JPS 2025 FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN Dear Friends, We are living in a historic moment. After two painful years, the last living hostages have finally returned home, and we are hoping that the war in Israel is drawing to a close. Amidst our sorrow for what has been lost, and our commitment to heal, recover, and rebuild, […]
JPS AUTHORS BUREAU
The Jewish Publication Society is proud to publish works by some of today’s leading scholars and writers. The JPS authors listed below are available for speaking engagements with your community or organization. To request contact information for these authors, please email Deena Schoenfeld, JPS Director of Marketing and Communications, at dschoenfeld@jps.org. Please note that host […]
JPS announces new partnership with The Hebrew University Magnes Press
(Philadelphia and Jerusalem, July 2025) The Jewish Publication Society (JPS), a leading publisher of Jewish thought and scholarship since 1888, is proud to announce a new partnership with The Hebrew University Magnes Press, the publishing house of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This collaboration brings together two historic institutions with a shared mission: to produce rigorous, […]
JPS Welcomes New Director and Editor-in-Chief Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich
(Philadelphia, July 16, 2024) The Jewish Publication Society is pleased to welcome our new Director and Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich, who will join JPS on September 1, 2024. Dr. Simkovich joins JPS after serving as the Crown-Ryan Chair of Jewish Studies and Director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies program at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. JPS […]
JPS Resources: Israel, Antisemitism, and Jewish History
The October 7th terrorist massacre by Hamas, the subsequent Israel/Hamas war, and the ongoing and evolving events in Israel and around the world have underscored how important it is for communities, Jewish and non-Jewish, to understand the history of Israel, Zionism, and antisemitism—and how much misinformation and confusion exist about these topics in many segments of […]
America and the Holocaust – Study Guide
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“JEWels: Teasing Out the Poetry in Jewish Humor and Storytelling”
Videos for “Choosing Hope: The Heritage of Judaism”
THE JPS TANAKH: Gender-Sensitive Edition
JPS is excited to announce the publication of THE JPS TANAKH: Gender-Sensitive Edition. A ground-breaking partnership with Sefaria, the Gender-Sensitive Edition represents the first substantial revision of our landmark translation of the Tanakh (the Jewish tradition’s term for the Hebrew Bible). The Gender-Sensitive Edition is also now available online at Sefaria, along with the Preface […]
Press on “A New Hasidism: Roots”
CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly review by Rabbi Laura Geller, Fall 2021