Millstone Scholars – National Jewish Honors Program for 7th and 8th graders
Millstone Scholars is a National Honors program for 7th & 8th graders attending public and secular independent schools to study the foundational ideas, great leaders, and key texts of Jewish civilization. Each week over the course of a full academic year, students participate in seminar style classes (in-person) with fellow young Jews eager to discover their own Jewish history and heritage in an intellectually serious way.
As they explore the Hebrew bible, the heroic story of modern Israel, and the influence of Jewish Ideas on America, a strengthened Jewish identity emerges.
Includes core seminar classes, national debates and local field trips focued on Jewish History and civilization, modern Israel and Zionism, and the American Jewish Experience.
Grades: 7-8
Meeting Times: Mondays 6:30-7:45pm October – May
Contact Person: Sara Miriam Liben saraml@jfnnj.org ,
millstonescolars@tikvah.org, https://tikvah.org/millstone