The steiner summer program at the yiddish book center offers college students a tuitionfree, sevenweek immersion in yiddish culture. Avia moore, now a freelance theater artist based in montreal, describes her experience as a yiddish book center intern, back when interns sorted yiddish books in a warehouse every afternoon after. Dec 14, 2016 the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts, is now accepting applications for two education programs for college students and recent graduates. About the steiner summer yiddish program yiddish book center. This donorsponsored fund awards small grants to selected cultural liaisons, and provides mentors and other resources that enable them to design and organize firstrate yiddish and jewish cultural programming on. Yiddish farm summer program the yiddish farm education center is a shomershabbos organic farm in goshen, ny that hosts yiddish educational programs with the goal of teaching yiddish and fostering unity and respect between hasidic and nonhasidic jews. The great jewish books summer program reading list can vary from year to year. The great jewish books program for high school juniors and seniors takes place aug. The yiddish book centers steiner summer yiddish program offers college students a spirited exploration of yiddish language and culture. In seven weeks of concentrated study, steiner students not only gain yiddish language literacy and substantive knowledge of central and eastern european jewish history and culture they also participate in the lively world of yiddish culture at the.
In addition, we can provide you with used copies and reprints of most yiddish titles at nominal cost. The yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts, is accepting applications for two summer programs. The translation fellowship program is part of the center s larger translation initiative to train and mentor a new generation of yiddish translators and publish newly translated works. Author and founder and president of the national yiddish book center. The yiddish book center works to rescue yiddish and other modern jewish books and open up their content to the world. Fellows spend a year as fulltime staff members, learning valuable professional skills and contributing to the centers major projects, working closely with colleagues and supervisors. The great jewish books summer program, now in its eighth year, brings together rising high school juniors and seniors from across the country to read, discuss, argue about, and fall in love with modern jewish. Sean was born in ohio, where his father of afghani decent is a professor. Email march update from the yiddish book center yiddish. Cls is an immersive summer program that enables students to complete a semester or entire year of russian over the summer.
His family originally comes from lithuania, romania, and moldova. Established in 1968 this is the oldest intensive yiddish summer. The decade of discovery is a new initiative of the yiddish book center designed to foster a deeper understanding of yiddish and modern jewish culture. In the steiner summer yiddish program, undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent graduates ages 1826.
Sean sidky was interviewed by christa whitney on july 15, 2011 at the yiddish book center. Aaron lansky has such an incredible and personal story to share. Steiner students take yiddish language and culture classes and work on yiddish book center projects. Sholem aleichem, on account of a hat yehuda amichai, and the migration of my parents s. Yiddish and italian anarchism in america university of illinois press, 2015 and numerous articles on the history of anarchism. Yiddish book center summer program open to high school.
Alexis aaeng receives yiddish book center fellowship. Isaac babel, the story of my dovecote david bezmozgis, roman berman, massage. Each year, we invite students from our january term and steiner summer program at the yiddish book center to apply for our cowl jewish leadership program. July 826 exact dates tbd, depending on yiddish level application deadline. How a mensch from massachusetts saved yiddish literature for generations to come by sue macy. More than 10,000 of our titles are now available freeofcharge through the open content alliance. July 1, june 1 for international and crossinstitutional students cost. Adult learners we offer weekend, weeklong, and online courses on modern jewish culture, literature, and history, as well as our popular yiddishschool language and culture course.
The center s educational programs include the steiner summer yiddish program for college students, the great jewish books summer program for high school students, a great jewish books teacher workshop, a fellowship program, a translation fellowship, and tent. Nov 11, 2019 the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts is now accepting applications for the 2020 steiner summer yiddish program, running may 31july 17, 2020. The steiner summer program at the yiddish book center is now accepting applications, deadline february 1. She is also a twotime alumna of the yiddish book centers steiner summer yiddish program, and a former yiddish book center fellow. This engaging, often funny documentary chronicles the adventures of an enterprising 23yearold named aaron lansky, who rallied together an international network of volunteers and set out to rescue the worlds yiddish books. Fellows spend a year as fulltime staff members, learning valuable professional skills and contributing to the center s major projects, working closely with colleagues and supervisors. Search the full text of our books in yiddish at our fulltext book search site. Jul 09, 2018 miriam koral, yiddish language instructor and founding director of the california institute for yiddish culture and language, tells how signing up for a weeklong course at the yiddish book center.
