Honors Leadership Seminar

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Students are exposed to special lectures with communal leaders in the Jewish and secular community, business people, attorneys, doctors and scientists, writers, film producers, and scholars, enabling them to cultivate important relationships and help motivate and excite them about their own leadership and scholarship potential. Students also take part in educational and cultural opportunities offered in Manhattan. This facet of the course has included a visit to the German Consulate to participate in debate about the role of Jews in American History, a lecture by Israeli Ambassador to the UN Ron Prossor and a visit to the Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibition. Additionally, students engage in monthly article reviews from contemporary periodicals and vigorously debate the positions espoused.