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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

HBI and The Dinah Project at the Rackman Center, Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan Univ., are honored to convene this critical discussion at @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social tomorrow, OCT 7 *How can the perpetrators of conflict related sexual violence be held accountable?* Info: bit.ly/BrandeisBarI... ⬇️

Brandeis Bar Ilan Conference on Conflict Related Sexual Violence and the Legacy of October 7, How can the perpetrators of conflict related sexual violence be held accountable? Brandeis University, Live only. Open to the public. Recordings available for viewing afterward. Oct. 7, 8:30 am - 6:30 pm EDT.

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Join HBI tomorrow (HYBRID), OCT 7, when Dr. Alice Edwards, former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, 2022-26, will deliver this year’s Markowicz Memorial Lecture WHOSE SUFFERING COUNTS? SEXUAL TORTURE, HOSTAGE-TAKING AND SURVIVORS’ JUSTICE IN A DIVIDED WORLD. Reg: www.brandeis.edu/hbi/events/b... ⬇️

Brandeis University, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Diane Markowicz Memorial Lecture on Gender and Human Rights, Whose Suffering Counts? Sexual Torture, Hostage-Taking and Survivors’ Justice in a Divided World, Keynote, Brandeis-Bar Ilan Conference on Conflict Related Sexual Violence and the Legacy of October 7, Dr. Alice Edwards, former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, 2022-26, Wednesday, October 7, 9-10:30 am, Live stream at your location or at Brandeis group viewing, New date and time, now livestreaming. Photo of Alice Edwards.

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

HBI's first Scholar in Residence seminar of the year is this Monday presented by Dr. Anabella Esperanza, “Embedded in the Flesh: Jewish Women and the Making of Modernity in the Late Ottoman Period”. Learn more about HBI's residency program and meet our fall scholars! www.brandeis.edu/hbi/programs...

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This Monday at 12 pm ET! HBI Scholar in Residence Dr. Anabella Esperanza will present her work, “Embedded in the Flesh: Jewish Women and the Making of Modernity in the Late Ottoman Period” to the HBI community. Join us at HBI or online: www.brandeis.edu/hbi/events/i...

Text Brandeis, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, HBI Seminar Series, “Embedded in the Flesh: Jewish Women and the Making of Modernity in the Late Ottoman Period”, Anabella Esperanza, PhD, HBI Scholar in Residence. Monday October 5 12 -1 pm EDT Hybrid, with a photo of Anabella Esperanza

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Join HBI on OCT 26 when we speak w/ Dr. Flora Cassen about her gripping & intellectually rich exploration of Jewish life in Europe from the medieval past to today to illuminate how old myths & prejudices about Jews continue to shape Jewish identity. 12:30 pm EDT/online. Reg: bit.ly/HBIConversat... ⬇️

Book cover showing stained glass windows with text Flora Cassen, Stained Glass, A Reflective History of Antisemitism, forward by Yossi Klein Halevi. In small circle: Flora Cassen. The background shows a stained glass scene of angry people from medieval times.

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What a great visit last week with Dr. Ayelet Brinn, a 2022 HBI scholar in residence, who stopped by HBI to say hello on her way to teach that day's @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social open class, “America and its Jews at 250” (The People’s Movements: the Yiddish Press and Workers’ Movements). ⬇️

Two women sitting in an office smiling. Left, Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, Right, Ayelet Brinn

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"....[T]his has been part of a project seeking to recognize the experience of women in war, really for the last 50 years, and treat that with the kind of seriousness and sobriety that it deserves." - Dr. Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, HBI Director ⬇️ #brandeisuniversity jewishjournal.org/2026/09/17/b...

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Brandeis conference to examine sexual violence on Oct. 7 and in war zones globally - Jewish Journal

On the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and the ensuing war in Gaza, scholars from Brandeis and Bar-Ilan universities will come together to examine how international law addresses sexual violen...

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Shana tova from HBI, wishing you a sweet new year!

Image of apples and honey with text, Shana Tova, a sweet new year from HBI

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Friends in the Boston-area, we hope to see you next week at HBI's Open House!

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Apply now for the 2027 HBI Research Award. Application closes soon!

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We are delighted to invite you to our Fall Open House to meet the HBI community and hear about our plans for the year. Delicious ice cream and non-dairy treats will be available. 🗓️ Wednesday, September 9 | 4-5 pm at HBI | 515 South Street, Waltham, MA | Epstein Building

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Sept 14! Hear from the author, and daughter, of a remarkable woman, Gisela Warburg Wyzanski, who helped save Jewish children from the Nazis. 12:30 pm EDT ONLINE. Our first event this season in the HBI Conversations Series! Register: bit.ly/HBIConversat...

