[OPLINLIST] APPLY NOW: The Yiddish Book Center’s “Coming to America” Reading Groups for Public Libraries

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From: Amber Hayes <ahayes at ala.org>
Date: Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 11:47 AM
Subject: [glbtrt-l] APPLY NOW: The Yiddish Book Center’s “Coming to
America” Reading Groups for Public Libraries

Good morning everyone,



Please find the below message from ALA’s Public Programs Office (PPO):



In what ways do immigrants change America, and in what ways does America
change immigrants? Public libraries are ideal places to engage in this
conversation.



The Yiddish Book Center’s “Coming to America” Reading Groups for Public
Libraries
<https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/language-literature-culture/yiddish-book-centers-decade-discovery/coming-america-reading-groups>
is a reading and discussion program to engage teens and adults in thinking
about immigrants’ experiences encountering America.



Public library workers can apply by August 16, 2019, to be part of the
program. Participants will receive training and resources to help them lead
a reading group that will explore three books of Yiddish literature in
translation, as well as one book related to an immigrant community served
by their library.



Up to 30 public libraries will be selected. Learn more and apply
online at *yiddishbookcenter.org/public-libraries
<https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/language-literature-culture/yiddish-book-centers-decade-discovery/coming-america-reading-groups>*.




Using Yiddish literature as a portal, the program will feature Yiddish
literature in translation that explores questions of identity,
assimilation, language, cuisine, and generational change, presenting
American identity as an ongoing conversation, a give-and-take-between
insiders and outsiders, and will compare these works written in the early
20th century to works by contemporary immigrant writers.



Participating libraries will receive:



   - Expenses paid for facilitators to attend a two-day workshop at the
   Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Mass.
   - 15 copies of each of three books on the Yiddish Book Center reading
   list, as well as one copy each for the discussion facilitator and the
   library’s collection
      - “Motl the Cantor’s Son,” by Sholem Aleichem
      - “Enemies, A Love Story,” by Isaac Bashevis Singer
      - “A Jewish Refugee in New York,” by Kadya Molodovsky
   - 15 copies of one additional book, selected by the library, that
   relates to the immigrant experiences of their own community
   - Plus downloadable discussion guides and reading resources



Applicants may also apply for an additional $500 award to cover the cost of
a guest speaker.



*The Yiddish Book Center’s “Coming to America” Reading Groups for Public
Libraries is made possible by a gift from Sharon Karmazin.*



Best,

Amber



Amber Hayes

Outreach and Communications Program Officer, Office for Diversity, Literacy
and Outreach Services

American Library Association

50 East Huron Street | Chicago, IL 60611

P: 312-280-2140 or 800-545-2433 ext. 2140

F: 312-280-3256

E: ahayes at ala.org <ahayes at ala.org%0d>

www.ala.org/diversity



*Preferred Pronouns: She, Her, and Hers*



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