Case Western Reserve University, Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program
Sponsor of the Conference Tote Bag
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) connects the academic world to the wider community through innovative and engaging personal enrichment programming. Adults of all ages pursue their love of learning by participating in courses and lectures with CWRU faculty, internationally renowned scholars, and local experts who share their cutting-edge research and current topics of interest. For more information, visit case.edu/lifelonglearning
The Jewish Theological Seminary, Gershon Gekst Graduate School
Sponsor of the Conference Pens
The Gershon Kekst Graduate School of The Jewish Theological Seminary offers the most extensive academic program in advanced Jewish Studies in North America.
The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation
Sponsor of CrowdPass
Northwestern University, Crown Family Center for Jewish & Israel Studies
Sponsor of Wifi
The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies at Northwestern University is a hub for transformational undergraduate and graduate education, innovative faculty and student research, and accessible and engaging communal programming.
Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature
Sponsor of the AJS Honors Its Authors Program
In coordination with AJS, the Jewish Book Council's Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature's booth will display 2021 books by the AJS membership. We look forward to greeting you at the Jewish Book Council Booth.
Stanford University, Taube Center for Jewish Studies
Sponsor of the Graduate Student Reception
The Taube Center for Jewish Studies offers an interdisciplinary program for the study and understanding of Jewish cultures, literatures, languages, religion, politics, and history.
Wesleyan University
Sponsor of the Film Festival
Wesleyan has an over forty-year history in sponsoring learning in this area. Courses in Jewish Studies and in Hebrew were introduced at Wesleyan in 1967. In its initial years, the program was a modest, though ambitious one and included mainly courses in Judaism and Hebrew language taught in the Religion Department. Over the years the curriculum has grown significantly and courses are taught not only in the Religion Department, but also in a number of other departments. The Hebrew program has become especially robust with classes on all levels from Introductory Hebrew through advanced courses in Israeli literature and culture. Students interested in spending their semester abroad in Israel can enroll in one of the approved programs at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Ben-Gurion University in Be'er Sheva, and Haifa University.
Yale University, Judaic Studies Program
Sponsor of the Mobile App
The Program in Judaic Studies enables students to develop a broad knowledge of the history, religion, literature, philosophy, languages, and politics of the Jews. Jewish societies, texts, ideologies, material cultures, and institutions are studied in a comparative perspective in the context of histories, cultures, and intellectual traditions among which Jews have lived throughout the ages. As an interdisciplinary program, Judaic Studies employs historical, literary, political, social and philosophical methods of analysis.
York University, Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies
Sponsor of the Badge Holder Cords
The Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies is Canada’s first interdisciplinary research centre in Jewish Studies, bringing together a vibrant community of scholars and teachers to promote cutting-edge research in the field.
Sefaria is home to 3,000 years of Jewish texts. We are a non-profit organization offering free access to texts, translations, and commentaries so that everyone can participate in the ongoing process of studying, interpreting, and creating Torah.
Stanford University, Taube Center for Jewish Studies
The Taube Center for Jewish Studies offers an interdisciplinary program for the study and understanding of Jewish cultures, literatures, languages, religion, politics, and history.
Arizona State University, Center for Jewish Studies
ASU Jewish Studies—a unique academic program and research center hybrid—serves as an intellectual resource for all aspects of the Jewish experience, from philosophical and political viewpoints to the study of Judaism.
Indiana University, Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program
The Borns Jewish Studies Program at Indiana University is one of the largest, oldest, and most comprehensive programs of its kind.
The Jewish Theological Seminary, The Gershon Kekst Graduate School
The Gershon Kekst Graduate School of The Jewish Theological Seminary offers the most extensive academic program in advanced Jewish Studies in North America.
Johns Hopkins University, The Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies
The Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Jewish Studies Program is dedicated to the study of Jewish history, literature, language, politics, and religion. The program provides students with the opportunity to explore more than three millennia of Jewish culture and civilization, from biblical to contemporary times.
Rice University Program in Jewish Studies
The Program in Jewish Studies at Rice University is committed to the academic study of Judaism in its many forms, expressions, and customs.
