Summer Study
Students who wish to take summer courses abroad or domestically should follow the procedures for summer school credit available in the Class Deans Office.
SUMMER FUNDING
Funding for summer study is limited. Students are encouraged to apply to the following units, and others, for partial support:
1. International Experience Grants (due Thursday March 15, 2012) http://www.smith.edu/studyabroad/grants_ieg.php
2. Leila Wilson Fund, Program in Middle East Studies (due Friday March 9, 2012, for study of a Middle Eastern language only) http://www.smith.edu/mes/studyabroad.php
3. Class Deans Office, Intensive Summer Language Study Grants (due Friday March 16), http://www.smith.edu/classdeans/
4. Jewish Studies Summer Grants (due Friday March 16)
The Program in Jewish Studies has made available a limited number of $500 grants in support of 2012 summer study. Priority will be given to majors or minors in Jewish studies and/or to students who wish to make progress in their study of Jewish languages. These small grants are designed to encourage students to consider summer study; they are not designed to finance the full cost of programs abroad.
Applications should include:
1. A description of the program to which you are applying;
2. A short statement on how the program will enhance your studies;
3. A letter of recommendation from a faculty member;
4. A print-out of your transcript;
5. A budget with information on how you plan to cover the remaining costs of the program if you receive a $500 grant from Jewish Studies
All materials should be submitted in hard copy to Justin Cammy, Director of Jewish Studies, Seelye Hall 203.
Study Abroad Adviser: Justin Cammy
Israel
Universities in Israel offer intensive summer programs for all levels of Hebrew language study, and courses in Jewish studies and Middle Eastern studies.
- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Hebrew University offers courses in classical and modern Hebrew, Arabic, Jewish Studies, Biblical Studies, Archeology, and Middle East Studies in June, July, August 2012)
- Tel Aviv University (TAU offers summer courses in Hebrew, Arabic, Yiddish and Middle East Studies in June, July, and August, 2012)
- Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Hebrew: no Summer 2012 dates available yet)
- Haifa University – Intensive Hebrew (Intensive Hebrew: July 2012, session I; August 2012, session II; Intensive Arabic: August 2012)
- The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (July 2012)
N.B.: Special waivers are required of students electing to study in Israel. Please contact the study abroad adviser and/or the Office for International Study for more information.
Europe
- CET Jewish Studies in Prague (May 31 - July 26, 2012)
- Civitas Summer Professional Internship Program, Warsaw, Poland (June 1-July 31, 2012, in English)
- Leo Baeck Summer University, Berlin (LBSU) in Jewish Studies (July 4-August 16, 2013)
Hebrew Language Study in the U.S.
The following institutions offer excellent intensive summer Hebrew language instruction.
There is very little financial aid available for students studying at domestic (U.S.) programs. Students planning to attend a program at an American institution should apply for financial aid at that institution and for assistance through the Class Deans Office.
- Arizona State University:
Summer Intensive Language Study,
Elementary Modern Hebrew & Yiddish (Tempe, AZ: June 4-July 20, 2012)
- The Jewish Theological Seminary:Intensive Hebrew Language Session (Beginning May 22, 2012)
- Brandeis-Middlebury College: Hebrew Summer Language School (Middlebury, VT: June 29 - August 17, 2012)
- Brandeis Hebrew Language Summer Institute (Brandeis University, Waltham MA: May 29-June 22, 2012)
Yiddish Language Study
Students interested in Yiddish language, literature, and culture are encouraged to attend one of the following programs.
- Indiana University, Slavic, Eastern European and Central Asian Languages Classes (Dates for Summer 2012 not yet available)
- Uriel Weinreich Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture (June 18-July 27, 2012) A joint program between Bard College and the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. It is based at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City.
- Vilnius Yiddish Insitute (Vilnus University, Lithuania: July 22-August 17, 2012)
- Yiddish Summer Program: Tel Aviv University and Beit Sholem Aleichem (Tel Aviv: June 25-July 19, 2012
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