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Maya Barzilai
Professor

brmaya@umich.edu

Jewish Languages; Israel and Palestine; Literary Studies; Cultural Studies; Faculty; Modern and Contemporary

Sara Blair
Patricia S. Yaeger Collegiate Professor; Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, Arts & Humanities

sbblair@umich.edu 3251 Angell, 1003 734.764.0247

Judaic Studies; American Jewish Studies; Literary Studies; Faculty

David Caron
Professor

dcaron@umich.edu 4218 MLB, 1275 734.747.2665

Judaic Studies; Literary Studies; Faculty; Holocaust and Antisemitism; Gender and Sexuality Studies

Julian Levinson
Samuel Shetzer Professor of American Jewish Studies

jlevinso@umich.edu 3144 Angell, 1003
734.764.2276 / 734.615.8510

Judaic Studies; American Jewish Studies; Jewish Languages; European Jewry; Literary Studies; Jewish-Christian Studies; Faculty; Religion; Fellows

Gabriel Mordoch
Irving M. Hermelin Curator of Judaica, Ladino Lecturer

mordoch@umich.edu 111-D Hatcher Graduate Library 734-936-2367

Librarian; Judaic Studies; Jewish Languages; History; Literary Studies; Medieval and Early Modern; Modern and Contemporary; Sephardic Studies

Rafael Neis
Professor

rneis@umich.edu 2749 Haven Hall

Judaic Studies; Israel and Palestine; Antiquity; Literary Studies; Mediterranean Studies; Middle East and North Africa Studies; Race and Racism; Legal Studies; Cultural Studies; Faculty; History; Gender and Sexuality Studies

Shachar Pinsker
Professor, Co-Head Fellow, 2024-25 Frankel Institute "Jews and Media"

spinsker@umich.edu 4155 Thayer, 1608 7342391040

Judaic Studies; Jewish Languages; Israel and Palestine; Literary Studies; Cultural Studies; Faculty; Holocaust and Antisemitism; Modern and Contemporary; Fellows

Adi Saleem
Assistant Professor

abharat@umich.edu

Judaic Studies; Academics; Faculty; Cultural Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Holocaust and Antisemitism; Jewish-Muslim Studies; Literary Studies; Modern and Contemporary; Race and Racism