Hadassah-Brandeis Institute

• Participate in a 35 hour per week, Monday-Friday, internship program

• Produce, under staff supervision, an original piece of scholarly research or a creative and/or artistic project that focuses on Jewish gender issues

• Assist HBI-affiliated scholars and Brandeis offices with research and administrative tasks

• Learn about the daily operations of an academic research institute by occasionally assisting with administrative tasks

• Visit local institutions and organizations of Jewish interest

• Meet local community activists

• Live on the Brandeis campus in subsidized housing

• Receive a weekly stipend

The 2020 application deadline is TBD. Please submit each of the following items through the online application. 

1. Two to four paragraphs identifying which TWO of the Supervised Projects listed below are of interest and a description of your qualifications.

2. A 500-word essay explaining your interest in Jewish gender studies.

3. One or two project ideas for an independent project

4. Two references: one academic and one work related (extra curricular activity, work study, etc.). Can be emailed directly to dolins@brandeis.edu.

5. C.V. / Résumé

• HBI Blog Assistant – Provide assistance to the HBI Communications team by developing ideas for future HBI blogs.

• The Trials of Stella Goldschlag – Nazi Victim, Holocaust Survivor, and War Criminal – Assist Brandeis Professor of Holocaust Studies, Laura Jockusch, in her research project that reappraises the tragic story of Gestapo informer Stella Goldschlag (1922-1994).

• Women Teachers and the Jewish Day School: An Oral History Project – Assist Associate Professor Jonathan Krasner in a new research project focused on women teachers in day schools.

• Holy Waters: Gender Segregation and the Political Rise of Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel – Assist the Associate Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies in research for her book examining the spatial imposition of Orthodox Jews norms in non-religious spaces in Israel.

• Policy Recommendations for Improving Relationships between American and Israeli Jews – Assist former HBI Co-Director, Sylvia Barack Fishman, in a new project analyzing relationships between Jews of Israel and the Diaspora.

• Creating Realistic Rights of Exit for Women who Go “Off the Derech” – Assist HBI Director Lisa Joffe in a new project focused on women who leave cultural minority communities.

• The Words to Say It: An Exploration of the Use — and Abuse — of Language in Activism for Social Justice – Assist Women's Studies Research Center Scholar, Janet Freedman, with her project on the lexicon of social activism.

• Mariana Yampolsky’s and Mexico’s Jewish Art: Captured Moments in Latin America’s Socialist Landscape – Assist the Director of the Latin American Jewish Gender Studies Project with a project focused on the Mexican Jewish artist Mariana Yampolsky.

• Rebels in the Family: A Memoir from Creation to Now – Assist WSRC Scholar Penina Adelman with research for her fictionalized family memoir.

• Participate in a 35 hours per week, Monday–Friday, internship program

• Produce under staff supervision, an original piece of scholarly research, a chapter from a dissertation, or a creative and/or artistic project that focuses on Jewish gender issues

• Assist HBI-affiliated scholars and Brandeis Offices with research and administrative tasks

• Learn about the daily operations of an academic research institute

• Receive a weekly stipend

Optional Activities

• Visit local institutions and organizations of Jewish interest

• Meet local community activists

• Live on the Brandeis campus in subsidized housing

The 2020 application deadline is TBD. Please submit each of the following items through the online application.

1. Two paragraphs identifying which ONE of the Supervised Projects listed below are of interest and a description of your qualifications

2. A description of your research

3. Two academic references (References can be emailed directly to dolins@brandeis.edu)

4. C.V. / Résumé

• The Trials of Stella Goldschlag — Nazi Victim, Holocaust Survivor, and War Criminal – Assist Brandeis Professor of Holocaust Studies, Laura Jockusch, with research for a book project that reappraises the tragic story of Gestapo informer Stella Goldschlag (1922-1994).

• Policy Recommendations for Improving Relationships between American and Israeli Jews – Assist former HBI Co-Director and Professor Emerita, Sylvia Barack Fishman, in a new project analyzing relationships between the Jews of Israel and the Diaspora.

• Women Teachers and the Jewish Day School — An Oral History Project – Assist Associate Professor Jonathan Krasner with a new project focused on the history of Jewish day school teachers.

• Creating Realistic Rights of Exit for Women who Go “Off the Derech” – Assist HBI Director Lisa Joffe on her new project examining “exit” options for women leaving minority communities.