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December 11, 2024
HBI is proud to announce that our director, Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, and several of our current scholars in residence, research associates, and authors will be presenting, leading panels, and participating in roundtable discussions at the upcoming Association for Jewish Studies Conference, Dec. 15 through 19.
HBI Student Staff
October 16, 2024
HBI has several employment opportunities for students. Some work as research assistants for both our resident and affiliated scholars, while others work in the Kniznick Art Gallery during HBI exhibitions, in our office, and on our events.
Lisa Fishbayn Joffe
August 29, 2024
People often think the summer is a quiet time, but for most academics, it is a hectic season filled with research, writing and meeting up at conferences. What a pleasure it was, this summer, to see and meet many HBI affiliates and research and travel grant recipients, at every stage of their careers, presenting new and exciting work, at the conference on Jews, Gender and Sexuality at the University of Bristol and Canon, Authority and the Creation of Halacha at Harvard Law School. Just last week, we capped off the summer with a talk on Indian Jewish women in Bollywood by HBI Research Associate, Professor Bindu Malieckal, over dinner and a movie at the Vilna Shul here in Boston.
Intern reunion participants including past and present interns, HBI faculty and staff, and internship-affiliated scholars
Photo Credit: Heratch Ekmekjian
July 31, 2024
During this summer’s Gilda Slifka HBI Summer Internship, HBI hosted a reunion of all 26 years of the program, bringing together a group of interns that included Jewish communal professionals, Jewish studies academics, public policy advocates, and many others. A highlight of the day was hearing about the formative role the internship played in developing and using important skills through all the next steps of their personal and professional lives.
2024 Gilda Slifka Interns
June 17, 2024
Every summer, HBI welcomes interns from across the country and world who complete original research related to the HBI mission of fresh thinking about Jews and gender worldwide and support the work of scholars affiliated with HBI and Brandeis. During the eight-week program, the interns also attend educational lunch sessions with scholars, and visit Jewish sites of interest in the Greater Boston area. The Gilda Slifka HBI Summer Internship is supported by a generous gift from Gilda Slifka. Meet our interns.