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Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
2026-27 Frankel Institute Fellows
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Watch the 2026 Padnos Lecture
The 2026 Padnos Lecture, "Divine Bodies, Human Questions: How Ancient Jews and Christians Imagined God" presented by Deborah Forger, is now available online.
AJS Podcast featuring Deborah Dash Moore
Jenna Weissman Joselit, Deborah Dash Moore, and Deborah Waxman, as they explore Reconstructionist Judaism.
"Because learning leads to action"~Talmud Kiddushin 40b
Judaic Studies explores its key themes in an interdisciplinary fashion, using the tools of history, law, literature, and culture to investigate the broad sweep of nationhood, religion, language, and space.
Judaic Studies offers courses and degrees that help you engage in the world and plan for your future. Students examine the histories, cultures, and languages of the Jewish people. Working closely with distinguished faculty and prominent visitors, students develop individual responses to complex issues like religious faith, culutral pluralism, ethnic identity, and migration.
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Events
Nov
11
Diaspora in Conversation: Cultures, Languages, and Methods in and beyond Jewish Studies
A panel discussion sponsored by the Yiddish Studies Workshop RIW
5:00 PM
1014
Tisch Hall
Nov
17
Should Hate Speech be Protected?
4:00 PM
Rackham Amphitheatre
Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Dec
01
Violence and Antisemitism: A Frankel Institute Panel
Tova Benjamin, Lisa Silverman, and Jeff Veidlinger
4:00 PM
Hussey Room
Michigan League
