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Hadassah-Brandeis Institute
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The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute
Waltham, MA 02454-9110
Ph. (781) 736-2064
Fx. (781) 736-2078
http://www.brandeis.edu/hbi
hbi@brandeis.edu
sarahtwi@brandeis.edu
Waltham, MA 02454-9110
Ph. (781) 736-2064
Fx. (781) 736-2078
http://www.brandeis.edu/hbi
hbi@brandeis.edu
sarahtwi@brandeis.edu
The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute develops fresh ways of thinking about Jews and gender worldwide by producing and promoting scholarly research and artistic projects.
The world's only academic center of its kind, the HBI provides research resources and programs for scholars, students and the public. The Institute publishes books and a journal, convenes international conferences and local programming, and offers competitive grant and internship programs.
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Principal Staff
Shulamit Reinharz, Co-DirectorSylvia Barack Fishman, Co-Director
Lindsey Fieldman, Director of Communications and Marketing
Debby Olins, Program Manager
Lindsay Harris, Communications Coordinator
Sarah Twichell, Office Coordinator
E-mail: sarahtwi@brandeis.edu
Beth Tishler, Director of Development
Michelle Cove, Editor-in-Chief of 614: THE HBI EZINE
Lisa Fishbayn, Director of the Project on Gender, Culture, Religion and the Law
Joanna Michlic, Director of the HBI Project on Families, Children, and the Holocaust
Areas of Expertise:
Culture & Identity, Women in History, Women's, Gender & Feminist StudiesMember Experts:
Projects & Campaigns
The Bat Mitzvah Project (BMP) aims to revolutionize the experience of becoming a bat mitzvah. HBI, in collaborative partnership with Moving Traditions, is designing a program to make the bat mitzvah a more meaningful experience, while fostering self-confidence and a strong Jewish identity.
The HBI Annual Calendar Project:
In 1999, HBI began producing a 12-month, Hebrew/English calendar featuring Jewish women around the world. Our overarching goal is to bring a fresh look at Jewish women’s experiences, achievements, and work into the daily lives of calendar users. To date, calendar themes have focused on actvist artists, athletes, scientists, leaders, rabbis, writers, and most recently, craft artisans.
Esther’s Legacy: Celebrating Purim Around the World
Esther’s Legacy is a collection of 140 men’s and women’s personal thoughts, observations, memories, and descriptions on the holiday of Purim. Written by people from nearly 100 Jewish communities, the collection strives to represent the diversity of worldwide Jewry while exploring the commonalities of celebrating Jewish life—and Purim in particular.
Please contact the HBI for additional information about the project and the publication that led to its culmination.
The Project on Gender, Culture, Religion, and the Law was initiated by a grant from The Sylvia Neil and Dan Fischel Philanthropic Fund. The project was launched in February 2007 as part of the celebrations to mark the 10th anniversary of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute.
Launched in February 2009, the mission of the HBI Project on Families, Children and the Holocaust is to introduce a new dimension to Holocaust studies - interdisciplinary research on the histories and representations of East European Jewish families and children from 1933 to the present. In particular the project aims to explore the experience of childhood, motherhood and fatherhood in specific geographical locations and in a transnational context. The Project also encourages methodological research and artistic expressions pertaining to adult and child survivors' accounts of their prewar, wartime and postwar lives.
Reports & Resources
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Conference Papers:
The Donna Sudarsky Memorial Working Paper Series:
“Anne Frank: The Role of Secularism, Life Affirming Lessons and Gender in the Making of an Iconic Symbol” Corinne Ducey, HBI Scholar-in-Residence, 2009
"Writing between Worlds: On Being a Jewish Writer," Tova Mirvis, HBI Scholar-in-Residence, Fall 2009
“Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women's Pre-World War II Activism,” Melissa R. Klapper, Rowan University, 2008
“Calculus and Calculation (19??) ,” Judith Katz, HBI Scholar-in-Residence, 2008
"Judeo-Spanish Feminine Narratives in Morocco: The Heritage of Spanish Jewry in Morocco from the Expulsion to the Present Day ," Vanessa Paloma, HBI Scholar-in-Residence, 2008.
"Matrilineal Ascent/Patrilineal Descent: The Gender Imbalance in American Jewish Life” by HBI co-director, Sylvia Barack Fishman, Ph.D. and Daniel Parmer (2008).
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