(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 […]
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 […]
Attention Rabbis and Chaplains: Free JPS Tanakh Offer!
Dear Colleagues, Are you a chaplain or clergy member that visits prisons, attends to hospital patients and their families, or serves in the military? Would you like to present a free copy of The JPS Tanakh to those you visit? Thanks to a generous benefactor, free copies of our acclaimed Bible translation are now available. Please fill […]
Public Programs & Partnerships
Sunday, April 27, 2025 | 2:00 – 3:30 PM ESTWho Are the Jews—And Who Can We Become? Reflections on a Post-October 7th WorldWith Donniel HartmanPresented by Wisdom Without Walls in partnership with JPS The Jewish identity meta-narrative has been a living synthesis of two competing religious covenants: Genesis Judaism, which defines Jewishness in terms of […]
Study Guides to JPS Books
Bible StudiesThe Bible’s Many Voices by Michael CarasikCain v. Abel: A Jewish Courtroom Drama by Dan Ornstein (study guide within book)The Commentators’ Bible edited by Michael CarasikJewish Bible Translations by Leonard J. GreenspoonJPS Bible Commentary: Haftarot by Laura Suzanne LieberThe JPS Rashi Discussion Commentary by Steven and Sarah Levy (discussion questions only within book)The Lost […]
Top 8 Reasons to Buy ‘Typically Jewish’ for Hanukkah
There are eight chapters, so you can tear it up and give one each night If you don’t buy it, you’ll feel guilty (assuming you are Jewish) It will look good under the tree. Oops, wrong holiday Your mother will be proud you bought a Jewish book No animals were harmed making the book, except […]
Q&A: Elliott Rabin, author of The Biblical Hero
Why do the portraits of Biblical heroes contain such flaws? In the ancient world, heroes were taken much more seriously than they are today. Societies often portrayed one person or character as the primary hero of the culture. That person was depicted as being on a higher plane of existence than mere mortals–as partly divine, […]
Why Buy The Book?
For too many Jewish young people, bar/bat mitzvah has been the beginning of the end of their Jewish journeys. When students perceive the Torah as incomprehensible or irrelevant, many form the false impression that Judaism has nothing to say to them. Enter the game-changer: the JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own […]
A YEAR WITH THE SAGES: Wisdom on the Weekly Torah Portion – Reviewed by Jack Riemer, The Boston Jewish Advocate
May 2019 – There are two main types of commentary on the Torah and on Rabbinic Literature. One kind is objective scholarship. The other is personal response. In objective scholarship, the writer strives to determine what was the original meaning of the Text. He studies the parallel literatures of antiquity. He uses ancient grammar. And […]