Some of the greatest jewish teachers from around the world will be on hand. He was a steiner summer student at the yiddish book center the summer of 2011. The steiner summer program yiddish book center yiddish. The book center was hopping with teens delving into jewish literature, college students immersed in yiddish language and culture, and the development of several new programs designed to bring the. The yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts is now accepting applications for the 2020 steiner summer yiddish program, running may 31july 17, 2020 in the steiner summer yiddish program, undergraduate and.
Katarzyna markusz, yiddish comes alive in warsaw every summer, jta july 14, 2017. Email yiddish film series at hampshire college updated. Application for yiddish book center fellowship and. At the yiddish book center s great jewish books summer program, rising high school juniors and seniors read selections from important works of modern jewish literature and consider how they speak to the opportunities and challenges we face today. Amherst the yiddish book center in amherst is now accepting applications for its 2015 great jewish books summer program for high school students. Many of these programs are held during the summer and are attended by yiddish enthusiasts from around the world. Two literature professors share how yiddish changed america. The yiddish book center fellowship program offers recent college graduates a yearlong professional experience in yiddish language and jewish cultural work. The lost book art of dina matus, esther karp, and ida broyner researcher david mazower yiddish book center talks about an extraordinary modernist masterpiece of illustrated book art created by a group of young jewish women artists in 1920s poland. These students help implement yiddish programming on their college and university campuses. Here are some of the works students have read in the past. Miriam koral, yiddish language instructor and founding director of the california institute for yiddish culture and language, tells how signing up for a weeklong course at the yiddish book center. Yiddish farm programs inspire jewish students of all ages and backgrounds to reclaim yiddish as a source of identity, culture and learning. The yiddish book center is now accepting applications for the.
Led and curated by top scholars, contemporary writers, and cultural commentators, these programs inspire deep engagement with a range of surprisingand sometimes challengingworks of modern jewish literature. To learn more about the yiddish book center s wexler oral history project, visit. David schlitt, 20102011 yiddish book center fellow, was interviewed by lesley yalen on may 20, 2011 at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts. The yiddish book center offers a range of programs and resources for current and prospective teachers of yiddish and jewish literature. Contributors the yiddish book centers great jewish books. In the steiner summer yiddish program, undergraduate and graduate students ages 1826. Two literature professors share how yiddish changed. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish. Zachary albert teaches world war ii and holocaust history at the rashi school in dedham, ma, and is a holocaust testimony indexer for the university of southern california shoah foundation. The anthologys coeditors are josh lambert, academic director of the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts and incoming director of the jewish studies program at wellesley college and a ph. A yiddish book center summer course changed my life youtube. Up to ten translation fellows will be selected to receive yearlong mentorship and training to complete book length projects in yiddish translation. Just a reminder that applications for the yiddish book center s great jewish books summer program and great jewish books teacher summer seminar are due march 9. He is currently working on a book about the deportees of americas first red.
This year, however, due to the global pandemic, many summer yiddish programs have announced that they will be moving online or canceling. At the great jewish books summer program, rising high school juniors and seniors come to the yiddish book center in amherst to read selections from important works of modern jewish literature and consider how they speak to the opportunities and challenges we face today. Alexis aaeng is a graduate of the university of colorado boulder, where she received a dual degree in history and jewish studies and wrote her undergraduate thesis about yiddish radio. At the suggestion of a few of my professors, i applied for and was accepted to the yiddish book center s summer language program. The program is tuitionfree and limited housing subsidies are available for beginner students who demonstrate a financial need.
Encounters with jewish culture, as well as online and onsite classes for adult. Sean sidky has spent most of his life in sydney, australia, where his mother is a yiddish professor. The national yiddish book center will hold its 14th annual summer program in jewish culture 28 june 3 july, 1998. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization that works to tell the whole jewish story by rescuing, translating, and disseminating yiddish books and p. On the reading list are works by a range of jewish novelists, poets and shortstory writers. In the great jewish books summer program, high school students read. The yiddish book center offers both a oneweek winter immersion program and a sevenweek summer immersion program in amherst, massachusetts.
The great jewish books summer program, now in its eighth year, brings together rising high school juniors and seniors from across the country to read, discuss, argue about, and fall in love with modern jewish literature. Yiddish book centers steiner summer yiddish program, july. Dec 11, 2014 amherst the yiddish book center in amherst is now accepting applications for its 2015 great jewish books summer program for high school students. Steiner yiddish summer program, yiddish book center ceeres. Under the guidance of college professors, they consider how the rich legacy of modern jewish.
