2024 Research Award Recipients
HBI awards grants to support research or artistic projects in Jewish women’s and gender studies across a range of disciplines. Awards are made to graduate students, early career, and established researchers. The proposals are subject to review by members of HBI’s Academic Advisory Committee and HBI’s Research Awards Selection Committee and are funded by gifts from the HBI Board of Advisors.
Lady Dynamo: The Anna Rosenberg Story
Gail Ablow and Peter Bull, Independent
Re-Viewing the Hebrew Bible: Feminist Flashcards
Lynne Avadenka, Wayne State University, and Andi Arnovitz, Independent
Jewish Authority, Authenticity, and LGBTQ+ Acceptance: YU vs. Pride Alliance
Orit Avishai, Fordham University
This award is funded by the HBI Project on Gender, Culture, Religion and the Law
The Discourse of the Grotesque in the Hebrew Bible: Gendered Body Politics and the Rhetoric of Subversion
Ji Min Bang, Brandeis University
Kaddish Upended: Gender and Rituals of Bereavement during the Shoah
Beth Cohen, Independent
Mezuzot: A Poetry Collection
Susannah Dainow, Independent
Outskirts: A Poetry Collection
Allison Davis, Independent
On the White Road: Selected Poems of Haviva Pedaya
Atar Hadari, Liverpool Hope University
Being Frank: A Play
Amital Stern, Independent
This award is dedicated in memory of HBI Board Member Elaine Reuben, z”l
In Their Own Hands: Jewishness and Patriotism at a Girls’ Vocational School
Sarah Zarrow, Western Washington University