Once you are logged in, go to Join/Renew.
Please note: If you don't see an option for institutional membership, contact the AJS office.
This membership category is intended for college and university programs and departments, research institutions, and cultural organizations that have a particular focus on Jewish Studies.
Institutional membership is $1,200 annually for full membership, $700 annually for associate membership, and $100 annually for affiliate membership.
The AJS welcomes institutional memberships from individual programs or from groups of programs within the same institution.
New in 2026! Rolling Memberships
All memberships, both individual and institutional, are now rolling memberships instead of calendar-year memberships. This means that your membership will now last 365 days regardless of the date you join or renew.
New in 2026! Automatic Renewals
Never forget to renew again! When you renew your membership for 2026, you can elect to opt in to future automatic renewals for 2027 and beyond.
Through the Institutional Membership Program, AJS turns for support to the organizations, departments, and programs that benefit from the variety of professional services the AJS offers.
Full Institutional Membership is open to all programs, departments, research institutions, and cultural organizations.
Associate Institutional Membership is open to programs and departments that offer no higher than the B.A. or M.A. degree, and small research institutes and cultural organizations.
Affiliate Institutional Membership is available to professional membership associations and other learned societies
Several programs/centers within the same institution may participate in one institutional membership.*
» Full Institutional Members are eligible to purchase bulk memberships for graduate students in affiliated departments. Instead of $40/student, Institutional Members will pay $30/student. (Please note, more than one membership has to be purchased to receive discount)
» Listing of Institutional Members in the AJS's biannual magazine AJS Perspectives and on the AJS website
» Office copies of AJS Review and AJS Perspectives*
» 15% discount off advertising placed in AJS Career Center, AJS Perspectives, and AJS email newsletters*
» Complimentary directory (in Excel format) of more than 160 Jewish Studies programs and departments, including names of chairs/directors, program mailing addresses, and web-links
* Institutional memberships shared by several programs within the same institution will designate one program to receive the subscription to AJS Review and AJS Perspectives, and the 15% advertising discount.
» Receive AJS email newsletter
» 25% discount off of the non-member rate for up to two staff members to attend annual AJS conference
» 10% discount off advertising in AJS Perspectives and AJS email newsletters
» Complimentary insert in conference tote, single-page, up to 8-1/2 x 11, folded or flat
» Listing in the AJS's biannual magazine AJS Perspectives and on the AJS website as an affiliate member
Once you are logged in, go to Join/Renew.
Please note: If you don't see an option for institutional membership, contact the AJS office.
Questions? Please contact the AJS office at ajs@associationforjewishstudies.org or 1-917-606-8249.
We hope your institution will be able to play a vital and visible role in promoting Jewish Studies by joining the ranks of AJS Institutional Members.
