Jewish Studies - Smith College: Study Abroad

Jewish Studies Program
Seelye Hall 207b, Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063
(ph) 413-585-3390, (fax) 413-585-3393
Last updated: Tuesday, November 28, 2007

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Summer Study/Intensive Language Programs

What is known as the Western Wall or the "Wailing Wall" is a portion of the outer western wall of the Herodian Temple; it is the traditional Jewish place of prayer. At present, the Western Wall measures c. 50 m. wide and c. 20 m high; the original ground level of this portion of the Herodian Temple, however, is several meters below present ground level.

Alley in Vilna (Vilnius, Lithuania); prior to the Second World War, a major Eastern European center of Jewish religious high culture, political activism, and Yiddish culture. Known to Jews throughout the world as Yerushalyim de Lite (The Jerusalem of Lithuania) it is today the site of the Vilnius Yiddish Institute, where students from overseas can learn Yiddish during the summer

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. The Class Deans Office provides limited funding for summer study (usually no more than $500) based on a competitive application process.

Financial aid may be available for study and advanced research in Israel via the Sylvia Berger '24 Fund. Additionally, funds for language study in Israel may be available through the Wilson Fund of the Program in Middle East Studies.

Financial aid for summer study abroad may be available via International Study Grants (Study Abroad Office).

There is very little financial aid available for students studying at domestic (US) 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.

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
Tel Aviv University
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
University of Haifa
The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies

US State Department Travel warning in effect: special waivers are required of students electing to study in Israel.
Financial aid may be available for study and advanced research in Israel via the Sylvia Berger '24 Fund.

EUROPE
CET Jewish Studies in Prague
Leo Baeck Summer University, Berlin (LBSU) in Jewish Studies, July 14-August 22, 2008

HEBREW LANGUAGE STUDY IN THE UNITED STATES: the following institutions offer excellent intensive summer Hebrew language instruction
Brandeis University (Waltham, MA) Brandeis Hebrew Language Summer Institute: June 2-July 27, 2008

The Jewish Theological Seminary (NYC) Hebrew Immersion Program: May 27-July 31, 2008

Middlebury College Hebrew Summer Language School, Middlebury, VT (June 27-August 15, 2008)

YIDDISH LANGUAGE STUDY: Students interested in Yiddish language, literature, and culture are encouraged to attend one of the following programs.

The Uriel Weinreich Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture is a joint-program between New York University and the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. It is based on the campus of New York University in New York City (June 30-August 8, 2008).

Vilnius Yiddish Insitute (Lithuania, July 27-August 22, 2008)

Yiddish Summer Program in Tel Aviv (Tel Aviv University and Beit Sholem Aleichem), June 22-July 18, 2008

ADVISER: For more information on study abroad, please contact our international studies adviser, Justin Cammy.