Event Types
Location
Animality in Yiddish Arts and Literature
Speaker: Anna Elena Torres (University of Chicago)
Anna Elena Torres is the author of Horizons Blossom, Borders Vanish: Anarchism and Yiddish Literature (Yale University Press, 2024), A Bear...
Hasidic Women in the Media
Jessica Roda (Georgetown University) & Malky Goldman
In a compelling lecture performance, author Jessica Roda presents themes from her groundbreaking book "For Women and Girls Only",...
Jews & Other Minorities in the 20th-Century Middle East
Guest Speaker: Lior Sternfeld
Lior Sternfeld is an assistant professor of History and Jewish Studies at Penn State University. He is a social historian of the modern...
How Ford Transformed Religion in America
Kati Curts (University of the South)
What does a motor company and its founder have to do with religion in America? A lot, it turns out. Henry Ford did not just mass produce...
36th Annual David W. Belin Lecture: Orthodox Jewish Wellness Influencers in the Age of Viral Politics
Ayala Fader (Fordham University)
The University of Michigan Frankel Center for Judaic Studies is pleased to announce that Professor Ayala Fader of Fordham University will...
Bus Tour of Yiddish Detroit
With Tour Guide Nadav Pais-Greenapple
Learn about the history of Yiddish Detroit in the places where it happened! From Belle Isle to the suburbs, we’ll cover a century of...
Symposium on Judaism and Film
Presented by 2025-26 Frankel Institute "Jews & Media" Theme Year
This symposium celebrates the forthcoming 38-chapter volume The Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Film edited by Olga Gershenson. This volume...
Symposium on Judaism and Film
Presented by 2025-26 Frankel Institute "Jews & Media" Theme Year
This symposium celebrates the forthcoming 38-chapter volume The Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Film edited by Olga Gershenson. This volume...
"Sabbath Queen" (2024) Film Screening
Featuring Post-Screening Panel with Expert Scholars
This feature documentary follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie's epic journey as the dynastic heir of 38 generations of Orthodox rabbis...
Symposium on Judaism and Film
Presented by 2025-26 Frankel Institute "Jews & Media" Theme Year
This symposium celebrates the forthcoming 38-chapter volume The Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Film edited by Olga Gershenson. This volume...
"My One and Only" (2025) Film Screening
Featuring Post-Screening Discussion with Expert Scholars
Weeks after giving birth to her first child, a young ultra-Orthodox woman arrives at her rabbi's wife's home, claiming her husband...
