High school students can spend a week exploring the richness and diversity of modern Jewish literature at the 2016 Great Jewish Books Summer Program at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Mass. The program, which is open to rising juniors and seniors, will offer two sessions in 2016: July 24-29 and July 31-August 7. The deadline to apply for either session is April 1.

At Great Jewish Books, students read and discuss a wide range of modern Jewish literature—including fiction and nonfiction, poetry, and graphic novels, by writers including Isaac Bashevis Singer, Grace Paley, Sholem Aleichem, Anna Deveare Smith, and Etgar Keret—in classes led by college professors. After class, the students participate in small discussion groups, meet contemporary writers, and take part in recreational activities under the supervision of resident advisers from the program. They also experience a taste of college life, living in a dorm at Hampshire College, adjacent to the Yiddish Book Center.

All students accepted to the program receive full scholarships covering the cost of tuition, room and board, books, and special events.

For more information, visit yiddishbookcenter.org/educational-programs/great-jewish-books-summer-program.