Towson University, Baltimore Hebrew Institute
The Baltimore Hebrew Institute (formerly Baltimore Hebrew University) at Towson University , is committed to supporting the education of Jewish educators, communal professionals and Judaic studies scholars who wish to excel in their chosen fields.
University of Connecticut, Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life
University of Connecticut Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life offers Judaic Studies through creative scholarship, undergraduate and graduate courses, scholarly lectures, and community events.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Center for Jewish Studies
Established in 2003, the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill unites the general public, students and faculty from various academic disciplines who share a common passion for a deeper understanding of Jewish history, culture and thought.
University of Pennsylvania, Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
The Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania is driven by the mission to deepen and broaden the understanding of Jewish history, texts, cultures, ideas, and experiences. The research it supports spans all periods of Jewish history, from distant antiquity through to the present day; it reaches into every part of the globe where Jews have lived, and it is grounded in a wide range of disciplines and approaches. Over the decades, after supporting hundreds of scholars and untold numbers of discoveries and publications, it has earned a reputation as one the nation’s preeminent research center in the study of Jewish history and culture.
University of Toronto, Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies
Over the past five decades, the University of Toronto has developed one of the best and most comprehensive Jewish Studies programs in North America. Jewish Studies faculty offer courses in numerous disciplines, including archeology, art, history, languages, literature, performance, philosophy, political science, religion, and sociology.
University of Virginia, Jewish Studies Program
The University of Virginia's Jewish Studies Program is an interdisciplinary program drawing on more than thirty affiliated scholars from religious studies, history, anthropology, sociology, literature, music and other fields. Our aim is to study and teach the Jewish experience through space and time, as well as training the next generation of scholars and providing academic programs for students and the larger public.
Vanderbilt University, Program in Jewish Studies
Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt offers an interdisciplinary department that facilitates the critical study of Jewish history, religion, language, philosophy, politics, culture, society, music, art, and literature across continents and over three millennia. Integral to understanding crucial moments in the formation of Christianity and Islam as well as distinct episodes in the cultures of the modern Middle East, Europe, and America, the program accesses the resources of the entire university to explore Judaism, its evolution and expression from biblical times to the present.
Wesleyan has an over forty-year history in sponsoring learning in this area. Courses in Jewish Studies and in Hebrew were introduced at Wesleyan in 1967. In its initial years, the program was a modest, though ambitious one and included mainly courses in Judaism and Hebrew language taught in the Religion Department. Over the years the curriculum has grown significantly and courses are taught not only in the Religion Department, but also in a number of other departments. The Hebrew program has become especially robust with classes on all levels from Introductory Hebrew through advanced courses in Israeli literature and culture. Students interested in spending their semester abroad in Israel can enroll in one of the approved programs at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Ben-Gurion University in Be'er Sheva, and Haifa University.
Academic Studies Press is an independent scholarly publisher devoted to advancing knowledge and understanding in the humanities and social sciences.
Holocaust-related books and exhibit, Lawyers Without Rights: Jewish Lawyers in Germany under the Third Reich.
Brandeis University Press
(Online Exhibitor)
Brandeis University Press publishes in a variety of scholarly and general interest award-winning books.
Brill is an academic publisher focusing on the humanities.
Cambridge University Press
(Online Exhibitor)
Cambridge presents the best in Jewish Studies with high quality academic titles and journals.
CCAR Press
(Online Exhibitor)
CCAR Press is the primary publisher of the Reform Movement and a division of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. Since 1889, CCAR Press has provided essential resources for the Jewish community of today and tomorrow.
De Gruyter
(In-person and Online Exhibitor)
De Gruyter publishes first-class scholarship and has done so for more than 270 years.
Through our academic publishing program, we seek to meet the needs of the religious studies academic community worldwide with works on the Hebrew Bible and Hebrew language, ancient Near Eastern studies and archaeology, New Testament and Greek language, biblical theology, Judaism, patristics, church history, historical theology, practical theology, and religion and culture.
A comprehensive, annually published guide to articles, book reviews, feature stories, and other contents in English, appearing in more than 200 periodicals devoted to Jewish affairs. Most references are not found in the standard periodical literature guides available in many libraries.
