She is president and founder of the International Society for the Study of African Jewry – ISSAJ.
Bruder's most significant publication, The Black Jews of Africa – History, Identity, Religion (2008), was based on extensive field work.
It was the first such work to provide scientific data and a reference list that deals comprehensively with the issue of Judaism in western, central, eastern and southern Africa.
[citation needed] Bruder examines the trend towards Judaism in Africa at large, and explores the interdisciplinary concepts of "metaphorical diaspora," global and transnational identities, and colonization.
Bruder is a co-author of a documentary Black Jews: Juifs Noirs d’Afrique (work in progress) widely drawn from her fieldwork, with Laurence Gavron as filmmaker (Schuch Productions).