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Uriel Weinreich Program in Yiddish Language, Literature,
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Alumni Questionnaire

2004 Uriel Weinreich Program in
Yiddish Language, Literature, & Culture
Application Form

NOTE: An application form for the 2005 Summer Program
will be posted in January 2005.

Please type your entries into the appropriate boxes, print out this form, and mail it to:
Dr. Paul Glasser
Associate Dean, Max Weinreich Center
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011-6301, USA

Note: This form displays and prints best on PCs with Internet Explorer or Netscape. Please print out and fill in by hand if problems are encountered when filling out online.

Include with your application:

  • $35US non-refundable application fee, made payable to Columbia University (Funds must be drawn from a U.S. bank. Do not send postal money orders. The applicant's name must appear somewhere on the payment.)
  • Detailed outline of education (dates of enrollment, degrees, expected date of degree) and previous study of Yiddish, Hebrew and/or German (program, duration, dates of course[s] and material covered)
  • Background in Jewish or Yiddish studies
  • Brief biographical description and reason(s) for interest in program (400-word maximum)
  • 150-word uncorrected Yiddish writing sample (for applicants to the intermediate or advanced levels)
Name
  (First name, then family name)
   
Yiddish Name (optional)
   
Address
City
State
Zip/Postal Code
Country
Email Address
Telephone
Fax
   
Social Security Number
   
Date of Birth Month Day Year 
   
Male
 
  Female
 

 
Country of Origin:
 
U.S. Citizen? Yes No
 
If Not, What Country?
 
   
   
Highest level of education attained:
 
   
Person to contact in case of emergency:
 
Daytime telephone number of person:
 
Evening telephone number of person:
 
   
I am applying for:
(Instructors will review placement level at the beginning of the program.)

 
Elementary
 
Intermediate I
 
Intermediate II
 
Advanced
 
I am interested in:
 
Reading Skills Workshop (for elementary students)
 
Housing at Yidish-Hoyz
 
Refresher Course
 
Please send me:
 
Scholarship Application Form