Title

eng Bob Erlewine, Oral History Interview, 2025

Transcript Available

eng http://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/246

Performer

eng Robert Erlewine

Interviewer

eng Kat Hacanyan

Description

eng Bob Erlewine is the Director of the Center for Jewish Studies and professor of religious studies at EMU. In 2022, Erlewine left Illinois Wesleyan University and made his way to EMU as the newly appointed CJS Director. He is the second director of the center, taking over after Marty Shichtman's retirement. With a formal background in Jewish studies, he's been able to develop more academic curriculum and maintain strong community ties. In this interview, Erlewine talks about the things that eventually led him here, why having this center is particularly important at EMU, and where he hopes to guide it moving forward.

Exact Date

eng 2/21/2025

Run Time

eng 1:24:18

Publisher

eng Eastern Michigan University Archives

Collection Location

eng 013.OH

Rights

eng Copyright to the audio resource and its transcript is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any other format without written permission of the copyright owner, Eastern Michigan University Archives (lib_archives@emich.edu).

Subject

eng EMU Center for Jewish Studies, EMU Center for Oral History Research, Jewish Studies, CJS, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Jewish identity, community engagement, higher education, Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, religious studies, Illinois Wesleyan University, Maryland, Temple Beth Emeth, Beth Israel Congregation, community programming

Language

eng English

Type

eng Item