BIMA and Genesis Students
From Our Alumni
"Genesis was the most interesting program I have ever taken part in. Everyone was very friendly."
Maka Pavlenko
Moscow, Russia
"BIMA was an amazing experience. Once again, I am coming home as a
different person, changed for the better".
Michelle Kats
Clifton Park, NY
"At Genesis you can find out who you really are and what Judaism means to you as an individual."
Maria Alkahsova
Lexington, KY
"I loved it. It was not one of, but it was the best summer experience I ever had! All the activities, options, everything we did was interesting, and all the people are fun to be with and just awesome. BIMA will always be in my heart!"
Ksusha Luk'yanova
Moscow, Russia
"Genesis is the best time of your life."
Jonathan Margulis
West Hartford, CT
BGI-Supported Genesis and BIMA High School Students: Summer 2009
In Summer 2009, BGI provided scholarships to 31 Russian-speaking high school students from the former Soviet Union, Israel, Canada and the United States to attend the Genesis and BIMA programs at Brandeis:
BIMA
Aviad Boguslavsky, Haifa, IsraelPolina Fradkin, Farmington Hills, MI, US
Yulya Gusakova, St. Petersburg, Russia
Natalia Hatuntzev, Haifa, Israel
Valerie Itkina, Brooklyn, NY, US
Yana Ivushkina, Moscow, Russia
Michele Kats, Clifton Park, NY, US
Michael Kobrin, Haifa, Israel
Katya Krasner, Moscow, Russia
Kitty Militzin, Haifa, Israel
Egor Moskalenko, Moscow, Russia
Rina Ofman, Brighton, MA, US
Slava Panteleev, Moscow, Russia
Robert Pomerants, Brooklyn, NY, US
Maria Revkov, Haifa, Israel
Anya Ryndina, St. Petersburg, Russia
Ruth Shach, Richmond Hill, ON, Canada
Genesis
Dave Benger, Brooklyn, NY, US
Melanie Benger, Brooklyn, NY, US
Daniella Burshtein, Haifa, Israel
Yana Bushmelov, Natick, MA, US
Mitya Ekhilevskiy, Moscow, Russia
Louisa Gorbatov, Newton, MA, US
Sasha Grudskaya, Moscow, Russia
Liza Khmelnitskaya, Moscow, Russia
Jeremy Lichtman, East Brunswick, NJ, US
Jane Michalko, Moscow, Russia
Iris Naimark, Brookline, MA, US
Ilya Panshenskov, St. Petersburg, Russia
Veronika Polivoda, Haifa, Israel
Ilona Tsanko, Haifa, Israel