Uriel weinreich summer program in yiddish language. She is also a twotime alumna of the yiddish book center s steiner summer yiddish program, and a former yiddish book center fellow. As the worlds only comprehensive supplier of yiddish books, the book center helped establish yiddish collections at more than 600 great libraries, including harvard, yale, library of congress, the british library, hebrew university in jerusalem, and national libraries in. The yiddish book centers great jewish books programs introduce participants to the depth and breadth of modern jewish literature. Every year, we at in geveb offer a roundup of summer programs to help students learn about the various options available to them around the yiddish world. The yiddish book center s steiner summer yiddish program offers college students a spirited exploration of yiddish language and culture. Hear from students about their experiences at the yiddish book center s steiner summer yiddish program. Vilnius yiddish institute is an integral part of the. Yiddish book centers steiner summer yiddish program, july 7. Mar 24, 2016 alexis, who is an alumna of the 2015 steiner summer yiddish program, during which she began to study yiddish, notes. Sign up here to receive email updates about the great jewish books summer program and other educational programs for high school students. This will be the fourth year of the weeklong program, which introduces students to a wide range of modern jewish novelists, poets, and shortstory writers. The yiddish book center s 2015 great jewish books summer program runs aug 2 9.
The yiddish book centers 2015 great jewish books summer program runs aug 2 9. Our approach combines language learning with communitybuilding, organic farming and jewish education. Jacob kronhill program in yiddish language and culture yiddish winter intensive at monash university melbourne, australia email protected, email protected dates. Students accepted into the program receive full scholarships. At the suggestion of a few of my professors, i applied for and was accepted to the yiddish book centers summer language program. Students are housed at hampshire college, adjacent to the book center. In the steiner summer yiddish program, students spend seven weeks immersed in yiddish language and culture. Jun 12, 2011 the steiner summer program at the yiddish book center is now accepting applications, deadline february 1. Program costs, location, housing, and transportation. One such school located within vilnius university vilnius yiddish institute was the first yiddish center of higher learning to be established in postholocaust eastern europe.
Kendra berry, using yiddish to fight the othering of jews in poland, university of washington stroum center for jewish studies, 2018. I wouldnt have began studying yiddish if it wasnt for the program in jewish studies. A history from colonial times to today by pamela s. Alexis, who is an alumna of the 2015 steiner summer yiddish program, during which she began to study yiddish, notes. The oneweek program, yiddishschool, is geared towards beginner, advanced beginner and intermediate learners, and is open to all age groups. Naftali ejdelman, cofounder of yiddish farm, describes yiddish farms tenweek immersive summer yiddish program. Beginning with the center s 40th anniversary in 2020, and continuing for each of the next ten years, the center will select an annual theme. This donorsponsored fund awards small grants to selected cultural liaisons, and provides mentors and other resources that enable them to design and organize firstrate yiddish and jewish cultural programming on their own college and. The yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts is now accepting applications for the 2020 steiner summer yiddish program, running may 31july 17, 2020. The yiddish book center s great jewish books programs introduce participants to the depth and breadth of modern jewish literature. About the great jewish books summer program yiddish book. A life in fact and fiction is a lecture series by professor jeremy dauber, the atran professor of yiddish language, literature, and culture in the department of germanic languages at columbia university, specializing in yiddish and jewish literature, american jewish culture and american studies. Yiddish book centers spielberg digital yiddish library. Aaron visits with students at amherst in summer 2011 a sample of what our students had to say after their visit with aaron.
The national yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to rescue yiddish books and share their content with the world. The yiddish book center selects a group of outstanding students each year from the steiner summer program to be cultural liaisons during the following academic year. Jan, 2016 hear from students about their experiences at the yiddish book center s steiner summer yiddish program. Contributors the yiddish book centers great jewish. The yiddish book centers steiner summer yiddish program. Steiner summer yiddish program, yiddish book center amherst, massachusetts, usa i cant wait to keep learning yiddish and maybe, hopefully, one day either teach or translate yiddish and be an active member of the community. The anthologys coeditors are josh lambert, academic director of the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts and incoming director of the jewish studies program at. In seven weeks of concentrated study, steiner students not only gain yiddish language literacy and substantive knowledge of central and eastern european jewish history and culture they also participate in the lively world of yiddish.
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