The MSU Libraries' Jewish Studies collection strives to be suitable for an undergraduate curriculum while meeting the research needs of the diverse faculty in Jewish Studies.
The Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel has five core faculty, with specialties in the areas of Israel Studies (political science/public affairs), Hebrew language and Israeli culture, American Jewish history and culture, the history of antisemitism and the Holocaust, Judaism, and Education. There are thirty affiliated faculty across departments from Bioengineering to Music.
The Serling Institute sponsors an annual Israeli film festival, an annual Israel lecture and study abroad programs in Israel, annual Holocaust and Jewish arts/music lectures, and numerous other cultural and intellectual activities. The Institute aims to educate the MSU campus about Jews and antisemitism.