Yiddishlanguage specialist intern for the yiddish book centers. A special collaboration with the national yiddish book center amherst, ma. Internships for college students and recent graduates. National yiddish book center in amherst, ma librarything local. The national yiddish book center, sothebys auctioneer, boston university, smithsonian institute, morgan stanley, u. We are also a key provider of adult cultural and educational programming for our. Summer interns from the nybc visited us to pick up the original copies of these. The steiner summer internship program is in full swing at the yiddish book center.
Volunteers will assist in leading student groups on visits of the center and will facilitate interactive activities and tours. Program manager, 40th anniversary initiatives at national yiddish book center. In 1989 the center invited college students to take part in an internship program that provided yiddish language instruction in combination with handson work sorting and shelves incoming yiddish volumes. Feel free to browse our store, but be aware that the shopping cart is disabled. Encounters with jewish culture, as well as online and onsite classes for adult learners, including yiddishschool. The national yiddish book center will provide financial support to each cowl fellow as well as mentorship in yiddish programming, event planning, outreach, and publicity. Located in amherst, massachusetts, the center safeguards a collection of 1. Full information about the cowl jewish leadership program, including application and selection guidelines, will be available during the summer internship program. In 1989 the center invited college students to take part in an internship program that. The centers 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. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit institution, and its programs are. It is one of ten western massachusetts museums constituting the museums10 consortium. A collection of audio books, recorded programs and multimedia resources from the yiddish book center.
Eighteen talented, hardworking and incredibly motivated students are here learning yiddish, studying eastern european culture and history, and pursuing individual research projects on everything from sholem aleichems monologues to the yiddish response to darwinism. Neh oral history project assistant at national yiddish book center. The centers internship program has given dozens of students a valuable. Two interviews, the first is with the educational program director and the second is with potential program supervisors who tell you a little about what their areas usually work on. Students in this concentration learn to read in a new way. Oversee logistics and coordination for program of grants to public libraries. Carole renard national yiddish book center linkedin.
You can also browse the centers main website at yiddishbookcenter. The popular program grew into the steiner summer internship program and now offers dozens of students an opportunity to study yiddish language and literature in intensive accredited courses and to take part in the ongoing work of the center for eight weeks each year. The debate about the national language for the jews, such as the one. Hire, train, and supervise a team of transcriptediting and indexing interns and volunteers manage. The national yiddish book center was founded in 1980 by macarthur. Summer research assistant for professor justin cammy. Students with this major have completed internships andor jobs at. The national yiddish book center is now accepting applications for its steiner summer internship program and its graduate fellows program.
We are not currently fulfilling online orders, as the yiddish book center has closed its building to protect visitors and staff during the covid19 pandemic. Now featuring selections from the frances brandt online yiddish audio library and the sami rohr library of recorded yiddish books, produced by the yiddish book center in cooperation with the. National yiddish book center, cultural institution dedicated to collecting and distributing endangered yiddish books and, through programs and education, opening up their contents to new readers. Many alumni of the program have gone on to enter the field of jewish and yiddish studies as educators, writers, and community leaders. The focus of my article is a unique place, the yiddish book center in. National yiddish book center jewish virtual library.
Internships and careers for students of russian and. The yiddish book center national yiddish book center, located on the campus of hampshire college in amherst, massachusetts, united states, is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books in the yiddish language, as well as the culture and history those books represent. The yiddish book center is seeking volunteer docents to provide support to our field trip program staff. Yiddishlanguage specialist intern for the yiddish book. National yiddish book centernational yiddish book center, cultural institution dedicated to collecting and distributing endangered yiddish books and, through programs and education, opening up their contents to new readers. This kit, on the centers site for teachers, offers resources for teaching a famous and unforgettable poem, diving into the wreck, by adrienne rich. Steiner students take yiddish language and culture classes and work on yiddish book center projects. 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. 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.