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Job Opportunities
The National Yiddish Book Center is a great place to work: meaningful and challenging positions, warm, friendly atmosphere, competitive salaries, excellent benefits.
The National Yiddish Book Center is seeking qualified applicants for exciting opportunities:
Graduate Fellows
Volunteer Docent Educators
Graduate Fellows
Description:
The National Yiddish Book Center is now accepting applications for Graduate Fellows during the 2010-2011 academic year. The full-time Fellows will be mentored by senior members of the Book Center’s staff, and will undertake assignments in one or more of our six major program areas.
- Bibliography: Work with the Center’s bibliographer to shelve and organize Yiddish books in our new, climate-controlled, on-site Deposit Library; help sort, process and index periodicals and ready them for digitization; answer reference questions and help students, scholars and visitors find Yiddish books; and provide support for users of the Center’s online library at yiddishbooks.org.
- Interpretation: Provide guided tours to visitors of all ages.
- Ethnography: Conduct structured oral history interviews with visitors, index archival recordings, and select excerpts for inclusion on the Book Center’s website, New Discoveries exhibition, Pakn Treger and other publications.
- Exhibitions: Help track down artifacts and provide curatorial assistance for the Book Center’s new, 10,000-square-foot permanent exhibition.
- Education and Public Programs:Provide support for the Book Center’s new educational programs, including Yiddish classes and residential Jewish Cultural Encounters for adults; a Winter Program for college students; teacher training and other endeavors.
- Web, Translation and Publications: Provide content and help coordinate online forums and communities on the Book Center’s expanded website; assist with translation from Yiddish to English; assist the editor in researching and writing for Pakn Treger, the Book Center’s English-language magazine.
Compensation:
$28,000 stipend plus health insurance for one year. Shorter terms may be available.
Qualifications:
B.A. in Jewish Studies or equivalent; working knowledge of Yiddish; flexibility, good nature and a spirit of adventure.
Application Process:
Please send cover letter, resume, college transcript and two letters of recommendation to Amy Leos-Urbel at aleos-urbel@bikher.org; Amy Leos-Urbel, National Yiddish Book Center, 1021 West Street, Amherst, MA 01002. Application deadline: February 1, 2010.
Volunteer Docent Educators
Open to the public six days weekly, the Book Center is a destination for visitors from around the world. We need volunteers to greet visitors, lead tours, and make brief presentations.
Volunteers should be comfortable with groups and public speaking, able to make a year-long commitment, and interested in learning more about Yiddish culture. We provide enjoyable training sessions. No prior knowledge of Yiddish is necessary.
If interested, please contact Arielle Jackson (413) 256-4900 ext. 124 or ajackson@bikher.org.
The National Yiddish Book Center is a vibrant, non-profit organization working to rescue Yiddish and other modern Jewish books and celebrate the culture they contain. Supported by 30,000 members, we are now the largest and fastest-growing Jewish cultural organization in America.
Please note that we cannot accept applications for positions that are not currently open and listed above. We are not able to keep resumes on file. The National Yiddish Book Center is an equal opportunity employer, and hiring decisions are made without regard to race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, or national origin.
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