DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MARCH 30
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 30.* 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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