Five Core Advisory Roles
Yehudit Institute appreciates the facts and feelings of Israel through historical and cultural interpretive resources and programs to open up human experiences of awe.
Yehudit Institute is seeking English-speaking advisors from the USA and Israel. We’ll be twinning the advisors so two people will share each of the five advisory roles, to make a group of ten people.
We need one other person to be a liaison for Hebrew/English language support, as well.
Click this link to request more information, or to sign up and meet your twin!
Their 2025 annual project will be to pick a book they like, on topic of their specific role, and recommend that their twin advisor companion read the suggested book. The reader will write a 500+ word annotation based on any feelings, judgments, or constructive criticisms that come up while reading.
I will compile the ten annotations — & an author bio, “About the Authors” section — into an Annotated Bibliography yearbook format for publication in 2026.1
In addition to suggesting a book title to your twin, the pair of you may want to communicate more about the why of your choice of book, or discuss your advisory role together. Perhaps meet other twinned advisors as well. But not everyone will want to volunteer more of their time and Yehudit Institute understands that. Try to understand if your twin has their limits. There is no pressure, only opportunities to share a title, read a book, write an annotation, and be published.2
Advisors will be invited to participate in an in-person conference to present their annotations and rationale for recommending the title they shared with their twin. Guest speakers from the receiving community will be invited, as will sponsors, past advisors, media, and special dignitaries. Starting the second year, an honors ceremony will be added! The conference is yearly, in Israel and the USA, every other year. So, dear advisors, check your passports and get them updated!
About Judy Wallace. As an Orthodox Jewish woman, my personal faith guides my life, even as I study the history of religion with academic rigor. Distinguishing between religious belief and cultural context helps clarify the motivations behind my research. I strive for objectivity in my scholarship, though my humanity and faith naturally inform the questions I ask and the way I interpret historical evidence.
I think it will be both easy and hard to get all the advisors to sign up and get you all twinned. It is OK if you want to be an advisor for a certain role but don’t feel like a SME, subject matter expert. Please assure yourself that an advisor can have a beginner’s mind, and thereby contribute immensely to Yehudit Institute. We can appreciate your advice regardless of how deep your present day scope of facts may be. If the role seems worthy, and you would consider reading at least one book about it, please click to find out more.
Annotations can summarize, evaluate, or reflect on the sources, and
they demonstrate your understanding of the available scholarship on a topic.
What goes into an annotation?
An annotation can include:
- A summary: of the source’s main argument or key ideas.
- An evaluation: of the source’s reliability, accuracy, and relevance.
- A reflection: on how the source relates to your research and your own ideas.
- A comparison: of the source to other works on the topic.
- 1. The annotated bibliography will be published on Kindle and print on demand via Amazon. YMT will hold the copyright and sales rights. ↩︎
- 2. Your annotation needs to be scholarly in its tone and vocabulary, yet understandable for an interdisciplinary, learned audience. ↩︎