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Undergraduate Fellows Community Outreach Projects
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Spring 2013
Doctors and Doctrines: Discovering the Role of Religion in Modern Healthcare
Citizens of Nowhere - African Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Modern Day Israel
Red Star Over the Shtetl - Soviet Nostalgia in the Post-Soviet Jewish Culture
Spring Retreat March 1-3, 2013. Sturbridge Host Hotel.
Winter 2012/2013
A group of Hornsyein Students Visits the Jewish Communities in Ukraine
Fall 2012
Applications are now being accepted for the BGI undergraduate fellowship, starting Fall 2013.
Gary Shteyngart's visit to Brandeis University was one of the major on-campus events this fall.
Spring 2012
The Second Volume of "Individual Lives, Common Story" is published by the BGI Fellows
BGI Fellows present a Sino-Judaic Colloquium
BGI Fellows Raise Funds for the Children of Sderot in Israel.
BGI fellows held a Purim Carnival for Russian and Israeli students
The Present Emerges from the Past: Lessons from Ukraine
BGI Fellows organize a full day of volunteering and community service at Rosie's Place Women's Shelter and Family Table Kosher Food PantryBGI Fellows create, organize and facilitate a day of learning about Israel and its culture for the entire Brandeis community
Fall 2011
Russian-Speaking Bima and Genesis Alumni reunite at the 2nd annual BGI Retreat.
Russian Jewry: On Crossroads of Times and Civilizations.
BGI Fellows reconnect after the summer at the Fall Shabbaton at Camp Yavneh in New Hampshire.
BGI welcomes new undergraduate and graduate fellows.
Summer 2011
In The Ukraine BGI Fellows Explore Jewish Past, Present, and Future
Winter/Spring 2011
BGI Fellows create and publish a unique scrapbook "Individual Lives, Common Story"
Our Passover by Avraham Eli Tukachinsky '11
Undergraduate Fellows Win the KVN Presidential Award for the Most Intellectual Jokes
BGI Undergraduate Fellows What I Think You Think of Me Spring Retreat Plus
Faces of Babi Yar in Felix Lembersky's Art: Presence and Absence
Press Release: A New Leader for the Brandeis-Genesis Institute
BGI Fellows Visit Russian Jewish Community Center Makor
Undergraduate Fellows - What I did during the semester break
BGI Graduate Hornstein Fellows Traveled to Israel and Russia
Fall 2010
BGI Graduate Hornstein Fellow Dmitry Levin attends the UJA's The Wall Street Dinner
BGI Fellows celebrate and discuss the meaning of Hanukkah during a festive lunch.
Differences between Russians and Americans
Fellows attend the 6th Annual Sderot Charity Ball, 2010
Russian-American Jewish Author Lara Vapnyar Discusses "Jews in My House"
Undergraduate Fellows' Community Outreach Projects 2010-11
International Law in Russian Constitutional Justice: A Case Study in Capital Punishment
Undergraduate Fellows Enjoy The KVN Concert by "Pyramid"
BGI Undergraduate Fellows Study, Bond and Sing Together at Fall Retreat
BGI Seeking Applicants for 2011 Undergraduate Fellowship Program
Summer 2010
Undergraduate Fellows work, study and play in summer 2010
Spring 2010
The Russian Jewish-Dilemma: BGI Undergraduate Fellows Reflect on the Program's First Year
BGI Undergraduate Fellows Serve Campus, Communities Through 2009-10 Outreach Projects
The Brandeis Hoot: Klionsky paints the Russian Jewish experience
The Brandeis Justice: Clashing identities connect in Klionsky's art
BGI Fellow Nera Lerner assists her grandparents with NY housing voucher program
Fall 2009
Undergraduate Fellows' Community Outreach Projects 2009-10
Brandeis President Jehuda Reinharz Joins Genesis Philanthropy Group Advisory Board
Brandeis-Genesis Institute for Russian Jewry Opening Reception
Julia Rabkin '11 speaks at the Brandeis-Genesis Institute for Russian Jewry Opening Reception
Spring 2009
Genesis Philanthropy Group Makes $10.8 Million Grant to Brandeis University