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"There has been an explosion of writing by Jewish women and we want to use these books to spark conversations around the country. In a sense, we are reviving the salons of Europe, organized by Jewish women. We have also found that HBI Conversations are very meaningful to the authors, so it's a win-win situation."
-Shulamit Reinharz, Founding Director, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute
“The HBI book discussions have provided me with hours of sometimes brilliant, sometimes provocative, always interesting conversations with a wonderful group of women”
- HBI Conversations participant
“Thank you! Thank you! I'm so glad you told me about this group! Its so nice to be connected with such a dynamic group of women with such interesting literature!”
-HBI participant (Rosellen Bloomberg, Baltimore)
"I have done hundreds of lectures but few have been quite as enjoyable or thought-provoking as my exchanges with Shula Reinharz and the interesting women who attend Conversations. The questions that I fielded have often been provocative and even edgy, posed by women who clearly come prepared and are serious about wanting to explore a work in-depth and understand what motivated the author. The setting is remarkably intimate -- which encourages a give-and-take that is hard to achieve in large auditoriums or impersonal halls. At the end of one such afternoon or evening, I often feel as if i have bonded with many of the women - as if we have had a genuine, heart-to-heart conversation."
–Lucette Lugnado, author of The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit
“It is an almost indecent delight as a writer to come to an HBI conversation and find a room of intelligent, thoughtful, engaged women who have all read my work and are game to talk seriously about fiction.”
–Victoria Redel, author of Border of Truth
If you would like to bring HBI Conversations to your area by serving as a group chair or have general questions about the program, please contact Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at gmelissa@brandeis.edu or 781-736-2126.
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