Text: Sandra Seltzer Silberman Conversations Series, image: book cover with photo of Gisela Warburg Wyzanski and text: A Force For Good: Gisela Warburg Wyzanski, A Life Dedicated to the Rescue of Children, Anita Wyzanski Robboy, text below: Sept. 14, 12:30 pm EDT online

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Brandeis Students! Announcing the opening of Beginning Yiddish, YDSH 10a, M-Th, 9:05–9:55. Enroll now to start learning this fascinating language & the exciting story of the rich culture behind it. Meet the instructor Dr. Emma Breslow drive.google.com/file/d/1Irue... @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social

Brandeis Students, New Course Announcement, YDSH 10a Beginning Yiddish has just opened, M-TH 9:05-9:55 am, Enroll and spread the word to your friends, Dr. Emma Breslow instructor

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

HBI Research Associate Celene Ibrahim, PhD joins Rev. Gloria Hammond-White and Rabbi Rachel Adelman on Sept. 17 for this Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum conversation exploring the roles of women in religious texts as archetypes for faith, leadership & bravery. www.gardnermuseum.org/calendar/cal...

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Calling on Esther Across the Ages

Who was Esther and what has been her legacy across time? Join us for a conversation with leading female religious leaders and scholars exploring the roles of women in religious texts as archetypes for...

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 HBI Gilda Slifka interns on last week's fantastic final presentations of their individual projects exploring an area of Jewish gender studies. We wish our interns much success in their future endeavors! More: bit.ly/HBISlifkaInt... A sampling of the projects include ⬇️

Text: Congratulations 2026 HBI Gilda Slifka Interns, Brandeis, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, with 8 photos showing interns speaking at a lectern and one photo of three people standing together smiling.

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Jüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

#Chance | 2027 HBI Research Awards for projects in Jewish women and gender studies | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social #jewishstudies #GenderStudies Deadline: September 8, 2026

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Congratulations to Tidhar Gutman, 2025 HBI intern and current doctoral fellow at the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social on receiving the Harold Wechsler Award for Emerging Scholars from the Network for Research in Jewish Education! nrje.org/awards/emerg...

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

It's fall open enrollment at @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social, register for "Jewish Feminisms" today!

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

New @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social course, open to all! What has America meant to Jews, and what have Jews meant to America? This fall, Brandeis is offering a course exploring the American Jewish story from many different perspectives, in person and online. www.brandeis.edu/jewish-studi... #jewsky

Text, America and its Jews at 250, A Brandeis Course, with an image of a circle showing an American flag in the shape of a book and the text America and its Jews 250, a Brandeis course Fall 2026, and text below In-person at Brandeis: Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:40 to 7 pm, running from late August through early December Online: Six discussion groups, Tuesdays, 6-7 pm EST, Sept. 15, Sept. 29, Oct. 27, Nov. 3, Nov. 24, Dec. 15

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The 2027 HBI Research Awards application is now open! These grants support research and artistic projects centered on Jewish women’s and gender studies, and are made to graduate students, early career, and established researchers. Apply by September 8, 2026. #jewsky www.brandeis.edu/hbi/programs...

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The HBI Gilda Slifka internship is now in full-swing! HBI interns complete original research related to Jews and gender, support the work of scholars affiliated w/ HBI and @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social, attend educational sessions w/ scholars and artists, and more. www.brandeis.edu/hbi/blog/202...

Text - Meet the 2026 Gilda Slifka Interns, Brandeis, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, with photos of eight students.

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

We're hiring! HBI and the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social are hiring a program coordinator to provide administrative support. HBI (75%) / Mandel Center (20%). Info: brandeis.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Jobs/job/Bra...

text: Brandeis, Hadassah Brandeis Institute, We're Hiring, Program Coordinator, Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI and Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education Apply Today

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

HBI is delighted to announce the newest issue of Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women’s Studies and Gender Issues - JEWS AND REPRODUCTION - w/ consulting editors Rachel Kranson and Marjorie Lehman. A pub of HBI, the Schechter Institutes of Jewish Studies, and Indiana U. Press. muse.jhu.edu/journal/243

Alt text - Front cover of journal showing the drawing of a baby with hands holding it and musical notes below. Text: Nashim, A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Studies, Fall/Winter Number 46 5786/2025/6, Jews and Reproduction, Consulting Editors Rachel Kranson and Marjorie Lehman

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Congratulations to photographer Hannah Altman on her powerful permanent exhibition, GROUNDED GLASS, opening June 21 at the Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, Extremism, and Radicalization (ARCHER) at House 88—a project of the Counter Extremism Project. www.counterextremism.com/press/new-ex... ⬇️

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New Exhibition by Photographer Hannah Altman to Retrace the Physical and Emotional Journey of Holocaust Victim Lore Sternfeld

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is proud to organize Ground Glass: Reframing the World of Lens-Maker and Holocaust Victim Lore Sternfeld, a new exhibition by Jewish-American photographer Hannah Al...

