Frankel Center for Judaic Studies

Academics The Frankel Center for Judaic Studies offers a major and minor in Judaic Studies, and a Graduate Certificate in Judaic Studies. The Center also offers courses on topics ranging from the Bible to the Graphic Novel and from the Talmud to Yiddish love stories.

Alumni The Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies applauds the Class of 2025, consisting of 18 minors and three majors. Our graduates are moving on to pursue new educational degrees, travel, and employment in fields such as public relations, social work, law, music, and art.

Institute Faculty, staff and Frankel Institute Fellows are welcomed to the University of Michigan Campus in Ann Arbor at the beginning of the academic year. Every year the Frankel Institute brings together top scholars from around the world to study a common theme.

News and Events Author and U-M Alum Joan Nathan delivers the 35th Annual David W. Belin Lecture, titled "Jewish Cooking in America."

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Announcing the 2026-27 Frankel Institute Fellows

In the 2026-27 academic year, the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies is focusing on the theme of “Rethinking Antisemitism” under the leadership of co-head fellows Karla Goldman and Jeffrey Veidlinger

Upcoming Frankel Institute Symposium Explores Global Jewish Cinema

This April, the Institute is hosting a global celebration of Jewish cinema is inspired by the new "Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Film," edited by Co-Head Fellow Olga Gershenson.

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"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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