Dear Debra,

 

As  Chanukah approaches, we at the Goldreich Institute would like to
wish you a very happy Festival of Lights.  As you reflect on this last
year, I hope you have good memories from being a participant in the
first Tel Aviv International Yiddish Program. It was a great pleasure
for us to host you during the month of July, in our total immersion in
Yiddish language and culture. We are now making preparations for our
second year, and we wanted to inform you as early as possible about the
dates: June 25 to July 19. Once again, the program will be a partnership
of the Goldreich Family Institute for Yiddish Language, Literature, and
Culture, Beth Shalom Aleichem, and Yung Yidish. It will include
concerts, sing-alongs at the beach, the Shabes Tisch, walking tours, and
workshops. Prof. David Roskies will be joining us again, and this time
there will be two series' of lectures in English : one by Prof. Michael
Stanislavski of Columbia University and another by Prof. Justin Cammy of
Smith College. There will also be lectures in Yiddish, of course.

    On behalf of Prof. Avraham Novershtern, Mendy Cahan, and myself, I
would appreciate your spreading the word to your friends and colleagues,
encouraging them to apply for the coming summer. And if you'd like to
improve your Yiddish, please come back. You are always welcome. In the
attachment, you will find the text of the program as it is now
advertised on the Tel Aviv University Overseas Program website. Please
forward it to anyone who might be interested. If you have any questions,
please contact our new Summer Program Coordinator, Adina Stern. 

 

Best wishes as always,

 

Professor Hana  Wirth-Nesher 

 

Professor Hana Wirth-Nesher
Department of English and American Studies
Director, Goldreich Family Institute for Yiddish 
Language, Literature,  and Culture
Webb Building              
Tel Aviv University
Ramat Aviv, Israel 69978
Ph:  972 3 6407805
Fax: 972 3 6407732