People

Maya Barzilai
Director, Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; Professor

js-director@umich.edu, brmaya@umich.edu 2111 Thayer 734.647.7862

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

Ruth Behar
Professor

rbehar@umich.edu 228-A West Hall,
1085 S. University Ave.,
Ann Arbor, MI 48209-1107 734.936.0365

Judaic Studies; Faculty

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

Gabriele Boccaccini
Professor

gbocca@umich.edu 4145 Thayer, 1608 734.763.1595

Faculty; Judaic Studies

David Caron
Professor

dcaron@umich.edu 4218 MLB, 1275 734.747.2665

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

Walter Cohen
Professor

cowa@umich.edu 3187 Angell, 1003 734.764.6330

Faculty; Jewish Languages; Judaic Studies

Joshua Cole
Professor

joshcole@umich.edu 1640 Haven Hall 734.763.4159

Judaic Studies; Faculty

Aileen Das
Associate Professor of Classical Studies

ardas@umich.edu RM 2140 Angell Hall 734.764.6954

Faculty; Judaic Studies

Deborah Dash Moore
Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor of History, Frankel Institute Co-Head Fellow

ddmoore@umich.edu 2016 Thayer, 1608 734.615.8501

Judaic Studies; American Jewish Studies; Cultural Studies; Faculty; History; Modern and Contemporary

Jessie DeGrado
Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies

jdegrado@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
3131 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763.1594

Judaic Studies; Faculty; Antiquity; Cultural Studies; Mediterranean Studies; Middle East and North Africa Studies; Race and Racism; Religion

Deborah Forger
Research Fellow in Judaic Studies and Middle East Studies

dkforger@umich.edu 3167 Thayer Academic Building

Judaic Studies; Faculty; Jewish Languages; Antiquity; Gender and Sexuality Studies; History; Holocaust and Antisemitism; Mediterranean Studies; Religion

Jonathan Freedman
Marvin Felheim Collegiate Professor

zoid@umich.edu 3036 Angell, 1003 734.764.0475

Faculty; Judaic Studies

Elliot Ginsburg
Associate Professor, Executive Committee Member

elgins@umich.edu 3016 Thayer, 1608 734.763.4670

Faculty; Judaic Studies

Karla Goldman
Director, Jewish Communal Leadership Program, Executive Committee Member

kargold@umich.edu 3810 SSWB, 1106 734.763.6583

Judaic Studies; American Jewish Studies; Race and Racism; Faculty; Religion; History; Modern and Contemporary; Gender and Sexuality Studies

Caroline Helton
Associate Professor

chelton@umich.edu 1100 Baits, 2085 734.615.3728

Faculty; Judaic Studies

Mostafa Hussein
Assistant Professor

mostafah@umich.edu 2159 Thayer 734-647-3111

Judaic Studies; Faculty

Yanay Israeli
Assistant Professor of History and Judaic Studies

israeli@umich.edu

Judaic Studies; Faculty

Mikhail Krutikov
Preston R. Tisch Professor of Judaic Studies

krutikov@umich.edu 3040 MLB, 1275 734.647.2136

Faculty; Jewish Languages; Judaic Studies

Julian Levinson
Associate Director, Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; Samuel Shetzer Professor of American Jewish Studies

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

Faculty; Judaic Studies; Staff

Elena Luchina
Yiddish Lecturer

eluchina@umich.edu 2018 Thayer 734-647-3135

Judaic Studies; Faculty; Jewish Languages; European Jewry; Jews of the Americas

Devi Mays
Associate Professor

devimays@umich.edu 2012 Thayer, 1608 734.615.6658

Faculty; Judaic Studies

Ellen Muehlberger
Professor of History

emuehlbe@umich.edu 4163 Thayer, 1608 734.615.2960

Faculty; Judaic 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

Benjamin Paloff
Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature

paloff@umich.edu 3040 MLB, 1275 734.764.5375

Faculty; Judaic Studies

Shachar Pinsker
Professor

spinsker@umich.edu 4155 Thayer, 1608 7342391040

Judaic Studies; Jewish Languages; Faculty

Adi Raz
Lecturer-Modern Hebrew Language; Coordinator of the Modern Hebrew Language Program

adiraz@umich.edu 4022 Thayer, 1608 734.764.1439

Judaic Studies; Jewish Languages; Faculty

Bryan Roby
Associate Professor

robyb@umich.edu 2111 Thayer, 1608 734.615.8563

Judaic Studies; Jewish Languages; Israel and Palestine; Mizrahi Studies; Middle East and North Africa Studies; Race and Racism; Cultural Studies; Faculty; Sephardic Studies; History; Modern and Contemporary; Gender and Sexuality Studies

Aaron Rock-Singer
Research Fellow, Raoul Wallenberg Institute; lecturer, Judaic and Middle East Studies

awrs@umich.edu

Faculty; Lecturer; Judaic Studies; History; Israel and Palestine; Jewish-Muslim Studies; Middle East and North Africa Studies; Religion

Cara Rock-Singer
Assistant Professor

rocksing@umich.edu 2151 Thayer 734 763 9678

Judaic Studies; Faculty; American Jewish Studies; Anthropology; Gender and Sexuality Studies; History; Jews of the Americas; Modern and Contemporary; Race and Racism

Adi Saleem
Assistant Professor

abharat@umich.edu 4216 MLB

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

Brian Schmidt
Professor

bschmidt@umich.edu 3167 Thayer, 1608 734.647.0069

Faculty; Jewish Languages; Judaic Studies

David Schoem
Lecturer I

dschoem@umich.edu 3156 LSA, 1382 734.615.6847

Faculty; Judaic Studies

Scott Spector
Rudolf Mrazek Collegiate Professor of History and German Studies

spec@umich.edu 3204 MLB 734.647.0401

Faculty; Judaic Studies

Ryan Szpiech
Associate Professor

szpiech@umich.edu 4140 MLB, 1275 734.647.2334

Faculty; Jewish Languages; Judaic Studies

Annemarie Toebosch
Lecturer IV

toebosch@umich.edu

Faculty; Judaic Studies

Jindrich Toman
Professor

ptydepe@umich.edu 3218 MLB, 1275 734.764.5355

Faculty; Judaic Studies

Ruth Tsoffar
Professor

rtsoffar@umich.edu 2233 Lane, 1290 734.936.5766

Faculty; Jewish Languages; Judaic Studies

Jeffrey Veidlinger
Joseph Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History and Judaic Studies, Executive Committee Member

jveidlin@umich.edu

Judaic Studies; American Jewish Studies; European Jewry; Race and Racism; Faculty; Holocaust and Antisemitism; History; Modern and Contemporary

Rebecca Scharbach Wollenberg
Associate Professor of Judaic Studies

rwollenb@umich.edu 2167 South Thayer 734.615.8541

Judaic Studies; Antiquity; Jewish-Muslim Studies; Medieval and Early Modern; Faculty; Religion; Gender and Sexuality Studies

Geneviève Zubrzycki
William H. Sewell Jr. Collegiate Professor of Sociology; Weiser Family Professor in European and Eurasian Studies

genez@umich.edu Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, Weiser Hall, Suite 500

Judaic Studies; European Jewry; Faculty; Holocaust and Antisemitism; Modern and Contemporary

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