Please share this (free) one week summer program with your literature-loving high school patrons, students, friends and family members:
Great Jewish Books Summer Program Great Jewish Books at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA opens doors for young people from across North America. It enriches their connection with Jewish culture, literature, and community, and inspires them to want to learn more. Over the course of a week, Great Jewish Books students read, discuss, argue about, and fall in love with modern Jewish literature. They get to share their love of reading with others, to explore Jewish culture, to build a new community of friends, and to experience an early taste of college campus life. To say that this program, now in its third year, is powerful is an understatement. Students who've attended the program tell us they leave here transformed. Rising high school juniors and seniors are eligible to apply to Great Jewish Books, a program of the Yiddish Book Center. *All accepted students are given a full scholarship, covering the cost of tuition, room, board, and "a pile of books."* I hope that you'll take a few minutes to learn more about the program--watch our short intro video, read our FAQs, share this information with teens you know, and maybe even sit-down with them as they fill out our online application<http://support.yiddishbookcenter.org/site/R?i=cPF1U8NkwURkPdHV_vPl6Q>. Trust me, they will thank you for it! *The deadline for applications is March 15.* If you have questions call Lesley Yalen, Education Program Coordinator at 413.256.4900 x142. What alumni have said: *"It was the first time I met other high school students who explored new ideas with the same depth, breadth, and energy that I did...I loved that the conversations spilled from classroom to lunch table to dorm."* Micah, '13 *"It was the first time I really felt excited about what I was reading!"*Matilda, '12 *"It was the first college level discussion that I'd really been engaged in. It just seemed like everyone was so ready to jump in and learn together." *Leah, '13
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