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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI
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The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute/HBI supports and promotes research at the intersection of Jewish studies and women’s and gender studies through residencies, grants, internships, exhibitions, a journal, book series, and public events. www.brandeis.edu/hbi/
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 8d
As we near the second anniversary of October 7, HBI presents a series of programs that consider new research on the impact of the war on the experience of Jewish women in and outside of Israel.
Oct 23: Ruth Halperin-Kaddari
Nov 6: Tal Hochman
Nov 11: Gabriela Spector-Mersel
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Brandeis Hadassah Brandeis Institute logo Text explore the aftermath of October 7 with HBI, OCT 23 Ruth Halperin Kaddari right text Recognition and Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence in Conflict Prof Ruth Halperin Kaddari Professor LLM JSD, NOV 6 Beyond October 7 The real impact of the ongoing war on women in Israel Tal Hochman Israel Womens Network Executive Director, NOV 11 Gabriela Spector Mersel with text HBI Seminar Series How to Survive Israeli Women Civilians Coping with Hamas Captivity Gabriela Spector Mersel MSW PhD, with photos of the three women
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 11d
Since our founding, HBI has given 327 Research Awards, many that resulted in books, some that were published in the HBI Series on Jewish Women, won book awards and became acclaimed best sellers. bit.ly/HBIResearchA...
HBI Research Awards
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 11d
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Fair Labor Lawyer: The Remarkable Life of New Deal Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Bessie Margolin
The Remarkable Life of New Deal Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Bessie Margolin
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 11d
Great to see New Deal lawyer and Supreme Court advocate Bessie Margolin (1909-1996) finally get her due in the NYT. Supported by an HBI Research Award, lawyer-turned-author Marlene Trestman wrote about Margolin’s astounding life in “Fair Labor Lawyer": www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Overlooked No More: Bessie Margolin, Lawyer Who Turned Workers’ Hopes Into Law
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 11d
An honor to speak w/ @tracyslater.bsky.social recently in HBI's Sandra Seltzer Silberman #hbiconversations Series about the US government's unlawful and horrendous imprisonment of tens of thou­sands of Japan­ese Amer­i­cans in detention camps during World War II. Thank you Tracy! 🙏
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 11d
Video now live & available to all @ brandeis.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_lc.... Huge thanks to @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social for hosting this talk & making the video available to all, and to @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social Alumni Committee for co-hosting! 🗃️ #booksky
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 11d
Thank you @tracyslater.bsky.social for sharing this important history with HBI!
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 22d
Shana Tova, wishing you a sweet and healthy new year from HBI!
Text Brandeis HADASSAH-BRANDEIS INSTITUTE A sweet and healthy new year shana tova from HBI with an image of a bowl of honey sitting on top of slices of green apples
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 27d
HBI’s 1st #hbiconversations event this year is online tomorrow with @tracyslater.bsky.social
join us! ⬇️
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 27d
How did the policies policing mixed-race families in America’s WWII concentration camps impact women and mothers in particular? Join us for this mid-day talk discussion! Online, free, and open to all. Register:
brandeis.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 📚💙 🗃️ @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Sep 12
We’re delighted to have played a role in Gabriella Chiquiar-Rabinovich’s (@brandeisuniversity.bsky.social '27) academic journey. Chiquiar-Rabinovich joined HBI in 2024 as a Gilda Slifka intern and interned with the wonderful @jwaonline.bsky.social this past summer. ⬇️ www.brandeis.edu/stories/2025...
Preserving the past, shaping the future
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Sep 11
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Together in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp
Amazon.com: Together in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp: 9780913705704: Slater, Tracy: Books
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Sep 11
TY @tracyslater.bsky.social. Looking forward!
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Sep 11
Thursday, Sept. 18/online, Tracy Slater, #brandeis PhD, joins HBI Conversations to discuss her deep look into this dark episode in American history, w/ Brandeis Alumni Assoc.
TY @tracyslater.bsky.social! Register:
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#jewsky #asianamericanhistory #manzanar #jewishwomen
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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · Sep 11
9/18, 12:30-1:30pm ET. Hidden histories from WWII, mothers of mixed families swept up in the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans & more. TY @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social & @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social alumni assoc. for hosting! 🗃️ 📚💙 Register @ brandeis.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Sep 9
Tomorrow! Join the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute & the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University to welcome back Shulamit Reinharz, founding director of both, for a talk about her latest book, "Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir". 4 pm EDT Hybrid, in-person/online. bit.ly/HBIEVENTS
Text Hiding in Holland A Resistance Memoir Brandeis Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Women's Studies Research Center, Shulamit Reinharz, Sept 10 4-5:30 EDT Hybrid with book cover showing a man milking a cow, logo National Jewish Book Award Finalist, and a photo of Shulamit Reinharz
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Sep 9
We're looking forward and delighted to co-sponsor this author conversation tomorrow, Wed., 9/10, at The Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry at Brandeis University: Noa Shashar and Professor ChaeRan Freeze on "The Marital Knot: Agunot in the Ashkenazi Realm, 1648-1850" bit.ly/HBIEVENTS
Left book cover with text Marital Knot Agunot in the Ashkenazi Realm 1648 to 1850 Noa Shashar and image of a woman's dress made of hundreds of pieces of paper Right top Headshot of Noa Shashar text Noa Shashar PhD Bottom Headshot of ChaeRan Freeze text ChaeRan Freeze PhD
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Sep 3
You're invited! An opening reception for "Tu Ke Bivas", photo-based artist Becky Behar's immersive presentation tracing Sephardic traditions enacted by her mother and daughter, is happening tomorrow at the Kniznick Gallery! #kniznickgallery #BrandeisUniversity #Sephardic Info: bit.ly/HBIEVENTS
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Aug 27
Join HBI & Women's Studies Research Cnt. for the opening reception Sept. 4 of Becky Behar's "Tu Ke Bivas" in the Kniznick Gallery, tracing the Sephardic traditions enacted by her mother and daughter. 🙏@lilithmagazine.bsky.social & @judybf.bsky.social for the great review! lilith.org/2025/08/a-ph...
A Photographic Portal of Sephardic Women’s Lives
“Tu Ke Bivas,” at the Kniznick Gallery this September.
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Aug 27
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Aug 27
Join HBI & Women's Studies Research Cnt. for the opening reception Sept. 4 of Becky Behar's "Tu Ke Bivas" in the Kniznick Gallery, tracing the Sephardic traditions enacted by her mother and daughter. 🙏@lilithmagazine.bsky.social & @judybf.bsky.social for the great review! lilith.org/2025/08/a-ph...
A Photographic Portal of Sephardic Women’s Lives
“Tu Ke Bivas,” at the Kniznick Gallery this September.
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Aug 20
Join HBI this September!

