Program

ACLS Graduate Internships on the Spiritual Infrastructure of the Future, 2026

Project

Jewish Women's Archive - Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women

Department

Religion

Abstract

The Jewish Women’s Archive (JWA) is a national organization dedicated to collecting and promoting the extraordinary stories of Jewish women and gender-expansive people. The fellow will work to expand the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, one of JWA’s flagship projects: it currently includes 2,283 entries and receives nearly 2.5 million page views each year. JWA is updating and adding to the Encyclopedia on an ongoing basis, with a particular emphasis on communities previously underrepresented in Jewish historical narratives.

Rose is a PhD student in the School of Religion at the University of Southern California. She researches women’s reproductive lives in early Christian literature.