Hadassah-Brandeis Institute

August 29, 2024

People often think the summer is a quiet time, but for most academics, it is a hectic season filled with research, writing and meeting up at conferences. What a pleasure it was, this summer, to see and meet many HBI affiliates and research and travel grant recipients, at every stage of their careers, presenting new and exciting work, at the conference on Jews, Gender and Sexuality at the University of Bristol and Canon, Authority and the Creation of Halacha at Harvard Law School. Just last week, we capped off the summer with a talk on Indian Jewish women in Bollywood by HBI Research Associate, Professor Bindu Malieckal, over dinner and a movie at the Vilna Shul here in Boston.

July 31, 2024

During this summer’s Gilda Slifka HBI Summer Internship, HBI hosted a reunion of all 26 years of the program, bringing together a group of interns that included Jewish communal professionals, Jewish studies academics, public policy advocates, and many others. A highlight of the day was hearing about the formative role the internship played in developing and using important skills through all the next steps of their personal and professional lives.

June 17, 2024

Every summer, HBI welcomes interns from across the country and world who complete original research related to the HBI mission of fresh thinking about Jews and gender worldwide and support the work of scholars affiliated with HBI and Brandeis. During the eight-week program, the interns also attend educational lunch sessions with scholars, and visit Jewish sites of interest in the Greater Boston area. The Gilda Slifka HBI Summer Internship is supported by a generous gift from Gilda Slifka. Meet our interns.