EPYC EDUCATORS SEMINAR ON EAST EUROPEAN JEWISH HERITAGE
22-25 JUNE 2009 | NEW YORK CITY
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is sponsoring the third EPYC Educators Seminar on East European Jewish Heritage, June 22-25, at the Center for Jewish History in New York City. Eligible participants in the Educators Seminar include teachers from various settings, such as Jewish high schools, colleges, public schools and private schools, museums and afternoon religious schools, as well as graduate students in education and Jewish studies. Participants receive free tuition, course materials, books, and DVDs, as well as breakfast and lunch daily and a modest transportation stipend.
The Seminar's chairman is Dr. Robert Moses Shapiro, Associate Professor of Judaic Studies at Brooklyn College. Co-chairing is Dr. Paul Glasser, Associate Dean of the Max Weinreich Center at the YIVO Institute. Seminar lecturers will include professors Robert Seltzer of Hunter College, Samuel D. Kassow of Trinity College, Miriam Hoffman of Columbia University, Nancy Sinkoff of Rutgers University, Chava Lapin of Queens College and YIVO, film director Joshua Waletzky, Folksbiene artistic director Zalmen Mlotek, and others.
The seminar will include lectures by prominent scholars, musicians and performers, as well as practical pedagogic discussions focused on how to use the wealth of materials available through the EPYC curriculum and the YIVO archives in their classrooms. The final day of the EPYC Seminar will be devoted to a guided walking tour of Brooklyn’s Jewish community of Borough Park, home to tens of thousands of Yiddish-speaking Hasidim and other Jews.
Seminar participants will have access to the resources of the YIVO Library and Archives, as well as other treasures housed in the Center for Jewish History. Applications should be submitted electronically and include a description of educational and professional background. A letter of recommendation by a supervisor or principal should also be submitted.
For more information about the seminar and how to apply, please contact :
Dr. Paul Glasser pglasser@yivo.cjh.org
Prof. Robert M. Shapiro rshapiro@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Postal address:
YIVO EPYC Educators Seminar
Attn: Dr. Paul Glasser
15 West 16th Street New York, New York 10011
Deadline for applications is 4 May 2009
This seminar is sponsored by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc.- The Rabbi Israel Miller Fund for Shoah Research, Education and Documentation and the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture.