Project Kesher Archives
In 2019, Project Kesher dedicated its archives at Brandeis University with a day of global Jewish feminist conversation in partnership with Brandeis University Archives & Special Collections, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, and the Jewish Women’s Archive. Surella Seelig, Outreach & Special Projects Archivist at Brandeis University put it best: “I think it is fair to say that the work in which Project Kesher has engaged since 1989 is at its core an act of rebellion. A rebellion against the oppression of communist states, a rebellion against the oppression of women, Judaism, and community. The materials that make up the Project Kesher archives tell this important story and document this rebellion.” The archives consist of some 38 linear feet of material, including reports from the group’s early years, published articles, and the personal handwritten travel notebooks of its founder, Sallie E. Gratch. Of particular note is material from Project Kesher's International Conference of Jewish Women held in Kyiv in 1994.