NISHMA: A SUMMER OF TORAH STUDY IN THE JTS BEIT MIDRASH

• Learn how to study the basic texts of the Jewish tradition: Torah, Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, and Halakhah
• Improve your Hebrew language abilities and gain independence in your study of Jewish texts
• Prepare yourself for a career in Jewish education, Jewish communal service, the rabbinate or cantorate, or Jewish academia
• Explore the academic and social community at JTS, North America's preeminent institution of Jewish higher education

Nishma is the only North American summer Talmud program that integrates university-level Hebrew study with intensive beit midrash-style learning of Talmud.

Spend the summer at Nishma, immerse yourself in Hebrew and Torah study, and help create a more engaged and more knowledgeable future for yourself and for the Jewish people.

NISHMA is a 5- to 10-week program housed in the Beit Midrash of The Jewish Theological Seminary, home to a joyous, supportive, and intellectually and spiritually stimulating community of enthusiastic Torah learners. Using traditional methods of paired study (hevruta) and participatory seminars (shiurim), students will focus on rapidly improving their text skills in Mishnah, Talmud, Bible, and commentaries. They will also have the opportunity to work on Hebrew language skills or learn halakhah (Jewish law) and midrash. Together with senior JTS faculty, emerging young scholars, and advanced rabbinical students, participants will build a firm foundation for an informed and enhanced Jewish life in the rich cultural landscape provided by a summer in Manhattan.

DATES: The program is flexible and modular to accommodate multiple summer opportunities. While students are encouraged to sign up for the full 10 weeks, they may also participate in either Session I (May 28-June 27, 2013) or Session II (July 1-August 1, 2013). The program is designed for participants to be able to take the INTENSIVE HEBREW LANGUAGE PROGRAM (May 28-July 3 or 11, 2013) in addition.

COST: A tiered tuition structure allows students flexibility in the subjects they wish to take and the credit they wish to earn.

ROOM AND BOARD: Participants will be offered fully furnished JTS housing at the rate of $1,500/month, or may live off campus. Some meals will be provided; participants can also avail themselves of JTS's kosher cafeteria.

RABBINIC FELLOWS PROGRAM: Up to six qualified JTS rabbinical students will receive a stipend to attend the full 10-week program, and will serve as mentors to fellow students and as exemplars and ambassadors of JTS. In addition to advanced shiurim in halakhic texts and Talmud, they will participate in guided conversations (sihot) on practical topics of import to Torah study and the rabbinate. Finally, they will complete summer-long independent learning projects culminating in a shiur or similar presentation to be delivered to the entire program group and to a lay audience.

For more information, contact William Friedman, Nishma Director.

Apply to Nishma. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis after January 1, 2013.

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