Indiana University Press
(Online Exhibitor)
Indiana University Press’s mission is to inform and inspire scholars, students, and thoughtful general readers by disseminating ideas and knowledge of global significance, regional importance, and lasting value.
Ingram Academic
(Online Exhibitor)
Ingram Academic is thrilled to showcase course books from a variety of publishers include Academic Studies Press, Berghahn Books, Fordham University Press, The New Press, and many more. AJS attendees can visit the Ingram Academic site to request desk
and exam copies.
Distributor of scholarly books from publishers worldwide.
The Jewish Publication Society
(In-person and Online Exhibitor)
The Jewish Publication Society (JPS) is about the great books of Judaism. For the past 125 years JPS has been the preeminent publisher of books at the heart of Jewish culture in the English reading world.
Books for the study of source texts of the Hebrew tradition
Kohlhammer
(Online Exhibitor)
Kohlhammer is a family-owned German publishing house, established in 1866. It has upheld a tradition of publishing the finest in a wide range of academic books, both for professionals and for interested and informed readers.
Koren Publishers
(Online Exhibitor)
Koren Publishers publishes a wide variety of Jewish religious texts and books in Hebrew and English.
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
(Online Exhibitor)
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization aims to explore, explain, and perpetuate the Jewish heritage.
NYU Press
(Online Exhibitor)
NYU Press is an award-winning publisher in the humanities and social sciences.
Official Anti-Jewish Acts Project
A compendium of over 2,700 official anti-Jewish laws, acts, and regulations since 456 BCE.
Oxford University Press
(Online Exhibitor)
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world, publishing in 70 languages and 190 countries.
Palgrave Macmillan is a global publisher of quality non-fiction and academic books including monographs, textbooks, and handbooks.
Penn State University Press
(Online Exhibitor)
Penn State University Press publishes rigorously reviewed, high-quality works of scholarship and regional and contemporary interest, with a focus on the humanities and social sciences.
The Posen Library
(Online Exhibitor)
A vibrant, growing collection curated by leading Jewish Studies scholars which offers unprecedented direct access to thousands of primary sources reflecting Jewish creativity, diversity, and culture world-wide, spanning biblical times to the 21st century.
Princeton University Press
(Online Exhibitor)
Princeton University Press publishes distinguished trade and textbooks in Jewish Studies.
Religions
(Online Exhibitor)
Religions is an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access journal on religions and theology, published monthly online by MDPI.
Rowman & Littlefield / Lexington Books
(Online Exhibitor)
Rowman & Littlefield / Lexington Books publishes critically acclaimed general interest, scholarly books, college textbooks, professional titles, and award winning reference titles.
Rutgers University Press is dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge to scholars, students, and the general reading public. The Press reflects and extends the University’s core mission of research, instruction, and service. We enhance the work of our authors through exceptional publications that shape critical issues, spark debate, and enrich teaching throughout the world for a wide range of readers.
Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature
In coordination with AJS, the Jewish Book Council's Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature's booth will display 2021 books by the AJS membership. We look forward to greeting you at the Jewish Book Council Booth.
The Scholar’s Choice is a combined exhibit company which markets books on behalf of university and academic publishers. We exhibit at 80–100 conferences a year, bringing the latest in scholarship by presses who choose not to exhibit on their own.
SUNY Press
(Online Exhibitor)
SUNY Press is publisher of nationally recognized and rapidly growing lists of publications in the areas of Jewish Studies.
University of Pennsylvania Press
Penn Press exists to publish meritorious works that advance scholarly research and educational objectives.
University of Toronto Press
(Online Exhibitor)
University of Toronto Press is Canada’s leading academic publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America.
Wayne State University Press
(Online Exhibitor)
Wayne State University Press is a leading publisher of Great Lakes books, Judaica, and African American studies, as well as a wide range of other scholarly and general interest titles. The Press disseminates research, advances education, and serves the local community while expanding the international reputation of the Press and the University.
Yale University Press
(Online Exhibitor)
The largest U.S.-based university press, YUP is known for its prize-winning books across an array of subjects.