Summing up the first NGFP online course

The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey Through Language and Literature offered by Prof. Ruth Wisse, Professor of Yiddish Literature and Comparative Literature at Harvard University.

Sholem Aleichem: Tevye the Dairyman
Franz Kafka: The Trial
Isaac Babel, Red Cavalry
Saul Bellow, Mr. Sammler's Planet
Haim Sabato, Adjusting Sights

On behalf of those of us who organized the course, the Memorial Foundation staff, and most certainly in the name of all those who participated, we want to give a heart-felt thanks to Dr. Wisse for leading such a fascinating and wonderful course. Despite the strangeness of this new medium, based on our reader's response, you have succeeded in making the course interesting, enjoyable and a true educational experience.

We have had people from all over the world participate including the US, the UK, Slovak Republic, Singapore, New Zealand, Israel, Italy, Holland, Germany, Canada and Australia. The diversity of countries reflects the diversity of the Jewish world today and was also reflected in the diversity of authors and books we read. Yet our common identity ties us together across both time and space.

Thanks to all the people who participated at any level. We hope to see you all in a future course.

One last administrative reminder. For those readers who didn't want to fill out the full evaluation form, particularly the "passive" participants, it would be of great help to us if you send us a short note indicating how often you read the emails sent out, if at all. Any other comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

The editorial staff at the Nahum Goldmann Fellowship Alumni Online Magazine