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The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute/HBI supports and promotes research at the intersection of Jewish studies and women’s and gender studies through residencies, grants, internships, exhibitions, a journal, book series, and public events. www.brandeis.edu/hbi/
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What a great conversation yesterday w/ Tova Mirvis, author of WE WOULD NEVER. A past HBI Scholar in Residence & Research Award recipient, Mirvis explored loyalty, betrayal & forgiveness & why she crafted a fictionalized story from a haunting true crime. Recording will be on HBI’s website soon. 1/2

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HBI is accepting applications until March 12 for this summer's Gilda Slifka Internship from those with a demonstrated interest in Jewish women’s studies or topics related to Jewish gender issues. We look forward to meeting the 2025 interns! bit.ly/HBISlifkaInt...

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Thank you to HBI Scholar in Residence Dr. Noa Lea Cohn who shared her fascinating work on Haredi women's self-portraiture with HBI yesterday! #haredi #art #jewsky 1/2

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Tomorrow at HBI & online: Bestselling author/former HBI Scholar in Residence Tova Mirvis joins HBI's Silberman Conversations Series w/ her newest novel WE WOULD NEVER, a gripping mystery & family drama that explores the depths of loyalty, betrayal & forgiveness. Feb 26, 4 pm EST bit.ly/HBIEVENTS#ltm

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Hope to see you next Wednesday, Feb. 26, when Tova Mirvis joins HBI's Sandra Seltzer Silberman Conversations Series to discuss her newest novel, WE WOULD NEVER, a gripping mystery/family drama that explores the depths of loyalty, betrayal & forgiveness. ✨4 pm EST at HBI & online✨ bit.ly/HBIEVENTS 1/

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Monday at HBI & online: HBI Scholar in Residence Dr. Noa Lea Cohn explores how Orthodox Jewish women in Israel represent and perceive themselves through contemporary art, employing cultural critique, visual storytelling & humor to challenge convention. Feb. 24, 12 pm (EST) bit.ly/HBIEVENTS#lnlc

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What a fabulous opening last night of HBI's newest exhibition, Hannah Altman's @hannahaltman.bsky.social "As It Were, Suspended in Midair", at the Kniznick Gallery! Thanks to @jwaonline.bsky.social for sponsoring the reception and to all who joined us! Visit bit.ly/HBIArt for info on the exhibit. 1/

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Opening art exhibit and reception tomorrow (2/13) at the Kniznick Gallery! Looking forward @hannahaltman.bsky.social and thank you @jwaonline.bsky.social for sponsoring the reception! @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social

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On March 9, International Women's Day, HBI is honored to host @colorado.edu professor Samira K. Mehta @samirakmehta.bsky.social as the 2025 Markowicz Memorial Lecture on Gender and Human Rights guest speaker. Mehta will speak on contraception and sexuality in American religion. bit.ly/HBIMarkowicz

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Congratulations to Tova Mirvis on today's publication of her newest novel WE WOULD NEVER. We're looking forward to Feb. 26 when she joins the Sandra Seltzer Silberman HBI Conversations Series, at HBI and online, to share her riveting family drama with us. Hope to see you there! bit.ly/HBIEVENTS#ltm

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Mar. 3, 4 pm at HBI → Rebellious Daughters of Abraham, a discussion of "Holy Rebellion: Religious Feminism and the Transformation of Judaism and Women's Rights in Israel", 2025 National Jewish Book Award winner. Co-sponsored by HBI and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. 1/ bit.ly/HBIEVENTS

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HBI's newest exhibition at the Kniznick Gallery, "As It Were, Suspended in Midair", opens next week. Looking forward @hannahaltman.bsky.social ! Opening reception, co-sponsored by @jwaonline.bsky.social, Thursday, 5:30 pm. Information about the exhibit and all related events bit.ly/HBIArt

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HBI's new exhibition "As It Were, Suspended in Midair", the photography of @hannahaltman.bsky.social, open next Thursday! Altman's photographs examine how Jewish myths are shared, inherited & reshaped across the diaspora. Reception at 5:30 pm cosponsored by @jwaonline.bsky.social Info: bit.ly/HBIArt

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Congratulations again @sernst6.bsky.social ! ✨

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At HBI this Monday, HBI Scholar in Residence Rachel Perry presents "Who Will Draw Our History? Graphic Witnessing by Jewish Women Holocaust Survivors" examining rarely seen graphic albums & artwork created by Jewish women survivors of the Holocaust. Feb. 10, 12 pm (EST) *Hybrid* bit.ly/HBIEVENTS#lrp

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🔷 HBI is proud to announce the 2025 Research Award recipients. 🔷 Every year, HBI awards grants to support research and artistic projects in Jewish women’s and gender studies across a range of disciplines. 1/5 #jewsky #hbiresearchawards #jewishwomen #jewishgender www.brandeis.edu/hbi/programs...

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Thanks for the kind words @miriamudel.bsky.social!

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📣 The HBI Scholar in Residence application for the 25/26 academic year closes this Friday, Feb. 7. HBI offers scholars, writers & artists the opportunity to be in residence & is open to those working on any aspect of Jewish women’s & gender studies to devote time to research. bit.ly/HBIScholar

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New HBI Blog: Director Lisa Fishbayn Joffe explores HBI’s support of new work in Jewish women’s and gender studies which empowers projects of reclamation, telling the stories of Jewish women, gender minorities or other communities that have been lost or ignored. www.brandeis.edu/hbi/blog/202...

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✨Applications are now being accepted for this summer’s paid HBI Gilda Slifka Internship!✨ Open to undergrad & grad students with a demonstrated interest in Jewish women’s studies or topics related to Jewish gender issues. Apply by Mar. 12: bit.ly/HBISlifkaInt... #internship #jewsky #gender #women 1/

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*HBI Seminar with Scholar in Residence Dr. Rachel Perry is coming up on Monday, Feb. 10* Boston-area folks, join us live at HBI if you can. For everyone outside of Boston and those who can't join at HBI, we hope to see you online. 12 pm (EST) www.brandeis.edu/hbi/events/i... #holocaust #art #jewish

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In 2005, the UN Gen. Assembly designated today, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Today and always, HBI remembers and mourns the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution. 1/

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Thanks @jwaonline.bsky.social! Honored to be a part of this great community. #jewsky

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Mazal tov to Talia Carner whose book THE BOY WITH THE STAR TATTOO was named a National Jewish Book Award finalist in the Book Club category! Honored that Carner, a best selling novelist who places Jewish women at the center, is a member of the HBI Board of Advisors. @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social

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This is amazing and truly well-deserved. I am honored to be able to call Ronit my friend, and both authors my colleagues.

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