Visit HBI online for the full line-up of September events: bit.ly/HBIEVENTS
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Aug 8
The 2026 HBI Research Awards application is open!

HBI awards grants each year to support research & artistic projects centered on Jewish women’s & gender studies. Awards are made to graduate students, early career, & established researchers. Apply by Sept. 2, 2025 www.brandeis.edu/hbi/programs...
HBI Research Awards
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Aug 13
✨HBI Open House✨ Mon., Sept. 8, 4:30 pm at HBI. Join us to share a bite to eat, meet the HBI community and more. Stay for the conversation: ✨"Jewish College Students Reflect on Israel-Gaza and Campus Polarization"✨ 5:30-6:30 pm, w/ Jonathan Krasner, PhD, and Cheryl Weiner, PhD. bit.ly/HBIEVENTS
Text: Brandeis, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Monday, September 8, HBI Fall Open House, 4:30-5:30 pm and Conversation: Jewish College Students Reflect on Israel-Gaza and Campus Polarization, 5:30-6:30 pm
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Aug 8
The 2026 HBI Research Awards application is open!

HBI awards grants each year to support research & artistic projects centered on Jewish women’s & gender studies. Awards are made to graduate students, early career, & established researchers. Apply by Sept. 2, 2025 www.brandeis.edu/hbi/programs...
HBI Research Awards
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Aug 7
Looking forward @tracyslater.bsky.social!

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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · Aug 6
Can't wait! Honored to be opening the new Fall season of the Sandra Seltzer Silberman Conversations Series with @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social. Signup here: brandeis.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Aug 7
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Aug 7
HBI Conversations Series opens this year on SEPT 18 (online) w/ @tracyslater.bsky.social, author of "Together in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp". Cosponsor @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social Alumni Association.
Info/Register bit.ly/HBIConversat...
Top text: Brandeis, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Sept 18 online, Cosponsor Brandeis University Alumni Association. Below, book cover showing 3 people, a mother, father, and young child, standing in front of a barrack apartment, with text: Together in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp, Tracy Slater, overlaid by an American flag. Photo of Tracy Slater. Bottom text: Sandra Seltzer Silberman Conversations Series
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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · Jul 31
This summer, w/ funding from their home institution, Piper-Pell is again working w/ Gross who noted of Piper-Pell: “They’ve been more like a collaborator than an assistant, and working with them has been the most incredible gift”. About the HBI Gilda Slifka Internship: bit.ly/HBISlifkaInt... /end
Gilda Slifka Internship Program
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