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not going after a degree in
Judaic studies. "We are main-
ly serving undergraduates
who want to include a study
of some aspect of Judaica,"
says Endelman. "Ninety per-
cent will become doctors,
lawyers and businessmen.
They won't become Jewish
scholars?'
Why the interest then? "A
growing number of Jews want
to understand who they are,"
explains Michael Brooks,
director of U-M's B'nai B'rith
Hillel Foundation and who
also teaches a university
course in religion.
"I get a lot of gifts
from those who
don't know what to
do with their
Yiddish books."
What about the minority of
students whose interest is
more substantive? Some,
Endelman hopes, will become
the next generation of Judaic
scholars. Others, like
Michelle Missaghieh, 21, will
pursue professional Jewish
careers.
Missaghieh, a New York
native, admits that she didn't
come to the U-M specifically
because of the program, but
she knew that the university
could offer her things that
would help accomplish her
goals.
"I knew that Michigan had
an excellent Hillel, a large
Jewish population, that it of-
fered Hebrew and it encour-
aged students to spend their
junior year in Israel," she
says.
Missaghieh, who recently
returned from Hebrew
University, will write her
senior thesis on the role of
women in Judaism. "Then I'll
go back to New York and
work in a Jewish organiza-
tion," she says.
Jewish students aren't the
only ones attracted to Judaic
studies. Endelman, for exam-
ple, notes that his class on the
Holocaust has students from
a number of different ethnic
groups, including blacks and
Asian-Americans.
Weiler says that Jewish
students make up but a slight
majority in his classes.
Edna Coffin, who teaches
Israeli fiction in text and film,
among other classes, feels
that there's lots of interest in
Judaic studies. "I think
courses in just plain Judaism
would attract Jews and non-
Jews," she says.
Endelman believes one of
the reasons he thinks stu-
dents are attracted to his
Holocaust class is the
heightened awareness of the
ethnic diversity in American
society generally, and the
U-M campus specifically.
"The Holocaust is an example
of racial ideas taken to their
ultimate conclusions,"he says.
Some observers wonder why
the U-M has taken so long to
develop its Judaic studies pro-
gram. Compared to, say, In-
diana University at Bloom-
ington, the U-M's program
looks rather anemic. Indiana
University has 16 Jewish
studies faculty members corn-
pared to the 10 at U-M.
Besides offering classes in
fields like Jewish history and
Hebrew as Michigan does, In-
diana also has classes in
Jewish folklore and Jewish
thought. And it includes more
specifically Jewish religious
offerings like "Prophecy in
Ancient Israel" and
"Mishnaic History."
The question about the
position of the Judaic studies
program at the U-M assumes
more than a merely academic
concern given the substantial
Jewish student population —
estimated at 6,000 — the pro-
ximity of the Detroit Jewish
community, and the overall
status of the U-M.
Jeffrey Chajes, 23, a
graduate student in history
hopes to teach and work for a
Jewish organization in some
capacity when he graduates.
"I'm drawn to the rabbinate
and serving the community,"
he says.
Chajes questions the com-
mitment of the university and
the larger Jewish community
to fund Jewish education.
"I certainly would like to
register a combined disap-
pointment and hope," he says.
"I'm glad they are receiving
the grant. It's been frustrat-
ing to be at a university that
has such a marginal commit-
ment to Jewish studies."
Though Endelman says
that the U-M has, overall,
been receptive and helpful in
assisting the program in rais-
ing funds, the responsibility
in developing the program
has not come from the ad-
ministration. That situation
is not particular to the pro-
gram, since many liberal arts
programs struggle with the
very same problem.
But some like Chajes, who's
from the Detroit area, wonder
why the local community
hasn't, in the past, picked up
more of the slack.
"It's a shame given the size
and relative affluence of the
Detroit Jewish community!'
Chajes says. "I hope that
monies are put into Jewish
educational resources and not
just into pretty buildings. A
nice building doesn't keep you
Jewish." ❑
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