Sample Daily Schedule

Apply by March 15 for Summer 2012.

8:00 AM Breakfast in Hampshire College dining hall
9:00 AM Seminar 1: Close Reading: Isaac Babel, “My First Goose”
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM Seminar 2: In Context: Philip Roth, “Defender of the Faith”
11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM Discussion groups: Power, weakness, and loyalty
12:30 PM Lunch at Hampshire College dining hall
1:15 PM Read and relax
2:15 PM Afternoon activity: Introduction to Yiddish language
4:30 PM Free time
5:45 PM Dinner at Hampshire College dining hall
6:30 PM Reading period
7:30 PM Discussion with Allegra Goodman, author of Paradise Park and Kaaterskill Falls
9:00 PM In dorms
11:00 PM Lights out

Tuition, room, meals, and books will be provided for accepted students through a generous grant from Michael Steinhardt.

Thanks to our members, the Yiddish Book Center is saving books, sharing stories and engaging a new generation.

October 7, 2011