From our Alumni
"Genesis was the most interesting program I have ever taken part in. Everyone was very friendly."
Maka Pavlenko
Moscow, Russia
"At Genesis you can find out who you really are and what Judaism means to you as an individual."
Maria Alkahsova
Lexington, KY
"I enjoyed my course and workshop. It was great."
Inna Menkina
Moscow, Russia
"Genesis is the best time of your life."
Jonathan Margulis
West Hartford, CT
BGI-supported Genesis/BIMA students
Summer 2009
BGI-supported Genesis/BIMA students
Summer 2010
High School Students
BGI recruits and awards scholarships to Russian-speaking high school students from around the world that enable them to attend Brandeis University's two summer programs for outstanding high school students, BIMA and Genesis.
These students gain valuable leadership experiences and build lifelong relationships with young people from all over the world and from a wide variety of Jewish backgrounds, while developing and strengthening their own Jewish identity. Students gain exposure to living and learning on a university campus and learn to articulate their own Jewish values and commitments.
- BIMA brings talented actors, filmmakers, musicians, visual artists and writers to Brandeis to grow as artists within a creative Jewish environment.
- Genesis offers high school students the opportunity to take college-level, hands-on courses and get a taste of college life within a creative Jewish environment.