Primary Theme: Contemporary American Jewry
Emily Brauninger-Swan Interview
Meet Emily Brauninger-Swan, our passionate Assistant Director at The Grant Center! Emily shares the heart and purpose behind the incredible work we do at the Grant Center.
She dives into her deep love for the Jewish community and how that inspires her daily efforts to create meaningful connections and foster understanding. Watch as she reflects on the impact of our initiatives and the importance of community engagement in making a difference.
Ilana Horwitz Discusses Her New Book, “The Entrepreneurial Scholar: A New Mindset for Success in Academia and Beyond”
Grant Center’s Dr. Ilana Horwitz answers questions about her new book, “The Entrepreneurial Scholar: A New Mindset for Success in Academia and Beyond.” This book is a valuable guide for scholars stifled by the traditional academic route.
Dr. Ilana Horwitz Discusses Her New Book, “The Entrepreneurial Scholar: A New Mindset for Success in Academia and Beyond”
Preorder book here. Watch the Grant Center’s Dr. Ilana Horwitz answers questions about her new book, “The Entrepreneurial Scholar: A New Mindset for Success in
Scholars in Session: Jews and Drag-An American Cultural History 1900-2020 with Dr. Golan Moskowitz at JCC Detroit
Golan Moskowitz, 2024-2025 University of Michigan Frankel Institute Fellow, explores the Jewish American cultural history of the gender-transcendent performance art of drag, from early twentieth-century Yiddish vaudeville through contemporary Emmy-winning reality television. Professor Moskowitz will discuss how marginalized Jewish artists, writers, and performers creatively process legacies of embodied otherness, focusing especially on Jewish American descendants of immigrants and Holocaust survivors, as well as on LGBTQ Jewish creatives.
Presented by SAJE (Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment). Co-Sponsored by the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Michigan and JLearn.
Keshet Releases First-Ever Report on LGBTQ+ Jews of Color
Keshet, the leading national nonprofit advancing LGBTQ+ equality in Jewish life, has released a groundbreaking report, “Threads of Identity: LGBTQ+ Jews of Color in the Fabric of Jewish Life.” It is the first to comprehensively explore the unique experiences of LGBTQ+ Jews of Color, addressing a significant research gap within the Jewish community. Designed by and for LGBTQ+ Jews of Color, as well as Jewish leaders and community members, the report serves as a bridge to a deeper understanding of the experiences of LGBTQ+ Jews of Color and details how to create inviting Jewish communities of belonging that affirm LGBTQ+ community members of Color.
Queer Orthodox Jews and Holocaust Memory: ‘Unspoken’ Film Screening and Q&A
Join us as we screen Unspoken (2024), a groundbreaking new feature film following Noam, a closeted Jewish teenager in a religious community who discovers that
American Jewish Literature Working Group
The American Jewish Literature Working Group of the Grant Center at Tulane convened at the suggestion of Michael Cohen, and has been co-organized by Maeera
Audrey G. Ratner Series: Jews by Nature: The Summer Camp in American Jewish Culture with Sandra Fox
How did the residential summer camp become an integral part of American Jewish life? Is there something special about the relationship between Jews and camp?
Rottman Family Lecture: “If I am Only my Genes, What am I? Jewish Identity and the Genetic Self”
Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D. is the Raymond Schinazi Distinguished Research Chair of Jewish Bioethics, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Sociology, and the Director of the
Shabbat Shuvah Guest Speaker Michael Cohen at Touro Synagogue
This year’s Shabbat Shuvah guest speaker was Dr. Michael Cohen, the Stuart and Suzanne Grant Professor in the American Jewish Experience at Tulane University, and the Director of Tulane’s Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience. On September 25, 2024, Mike convened a group of leading journalists and historians in New York City to address the current moment in time for Jewish Americans. The Beinner Symposium’s goal was to explore how this moment fits into the larger arc of American Jewish history, and Mike talked about some of his observations from the discussions. He shared with us a series of questions that emerged which may help us to make sense of this moment, touching upon events on college campuses, the past and future of progressive alliances, the ways in which antisemitism plays out in an era of polarization, as well as the utility of definitions.
A Unique Moment for Jewish Americans? – Beinner Annual Symposium
The annual Beinner Symposium brings together world-renowned scholars from a variety of disciplines – from history to literature, to economics, to sociology and more – to foster innovative collaborations that open new directions for the study of the American Jewish experience.
Monash University Partnership
The Grant Center looks to deepen its partnership with Monash University’s Australian Center for Jewish Civilisation (ACJC)- the leading home for Jewish Studies in Australia.