Jewish Book Council
Sponsor of the AJS Honors Its Authors Program and Badge Holder Cords
The mission of the Jewish Book Council is: To promote the reading, writing, publishing and distribution of quality Jewish content books in English. To serve as the national resource center for information about the American Jewish literary scene. To serve as the coordinating body of Jewish literary activity in North America in both general and Jewish venues. To serve as the North American representative of Jewish literature on the international scene.
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.
Jordan Schnitzer and Arlene Schnitzer through the Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Family Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation
Sponsor of the Pre-Plenary Coffee Break (Sunday Afternoon)
Stanford University, Taube Center for Jewish Studies
Sponsor of the Conference Tote Bags
The Taube Center for Jewish Studies offers an interdisciplinary program for the study and understanding of Jewish cultures, literatures, languages, religion, politics, and history.
University of Washington, Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
Sponsor of the Conference Tote Bags
As a premiere hub for Jewish Studies, the Stroum Center features an internationally recognized Sephardic Studies Program, a growing Israel Studies Program, and a vibrant undergraduate and graduate community.
Wesleyan University
Sponsor of the Conference Film Festival
The Center for Jewish Studies at Wesleyan University hosts the Certificate for Jewish and Israel Studies and cultural events such as Contemporary Israeli Voices and the Ring Family Wesleyan University Israeli Film Festival.
AU's interdisciplinary Jewish Studies Program's award-winning faculty teach the breadth of Jewish civilization.
Arizona State University, Center for Jewish Studies
The Center for Jewish Studies contributes to the production of new, collaborative, and interdisciplinary scholarship in Jewish studies. It offers an innovative model for the inclusion of a Jewish perspective into relevant academic disciplines and academic units at ASU.
Boston University, Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies
The Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies (EWCJS) is an academic center and a program unit of the College of Arts and Sciences with currently thirty-seven affiliated faculty, including one post-doctoral fellow, three adjunct lecturers, and an artist-in-residence, as well as visiting graduate students and research fellows.
Cambridge presents the best in Jewish Studies with high quality academic titles and journals.
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
HUC-JIR is the Reform Movement seminary and an institution of Jewish higher education.
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, Gershon Gekst 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.
New York University, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies
The Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies offers one of the most comprehensive Jewish studies programs in North America for both graduate and undergraduate students.
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.
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
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.
The University of Texas at Dallas, Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies
For over thirty years, the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas has served the students of UT Dallas, the Dallas Metroplex, and national as well as global communities by teaching the history and the legacy of the Holocaust. By educating the current generation, we are shaping the future.
Booth #102
Academic Studies Press is an independent scholarly publisher devoted to advancing knowledge and understanding in the humanities and social sciences.
The American Sephardi Federation (ASF)
Booth #H
The American Sephardi Federation (ASF) was founded from and by several 20th Century Sephardic organizations, including the World Sephardi Federation (WSF) in North America.
Booth #107
Berghahn Books is an independent publisher of distinguished scholarly books and journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Booth #50
Brandeis University Press publishes in a variety of scholarly and general interest award-winning books.
Booth #101
Founded in 1683, Brill is a publishing house with a rich history and strong international focus.
Association for Jewish Studies
Booth #314
Learn more about the AJS Distinguished Lectureship Program and how your institution can bring some of the most respected & dynamic scholars of Jewish Studies to your community. You can also learn about the AJS new podcast series, Adventures in Jewish Studies, meet host Jeremy Shere, and suggest ideas for future episodes.
Booth #49
Cambridge presents the best in Jewish Studies with high quality academic titles and journals.
Booth #304
CCAR Press is the primary publisher of the Reform Movement and a division of the Central Conference of American Rabbis.
Booth #52
The Center for Jewish History in New York City illuminates history, culture, and heritage. The Center provides a collaborative home for five partner organizations: American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
The partners’ archives comprise the world’s largest and most comprehensive archive of the modern Jewish experience outside of Israel. The collections span a thousand years, with more than 5 miles of archival documents (in dozens of languages and alphabet systems), more than 500,000 volumes, as well as thousands of artworks, textiles, ritual objects, recordings, films, and photographs. As one of the world’s foremost research institutions, the Center offers fellowships, a wide array of exhibitions, symposia, conferences and lectures. Visit www.cjh.org to learn more about the Center’s work and support for Jewish studies scholarship.
Booth #G
Family Tree Maker makes it easier than ever to discover your family story, preserve your legacy and share your unique heritage. If you’re new to family history, you’ll appreciate how this intuitive program lets you easily grow your family tree with simple navigation, tree-building tools, and integrated Web searching. If you’re already an expert, you can dive into the more advanced features, options for managing data, and a wide variety of charts and reports. The end result is a family history that you and your family will treasure for years to come!
