High School Programs in the News
Russian-speaking BIMA and GENESIS alumni reunite at the second annual BGI retreat...
BIMA and Genesis Students
Summer 2009
Summer 2010
Summer 2011
From Our Alumni
“I loved every second of my major. I can't wait to continue growing and working super hard at dance! I have been so inspired and invigorated this summer!”
Nicole Javorsky
Bayside, NY
Dance Participant
“A new Shabbatt experience I had was emceeing one of the Friday night meals, which was a total blast!”
Avi Goldstein
Asheville, NC
Instrumental Music Participant
“The musical Kabbalat Shabbat was unforgettable experience for me.”
Te'ena Nodia
Jerusalem, Israel
Choral Music Participant
“I believe that my Shabbat experience at Genesis was very meaningful to me, in which I felt a spiritual connection with God. In addition, I enjoyed the variety of She'arim activities during Shabbat, as they allowed me to try new things and get out of my comfort zone.”
Jared Greenfield
Jupiter, FL
"I loved Genesis. It is a month I will never forget and it will always be in my heart. I am amazed at everything that went on here this summer. I can say that I'm truly, truly happy, and I don't feel like anything I've ever done was so immersive and impacted me so deeply. I don't feel that I've ever gained such a sense of happiness from any other program I've participated in."
Rachel Guitman
Toronto, ON
“I am endlessly thankful for this program. It really helped me in choosing my future profession or at least the activity I'm really interested in!"
Sasha Tyurgashova
Kiev, Ukraine
Journalism Partisipant
BGI Fellowship for High School Students. Summer 2012
In Summer 2012, BGI provided scholarships to 34 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. The BGI fellowship was awarded to the following students:
BIMA
Nataliya Danchenko, Moscow, Russia
Rachel Feinberg, Newton, MA, US
Clara Fridman, Noblesville, IN, US
Dina Ginzburg, Brookline, MA, US
Diãna Judelsone, Riga, Latvia
Rada Levingrad, Haifa, Israel
Te'ena Nodia, Jerusalem, Israel
Maria Patrakova, St. Petersburg, Russia
Moshe Poliak, Haifa, Israel
Basia Pozin, Aurora, ON, Canada
Sarah Ratner, Tenafly, NJ, US
Mikhel Rozenwald, Moscow, Russia
Genesis
Nickita Agafonov, Haifa, Israel
Liubov Akselrod, St. Petersburg, Russia
Karmela Blank, Vilnius, Lithuania
Nicol Farberov, Vaughan, ON, Canada
Varvara Furman, St. Petersburg, Rusia
Anna Ginzburg, Tenafly, NJ, US
Allison Glushanok, Franklin Lakes, NJ, US
Levi Goldfarb, Chestnut Hill, MA, US
Mikhail Graytser, Moscow, Russia
Esther Hoff, West Harford, CT, US
Sasha Ioffine, Thornhill, ON, Canada
Anastasiya Obibok, Ashdod, Israel
Isabela Oren, Haifa, Israel
Alina Pinsky, Concord, Canada
Dariya Potapova, Orel, Russia
Valeri Skomorovski, Haifa, Israel
Jacob Spitz, Northbrook, IL, US
Alexandra Tyugrashova, Kyiv, Ukraine
Josie Yalovitser, Rye Brook, NY, US
Mark Zaremba, Kyiv, Ukraine