Welcome to the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute


	Please scroll down to learn more about current HBI projects and events. This summer, the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute announces their new traveling exhibit, and welcomes a fresh round of Lily Safra Interns. We extend an invitation to all of you to explore our areas of research and join us at our public events.


	The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute (HBI) develops fresh ways of thinking about Jews and gender worldwide. The HBI provides opportunities to scholars and artists through the HBI Scholars -in-Residence program and Research Awards. We also offer a variety of publications, including our most recent series, The Reuben/Rifkin Jewish Women Writers Series: A Joint Project of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute and the Feminist Press.

The Latest News from the HBI:

We are pleased to announce the new HBI annual calendar,

Jewish Women Artisans around the World
Sixteen-Month Wall Calendar September 2008-December 2009

Now Available!

Features:

• Provides captivating profiles on sixteen artisans from nine countries
• Offers comprehensive information on craft and techniques
• Highlights each artisan’s work with beautiful, full-color images
• Includes U.S. national and Jewish holidays, weekly Torah portions, and international candle-lighting times
• Sixteen-month format (September 2008 through December 2009) allows for long-term planning
• Measures 12" x 12"

Experience the beautiful work and inspiring life stories of sixteen global artisans using traditional techniques to elevate their craft to the highest level!

Click here for ordering details.

Check out the current issue of 614 the HBI E-Zine!
Should women who wear headscarfs be banned from schools that have laws against wearing one? Is compromise the best solution when it comes to protecting women? How creative should lawyers get to grant divorces to Israeli women who are desperate for one? These are just a few of the questions that came up at the HBI's Project on Gender, Culture, Religion and the Law conference held last spring. We excerpted five pages from some of the women who inspired us most with their brave commitment to fight for change.
Read on.

Groundbreaking Gender Monograph now Available

"Matrilineal Ascent/Patrilineal Decent: The Gender Imbalance in American Jewish Life” by HBI co-director, Sylvia Barack Fishman, Ph.D. and Daniel Parmer (2008).

A new study has just been published by The Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies and the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute that finds that as the liberal Jewish community empowers its women, its men appear to be losing interest in their Jewishness.

Click here to download a pdf or to purchase a copy of the monograph.

Creating Art, Promoting Change: Works by Jewish Women - The Exhibit is now available!

Creating Art, Promoting Change: Works by Jewish Women - The Exhibit is the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute's newest traveling exhbit. Complemented in style and content by the weekly planner of the same name, the traveling exhibition features 13 Jewish women artists who have taken deliberate actions to bring about a positive social and/or political change. With strength, integrity, and creativity, they encourage us to engage in Tikkun Olam (repairing the world) and make the world a better place.

Read more. . .

Announcements and Deadlines:

The HBI Introduces Innovations to the Scholar-in-Residence Program

The HBI now offers three unique opportunities to be in residence at Brandeis University while working on a significant project in the field of Jewish women’s and gender studies:

The HBI Scholar-in-Residence Program (Fall 2008)

The HBI Seminar Series: Gender and Jewish Thought (Spring 2009)

The HBI Summer Scholar-in-Residence Program (Summer 2009)

Click here for program details.