Yiddish Book Center Fellowship
Study Subject : Yiddish Language and Culture
Employer : The Yiddish Book Center
Level : Post Graduate
The Fellowship Program brings talented young college graduates who are passionate about Yiddish language and culture to spend a year as full-time Book Center staff.
Fellows provide content for existing programs and spearhead new ones. Fellows work in a number of areas, including :
Books & Collections – identifying and organizing the Yiddish books in the onsite depository and in the Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library
Education & Outreach – developing onsite and online opportunities for education in Yiddish language and culture
Oral History & Ethnography – collecting, editing and curating stories and cultural artifacts of Jewish life
Continuing education in Yiddish language, literature and culture are part of the Fellow experience.
Scholarship Application Deadline for Yiddish Book Center 2011-2012 Fellowship : 3 January 2011