Michal Friedlander is a cultural historian and museum curator.
She has been Curator of Judaica and Applied Arts at the Jewish Museum Berlin since 2001, developing the museum collections and curating exhibitions, both as a co-curator and alone (see below).
[citation needed] Friedlander studied Oriental Studies (classical and modern Hebrew, Aramaic) at Churchill College, Cambridge, graduating with a MA (Cantab.)
[1] A specialist in the Applied Arts, much of her work focuses on the history and culture of German Jews and on the relationship between material culture and identity.
Friedlander has worked in museums in New York City, Los Angeles and Berkeley, curating numerous exhibitions and publishing on a variety of Jewish themes.