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Congrats to Adam Ferziger, Bar-Ilan U. prof & '21 HBI Scholar on receiving the Assoc. for Israel Studies Shapiro Award/Best Book/Israel Studies for "Agents of Change: American Jews & the Transformation of Israeli Judaism". Delighted to have supported Ferziger’s research! nyupress.org/978147981755...

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Agents of Change

Co-Winner, 2026 Shapiro Award for Best Book in Israel Studies, given by the Association for Israel StudiesThe rise of moderate Orthodox Judaism in Israel and...

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

HBI Research Associate Joanna Beata Michlic, PhD, Holocaust historian & incoming Gratz College Assoc. Dir., Center for Holocaust Studies & Human Rights, reflects on telling more complex & historically honest stories about Jewish children’s survival during the Holocaust. ⬇️ unpblog.com/2026/05/13/f...

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From the Desk of Joanna Beata Michlic: Rethinking Rescue and Children’s Agency in the Holocaust

Joanna Beata Michlic is a social and cultural historian of the Holocaust and its aftermath. Her research focuses on Jewish childhood, rescue, and the long-term impact of genocide. Michlic is author…

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

In advance of @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social’s commencement this Sunday, HBI congratulates the graduates of the class of 2026 and sends special congrats to the wonderful graduating Brandeis students we’ve worked w/ over the past several years. We'll miss you and wish you much success in all you do!

Text, Brandeis, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Congratulations Brandeis University Class of 2026 and HBI's Graduating Seniors, with photos of four students

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Congratulations to Tamar Aizenberg, PhD, 2026 HBI Scholar in Residence, on receiving her doctoral degree from the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department at @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social this coming Sunday! Her areas of research are Holocaust memory, German Studies, and oral history. #jewsky ⬇️

Text Congratulations Dr. Tamar Aizenberg, HBI Scholar in Residence, Brandeis, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

We look forward to speaking w/ Dr. Miriam Udel on June 1 about 20th C. Yiddish children’s lit & esp. the “New Girl”, a central character brimming w/ new freedom! ✨Winner, National Jewish Book Award in Education & Jewish Identity✨ @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social Reg: bit.ly/HBIConversat... #jewsky

Tope text Brandeis Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Sandra Seltzer Silberman HBI Conversations Series, Cosponsored by the Jewish Library of Baltimore. Below left, book cover with text Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children's Literature, Miriam Udel, with several small illustrations including a tree, children, and yiddish letters, Right: Miriam Udel. Text in circle: Winner, National Jewish Book Awards, Right: Miriam Udel. Bottom: Text Monday, June 1, 12:30-1:30 pm EDT Online

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Tomorrow! Goldie Morgentaler, PhD, shares the story of her mother Chava Rosenfarb’s decades-long friendship with Zenia Larrson - through over 25 years of letters - after they survived the Holocaust together. May 7, 12:30 pm ET, Register: bit.ly/HBIConversat... #jewsky

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

👋 @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social students! Professor Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, the Shulamit Reinharz Director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute/HBI, is teaching "Jewish Feminisms" (NEJS 160A) in the fall on Tuesdays and Fridays, 11 am - 12:30 pm. Early registration is open until May 10. ⬇️

Text: NEJS 160A: Jewish Feminisms Professor Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, Fall 2026, Tuesdays, Fridays, 11 am - 12:30 pm, Jewish Feminisms examines the role of Jewish women in the broader feminist movement and the impact of feminist theory and activism on Jewish thought, law, ritual practice and communal norms in the 20th and 21st century. We will explore classic feminist critiques and transformations of traditional Judaism and examine contemporary controversies involving issues such as equality under Jewish ritual and family law, sex segregation in public life, inclusion of Jewish People of Color and of LGBTQ Jews and antisemitism in the women's movement. Top right: photo of Lisa Fishbayn Joffe

