The Yiddish Book Center offers both a one-week winter immersion program and a seven-week summer immersion program in Amherst, Massachusetts. The one-week program, YiddishSchool, is geared towards beginner, advanced beginner and intermediate learners, and is open to all age groups.
Whether you know a bisl Yiddish or none at all, you’ll enjoy Bossie Dubowick YiddishSchool Online, a week of remote language-learning, lectures, and workshops—an excursion into the world of Yiddish! The virtual program offers adult learners the opportunity to spend a week exploring Yiddish language and culture together in a small online classroom.
The seven-week program takes place in Amherst. Students may stay in dormitory suites at Hampshire College, which is within walking distance of the Yiddish Book Center. Students can earn up to six college credits. The program is available to undergraduate and graduate students between ages 18 and 26. Tuition is free; however, housing is $1,400, and students are also expected to cover the cost of meals. Stipends that cover costs such as food as well as free housing available to participants in the Yiddish Book Center’s internship program.