Learn in Rome, Italy
June 30 - July 10, 2025
All-inclusive Summer Study Abroad Opportunity
This summer, Touro University/Lander Colleges Men's Division is offering the course Challenges of Antisemitism: Past and Present at the Rabbinical College in Rome, in collaboration with Progetto Talmud. This program is open exclusively to male students.
Studying near the historic Jewish Ghetto in Rome will allow you to earn college credits upon completing the course requirements. Additionally, you'll have the chance to explore Rome through educational excursions, enriching your understanding of Jewish history and culture in this remarkable setting.
Cost
- Base Price: $2,200 (including the deposit)
- Early Bird Price: $2,000 (register by March 30, 2025)
- Payment plans are available (up to four installments)
- Deposit: A non-refundable $500 deposit is required to reserve your spot
- Full payment due by May 10, 2025
- FAFSA available
What's Included:
- Accommodations and meals under strict supervision
- Educational excursions in Rome and its surroundings
- Shiurei Torah
- Extracurricular activities
What's Not Included
- Airfare to and from Rome
Touro University Course Leadership
- Alan Kadish, MD - President of Touro University
- Israel Singer, PhD - Vice President of International Affairs at Touro University, Professor of Contemporary Jewry.
- Dean Stanley Boylan, Ph.D. - Vice President of Undergraduate Education, Dean of Faculties at Touro University.
- Dean Herb Ratner, PhD - Associate Dean at Lander College for Men.
- Dana Fishkin, PhD - Chair of Humanities at Touro's Lander College for Women.
- Karen Sutton, PhD - Assistant Professor at Touro's Lander College for Women.
Faculty and program details are subject to change.
How to Apply
Step 1. Complete the application
Step 2. Pay the non-refundable $500 registration fee
Step 3. Submit full payment upon receipt of your acceptance email
Contact Information
Rabbi Menachem Lazar
Phone: +1 347-389-5770
Email: menachem.lazar@touro.edu
Shmuel Yudelzon
Phone: +1 917-254-1754
Email: samuel.yudelzon@touro.edu
Requirements and Conditions
- Current conditions, travel requirements, and otherwise are as follows:
- Participants must sign a Waiver of Liability (including COVID-related waivers) and adhere to Touro’s Code of Conduct.
- Participants must arrange and pay for their own flights to and from Rome.
- Refunds (excluding registration fees) can be requested up to 90 days before the trip.
- Adherence to Italian travel regulations is required.
- Programs and courses are subject to change.
Cancellation Policy
Touro does not own or provide all of the services, facilities or travel arrangements included in this program. Aside from academic programming, these are provided by third parties. If you have a medical condition or mobility issues, please let us know before making a deposit so that we can engage in an interactive dialogue. All itineraries are subject to availability. Touro reserves the right to modify, amend, postpone or cancel the program – or any part thereof - and refund participants to issues related to any force majeure, including but not limited to, serious security problems such as terrorism, hostilities, instability, war significant risks to human health such as the outbreak of a serious disease at the travel destination (including but not limited to pandemics and epidemics), acts, announcements, mandates guidance, decrees or orders by governments or local authorities or natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, weather conditions which make it impossible to travel safely to the destination or achieve the full vision of the planned experience and other events such as strikes, civil strife, high/low water levels, hostilities, Covid-19 or any other pandemic, instability, war, mandate, or practice that could prevent participants to enter Italy or achieve the full vision of the planned experience. The limit of Touro’s liability in any such event will be to refund amounts previously made.
If you have a medical condition or mobility issues, please inform us before making a deposit to ensure proper accommodations.
Reserve your spot today—space is limited!