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Join us MON: HBI Scholar in Residence Tamar Aizenberg PhD explores how narratives abt the Holocaust and the Third Reich are told, edited or silenced within families w/ a focus on the gender of grandparents, parents & grandchildren. 🗓️ April 27, 12 pm EDT, Online. Reg: brandeis.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Top: Text, Brandeis, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, HBI Seminar Series, Below, Knowledge of the Same Abyss: The Third Generations and Holocaust Memory, Tamar Aizenberg, PhD, HBI Scholar in Residence, Monday, April 27, 12-1 pm EDT Online. Left: Photo of Tamar Aizenberg

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Tomorrow! Looking forward to speaking with award-winning author Judy Batalion about THE LAST WOMAN OF WARSAW. Hope to see you there. Register: bit.ly/HBIConversat... #jewsky #jewishliterature #debutfiction #lastwomanofwarsaw #jewishwomen

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Next Thurs., Judy Batalion joins HBI to discuss THE LAST WOMAN OF WARSAW, the story of 2 Jewish women in inter-war Warsaw who search for love, meaning & a sense of home while growing right-wing nationalism & pro-Nazi ideology close in around them. Apr 23, 12:30 EDT/Online. Reg bit.ly/HBIConversat...

Text: Brandeis, Hadassah Brandeis Institute, April 23, 12:30 pm EDT Online. Below: Left: book cover with text, The Last Woman in Warsaw, A Novel, New York Times best selling author The Light of Days, Judy Batalion, with image of a woman in a gown standing in a room with a large window looking out to the street, Right: Judy Batalion.

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

A wonderful essay by Rosina Rubin in @lilithmagazine.bsky.social about the art of her late aunt, American painter Anna Walinska (1906-1997). After Walinska passed away leaving nearly 2000 works, Rubin founded Atelier Anna Walinska to catalogue/exhibit her late aunt’s work. lilith.org/2026/03/my-f...

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My Favorite Aunt Was A Bold Artist Ahead of Her Time

When she was in her final days, my aunt told me that she was not afraid to die but that she needed my help.

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Join us at the Kniznick Gallery this Wed., April 15, at 2 pm for a guided tour of HBI’s exhibition “Who Will Draw Our History, Women’s Graphic Narratives of the Holocaust, 1944-1949”. W/ over 75 handmade albums, pictorial diaries & more created by Jewish women Holocaust survivors. bit.ly/HBIArt

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Who Will Draw Our History? Women’s Graphic Narratives of the Holocaust, 1944-1949

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Join HBI on Tuesday, Yom HaShoah, for this special program. Register to join online: brandeis.zoom.us/meeting/regi... or at HBI: forms.gle/qfMSQNQv2CaA... #Yomhashoah #jewsky #womenartitsts #jewishwomen #holocaust

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Spend an hour with HBI and award-winning author Judy Batalion on Apl 23 when she delves into the lives of Jewish women in interwar Warsaw, her motivation to immerse herself in this overlooked world & more. 12:30 pm EDT, online. Register: bit.ly/HBIConversat.... www.timesofisrael.com/in-glitzy-in...

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In glitzy interwar Warsaw, truth meets fiction as 2 young women hunt for missing mentor

In 'The Last Woman of Warsaw,' out April 7, author Judy Batalion shows the Jewish diversity of the cosmopolitan city as an odd couple sets out to solve a mystery

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Congrats to Judy Batalion on THE LAST WOMAN OF WARAW's #pubday! HBI looks forward to speaking w/ Batalion about her moving debut novel on Apl 23, 12:30 pm EDT online & are honored to have supported THE LAST WOMAN in 2025 w/ a Research Award. Reg: brandeis.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #jewsky #jewishbooks

Top text: Sandra Seltzer Silberman HBI Conversations Series. Below left: book cover with text, The Last Woman in Warsaw, A Novel, New York Times best selling author The Light of Days, Judy Batalion, with image of a woman in a gown standing in a room with a large window looking out to the street, Right: Judy Batalion. Below text: April 23, 12:30-1:30 pm EDT Online

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Hadassah Brandeis Institute HBI @hadassahbrandeis.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Next Tues. April 14, 1 pm EDT, join HBI’s Holocaust Research Study Group for a hybrid event commemorating Yom HaShoah: Artistic Reflections on the Holocaust, How Women’s Creative Work Impacts the Holocaust Narrative. At HBI and online, register: www.brandeis.edu/hbi/events/i... #jewsky #yomhashoah

Text: Artistic Reflections on the Holocaust. Right, image: drawing of a hand holding an inkwell, Below: image musical notes on a music sheet

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