2020 Events
Gett advocates receive training to be able to to accompany women through the Jewish divorce process in the Boston Rabbinical court.
Presented by the Boston Agunah Taskforce
November 18, 2020
Diane Markowicz Memorial Lecture
Rachel Adler
David Ellenson Professor of Modern Jewish Thought
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Los Angeles Campus
November 16, 2020
HBI Seminar Series
Elazar Ben-Lulu, The Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania & Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Discussant: Professor Shirley Idelson, director of Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program
November 15, 2020
Sponsored by the Boston Jewish Film Festival, the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies with cosponsorships from the following Brandeis University partners: Brandeis Alumni Association, Hebrew Language and Literature Program, Hillel, and the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies.
October 26, 2020
HBI Seminar Series
Sarah Swartz, HBI Research Associate
October 20, 2020
HBI Project on Latin American Jewish & Gender Studies
Poet and scholar Marjorie Agosín and photographer Samuel Shats explore the truth that lies in fragmented memories, the legacy of refugees defined by truncated pasts, and the power of art as a vehicle for healing across generations.
October 19, 2020
A conversation and readings by editors and contributors: Rivka Cohen ’17, Naima Hirsch (HBI Intern 2018), Alona Weimer ’18, and Jordyn Kaufman, moderated by HBI Director Lisa Fishbayn Joffe.
October 14, 2020
HBI and Marra B. Gad discussed The Color of Love, Marra’s award-winning and compelling memoir about growing up as “a mixed-race, Jewish unicorn” and how she transcended intolerance, trauma, and racism through love.
October 13, 2020
Launch Event for NASHIM Issue 36
October 8, 2020
HBI Project on Latin American Jewish & Gender Studies
During Sukkot and Latinx Heritage month, join HBI Project on Latin American Jewish & Gender Studies and Jewtina y Co., for a panel discussion on contemporary Jewish Latinx migration in the context of race, gender, and legality.
Co-Sponsored by Jewtina y Co., Brandeis Alumni Association, the Latin America Initiative, International Business School, Brandeis Latin American and Latino Studies Program, Brandeis Hispanic Studies, J-Lats Princeton
September 23, 2020
For those seeking to connect more deeply with their Judaism, and for all those in search of a contemplative approach to these challenging times, poet and scholar Marcia Falk reads from and comments on her groundbreaking book, which re-creates prayers and rituals from a meditative, inclusive perspective.
To purchase a personally inscribed copy of the book please email Marcia Falk with "Purchase Days Between" in the subject line.
September 21, 2020
HBI Seminar Series
Bat-Sheva Margalit Stern, Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
September 14, 2020
HBI Seminar Series
Shalva Weil, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
September 10, 2020
HBI Virtual Conversations with Beth Ricanati, MD
June 30, 2020
Artist Lynne Avadenka, 2019 HBI Research Award Recipient and 2008 Artist in Residence, explored her newest endeavor, an artistic investigation into Jewish women's involvement in early Hebrew printing. Lynne is an American artist/printmaker specializing in multimedia works influenced by the Jewish experience. She is known for her art that explores text and image, and the physical and philosophical idea of the book.
Co-Sponsored by the Vilna Shul
June 25, 2020
Jonathan Branfman, Cornell University, 2020-2022: Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies
Summer 2020 HBI Scholar in Residence
May 27, 2020
WSRC Scholar, museum educator and art historian, Annie Storr leads a virtual workshop in reflective looking using imagery from the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute exhibition "Ich Bin Di Sitra Achra (I am the Other)" by Shterna Goldbloom.
May 20, 2020
Renée Levine Melammed, Schechter Institute in Jerusalem
May 5, 12, 19, 2020
May 13, 2020
May 3, 2020
As part of the Create@Brandeis Living Room Fest, Shterna Goldbloom leads a workshop in fine-tuning your selfie techniques during these selfie-necessary times. Goldbloom will talk about her self-portraits from her current exhibition “Ich Bin Di Sitra Achra (I Am the Other)” at the Kniznick Gallery through the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Artist Program.
March 30, 2020
Esther Brownsmith, Brandeis University
February 27, 2020
A conversation with Aileen Josephs ’86, Rosa Lowinger ’78 and Dalia Wassner as they engage the many ways Latina Jews are impacting America in the fields of law, architecture, art and academia.
The event was co-sponsored by Brandeis Alumni Club of South Florida and HBI's Project on Latin American Jewish & Gender Studies.
February 12, 2020
A film screening of "Next Year in Argentina" followed by a panel discussion. The speakers examined Argentinian Jewry and the subject of return migration.
February 11, 2020
Karen Skinazi, University of Bristol
Skinazi discussed the ways that women have inspired change in Orthodox Judaism through creative and cultural channels, such as memoirs, novels, film, and social media, using Naomi Alderman’s novel Disobedience (2006) as a case study.
February 6, 2020
The Holocaust Research Study Group presents lectures, readings, visual talks, and break-out sessions in a half-day Holocaust Remembrance event
January 30, 2020
It took 72 years for women to get the right to vote in the US. Come to this Teach-In to learn about the mobilization from 1848 at Seneca Falls to 1920 with passage of the 19th Constitutional Amendment.
Co-sponsored by the Women's Studies Research Center, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Politics Department at Brandeis University
January 30, 2020
A conversation about developments concerning Israeli women in Judaism, both Orthodox and secular, and how they have impacted similar issues in the US. Co-sponsored by the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies and JFAB: Jewish Feminist Association of Brandeis.