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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 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

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 8:30 PMRethinking Jewish Ritual and Practice: A Hasidic PerspectiveWith Ariel MaysePresented by Wisdom Without Walls in partnership with JPSCome grapple with Hasidism’s most intriguing paradoxes: how did a movement known for its radical ideas about immanence, revelation, and serving God with joy also inspire deep adherence to […]

Study Guides to JPS Books

Bible Studies The Biblical Hero by Elliott RabinThe Bible’s Many Voices by Michael CarasikCain v. Abel: A Jewish Courtroom Drama by Dan Ornstein (study guide within book)The Commentators’ Bible by Michael Carasik – study guide by Neal ScheindlinJewish Bible Translations by Leonard J. GreenspoonJPS Bible Commentary: Haftarot by Laura Suzanne LieberThe JPS Rashi Discussion Commentary by Steven and […]

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 […]

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