Booth #200
Gefenpublishing.com is operated by Gefen Publishing House in Jerusalem and Gefen Books its United States distribution partner.
Booth #C
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.
Booth #205
Indiana University Press is an academic press that services the world of scholarship and culture as a professional publisher.
ISD, Distributor of Scholarly Books
Booth #204
ISD is a distributor of scholarly and specialist publications from some of the world’s finest publishing houses.
Booth #200
Jerusalem Books is one of Israel's prominent Hebrew books suppliers to Universities round the world.
Booth #201
The mission of the Jewish Book Council is: To promote the reading, writing, publishing and distribution of quality Jewish content books in English. To serve as the national resource center for information about the American Jewish literary scene. To serve as the coordinating body of Jewish literary activity in North America in both general and Jewish venues. To serve as the North American representative of Jewish literature on the international scene.
The Jewish Publication Society
Booth #210
The Jewish Publication Society is a 125-year-old non-profit book publisher of non-denominational books of Jewish Interest.
Booth #300
Kafir Yaroq offers books for the study of source texts of the Hebrew tradition.
Kehot Publications (Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch)
Booth #D
Kehot Publication Society and Merkos Publications, the publishing divisions of the Lubavitch movement, were established in 1942 by the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. Under the leadership of his successor, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the Lubavitch publishing houses have brought Torah education to nearly every Jewish community in the world, and are the world's largest publisher of Jewish literature. More than 100,000,000 volumes have been disseminated to date in Hebrew, Yiddish, English, Russian, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, German, Farsi and Arabic.
Knopf Doubleday (Penguin Random House)
Booth #100
Knopf Doubleday, whose imprints include Schocken Books, publishes acclaimed fiction and nonfiction Jewish Studies titles.
Koren Publishers Jerusalem / Toby Press
Booth #E
Koren Publishers publishes a wide variety of Jewish religious texts and books in Hebrew and English.
Lexington Books (Rowman & Littlefield / Lexington Books)
Booth #103
Rowman & Littlefield / Lexington Books publishes critically acclaimed general interest, scholarly books, college textbooks, professional titles, and award winning reference titles.
Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Booth #109
Littman Library of Jewish Civilization aims to explore, explain, and perpetuate the Jewish heritage.
Booth #A
Susan Matheson, MS, is an academic and nonfiction editor with more than fourteen years’ experience copyediting, developmental editing, and proofreading the writings of academic authors. Clients include faculty at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, Rochester Institute of Technology, and University of Washington. Publisher clients include Baylor University Press, Baker Academic, and Anselm Academic.
The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Booth #B
Founded in 1888, the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the oldest cultural and scientific institution in the country.
Booth #208
NYU Press is an award-winning publisher in the humanities and social sciences.
Booth #110
Palgrave Macmillan is a global publisher of quality non-fiction and academic books including monographs, textbooks, and handbooks.
Booth #112
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.
Booth #206
Princeton University Press publishes distinguished trade and textbooks in Jewish Studies.
Booth #113
Project MUSE's trusted platform provides digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community.
Booth #F
ProQuest powers research in academic, corporate, government, public and school libraries around the world.
Booth #106
Dedicated to Jewish Studies, publishing better books for better minds.
Booth #211
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.
Booth #209
Stanford University Press is a publisher of ideas that matter, books that endure.
Booth #212
SUNY Press is publisher of nationally recognized and rapidly growing lists of publications in the areas of Jewish Studies.
University of Pennsylvania Press
Booth #108
The University of Pennsylvania Press (est. 1890) publishes meritorious scholarly and educational works.
Booth #306
University of Toronto Press is one of North America’s leading university presses, UTP publishes exceptional, award-winning books.
USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research
Booth #312
The Center hosts visiting scholars, bestows fellowships at USC and internationally, and organizes academic events, all with access to the Visual History Archive.
Booth #105
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.
The Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society
Booth #308
The Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society, with the American Jewish Historical Society – New England Archives as its cornerstone, engages historians, genealogists, youth, and the general public in programming and research to advance the study of the history, culture, and institutional legacies of Jewish families in New England and beyond by educating, inspiring, and connecting people through scholarship, collections, and expertise while serving as an archival and educational resource for other Jewish organizations and institutions. The Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at NEHGS can be found online at http://www.jewishheritagecenter.org
Booth #310
Yeshivat Maharat is the only Orthodox yeshiva in North America that grants semikha to women, ordaining them as clergy.
