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This entry has been reposted, by permission, from President Fred Lawrence’s blog “Brandeis First”. Click here to see the original entry. Today brought the opportunity to meet with the leadership of two more of Israel’s top institutions of higher learning: Tel Aviv University and the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya. Professor Joseph Klafter, President of [...]
This entry has been reposted, by permission, from President Fred Lawrence’s blog “Brandeis First”. Click here to see the original entry. Brandeis University has given me the privilege of many sublime moments, and few have been as awe-inspiring as the chance to address members of the Brandeis family in front of the panoramic walls of [...]
Program: Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Graduation: May 2015 Hometown: Butler, Indiana Previous Education: University of Oklahoma ’03 (B.A. in Creative Writing, B.M. in Middle East History) Awards: Schusterman Scholar, National Merit Scholar, Student Press Association Gold Circle Winner, Honorable Mention from the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists “Maybe [...]
Year of Graduation: 2011 Major: Comparative Literature Minor: French Home region/country: Los Angeles, California Previous Education: Santa Monica High School Clubs/Organizations on Campus: Brandeis Al-Quds Partnership Fellow, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, WOW Fellow “I’d just like to continue being in places that make me feel alive, and continue having conversations and contributing however I can.” [...]
Majors: International and Global Studies; African American and African Studies Minors: Theater; Peace and Coexistence Studies Year of Graduation: 2011 Home region/country: Neve Shalom~Wahat Al Salam (Oasis of Peace), Israel Previous Education: Primary school in Neveshalom, High school in Israel; New York Film Academy program in filmmaking Clubs/Organizations on Campus: Slifka Coexistence Scholar, Sorensen Fellow, [...]
Jeremy Weinberg ’12 is studying abroad in Haifa, Israel. When I went on the Brandeis Taglit-Birthright Israel trip last winter, I had a wonderful time and got to see many parts of Israel in only ten days. I thought I had a pretty good picture of what life in Israel was like, and I learned [...]
This profile is reposted, by permission, from the International Business School. Click here to read the original profile. Investing in the future Degree/Year of Graduation: Master of Science in Finance 2009 Current employment: Investment Associate – Emerging Markets Equity, Putnam Investments Previous experience: Goldman Sachs, Boston Digital Ventures “I felt prepared coming into this job [...]
On Monday, four Brandeis students coordinated an event to welcome Amneh Badran, a professor of Political Science at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem. Her visit was part of the Brandeis University/Al-Quds University partnership which began in 2003. The informal reception was opened by Saghi Sofinzon ’11, who traveled to Istanbul in 2008 and met with Al-Quds [...]
We are fortunate to have access to a lot of different speakers and guests at Brandeis. Some of them surprise us with their candor and honestly, and this was especially the case yesterday when the Iranian theater director, filmmaker, and poet Mahmood Karimi-Hakak visited campus for the day. Mr. Karimi-Hakak was a guest of the [...]
Ariel Hirsch ’12 is currently studying at the University of Haifa in Haifa, Israel. She is majoring in Hebrew Language and Literature and minoring in Hispanic Studies. The article below has been reposted from her blog by permission. Day one in Israel. Not sure exactly how I feel yet, but the sunrise over the Mediterranean [...]
This new, 9-minute film showcases the Brandeis University partnership with Al-Quds University in Jerusalem. The project links a Jewish-sponsored university with a Palestinian university for cultural and intellectual exchange. This film focuses on recent activities of the partnership, which included an extended stay by Al-Quds students and faculty at the Brandeis campus.
My name is E.Ray and I’m a new addition to the Bidna Capoeira team here in Damascus. I’m working with Bidna as a part of my second year practicum for my M.A. in Sustainable International Development at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. I arrived to Damascus on a hot night after a [...]
On November 11, four university representatives from the West Bank with expertise in technology visited Brandeis to speak with distance learning faculty. The guests were: Dr. Ahmad Awad Amin, Faculty of Education and Head of Methods of Teaching Department from An-Najah National University; Ms. Suba Jarrar, Head of eLearning Department from Al-Quds Open University, Mr. [...]
Claire Cooper ’11 Shapes a Career When Brandeis senior Claire Cooper came here from a small town in upstate New York, she thought she might study abroad, if she had the chance. She thought that she would go to Argentina, or somewhere else and practice her Spanish. Then, she took an introductory course on Islam [...]
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