The Advanced Institutes deepen the Krauthammer Fellows’ understanding of Jewish, American, Zionist, and conservative ideas and enrich their writing projects. The Advanced Institutes also provide an opportunity to connect with like-minded peers and excellent instructors and mentors. 

Fall 2021

The Great Speeches of Israeli History

with Daniel Polisar, Shalem College


The Hebraic Spirit of America

with Harry Ballan, The Tikvah Fund


Plato’s Republic: A Jewish Reading

with Jacob Howland, University of Tulsa


Is Political Philosophy Useful in Government? Lessons from the State Department’s Reports on China and on Human Rights

with Peter Berkowitz, The Hoover Institution


The Conservative Idea of Human Nature: On Irving Kristol

with Matthew Continetti, American Enterprise Institute


Can School Choice Save Religious Education in America? A State-by-State Analysis

with Jason Bedrick, EdChoice


American Defense Strategy in an Age of Great Power Conflict

with Elbridge Colby, WestExec Advisors


Religion and Constitutional Government: A View from the Courts, the States, and the Culture

with Adam White, American Enterprise Institute

Winter 2022

By Word and Deed: Ronald Reagan’s Foreign Policy Through His Speeches

with William Inboden, Clements Center for National Security


Lincoln on Slavery and Race

with Diana Schaub, Loyola University 


Homer’s Iliad: A Jewish Reading

with Jacob Howland, University of Tulsa


Blaise Pascal and Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik: Secular Modernity and Biblical Anthropology

with Benjamin Storey, American Enterprise Institute & Rabbi Mark Gottlieb, Tikvah Fund


The Moral Economy of Guilt

with Wilfred McClay, Hillsdale College


The American Legal Battleground and the Jews

with Jerome Marcus, Tikvah Fund

Summer 2022

Building Strong Families in Late Modernity

with Scott Yenor, Claremont Institute 


The Ideology of Israeli’s Political Right: From Jabotinsky to Netanyahu

with Brian Horowitz, Tulane University 


Israel-China Working Group *Invitation Only*

with Harry Halem, Tikvah Fund 


with Devorah Goldman, Tikvah Fund 

Fall 2022

Christian Zionism: Past, Present, and Future

with Sam Goldman, George Washington University


African American Political Thought

with Diana Schaub, Loyola University Maryland 


Federalism and the Future of American Conservatism

with Eric Cohen, Tikvah Fund 


with Abe Socher, Jewish Review of Books