Frankel Center for Judaic Studies

Undergraduate 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.

News and Events Detroit-born, Berlin-based singer, songwriter, translator and U-M alum Daniel Kahn returned to Ann Arbor for an intimate polyglot program in Yiddish, English, Russian, German, and French.

Study Abroad Students studied abroad in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv with Professor Shachar Pinsker; Top: Nikki Shultz, Simone Jaroslaw, Will Hearn; Bottom: Ayo Okunade, Ainslie Woodward, Ariel Lowenstern, Haley Johnson

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.

Alumni Congratulations to the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies 2023 graduating class. In addition to their focus in Judaic Studies, the students studied a wide range of subjects including political science, sociology, and cellular and molecular biology.

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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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