. Around the seminar table, students take the lead, and our teachers facilitate the conversation.
- Committed Faculty: Tikvah brings together world-class faculty who care deeply about the formation of advanced high school students. Outside of class, our teachers share meals with students and encourage their continued intellectual development in future endeavors.
- Enriching Jewish Community: Around the seminar table, the Shabbat table, and beyond, Tikvah students from across the Jewish spectrum form a community grounded in shared purpose. Regardless of prior experience, each student is challenged to examine Jewish perspectives on the ethical, intellectual, and political life.
Tikvah Students:
- Are Intellectually Curious: They have questions about culture, politics, history, Zionism, philosophy, and religion and want to share these questions with their peers and teachers.
- Value Reading: They believe that wisdom can be found in books, essays, and speeches, and that wrestling with difficult texts and ideas builds character and moral seriousness.
- Are Growth-Oriented: They want to be challenged to become stronger Jews and better thinkers, citizens, and members of their communities.
- Seek Community: Our network of Tikvah students endures long after high school, and many of our alumni remain connected through college and beyond.
