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Public Programs

Friends of the AJS

Support Jewish Studies by becoming a Friend of the AJS and keep up with trends and projects in the field. Friends can receive the quarterly AJS newsletter, a subscription to the AJS Perspectives print magazine, and more!

Adventures in Jewish Studies Podcast

Podcast episodes are designed take listeners on exciting journeys while exploring a wide range of topics, from the contemporary to the ancient, in ways that are informative, engaging, and fun. Popular episodes include "Why Most American Jews are Democrats," "The Origins of the Jews," and "Are Jews White?"

AJS Conversation Series

Watch recordings of the 2022 roundtable dicussion series: Assessing the Political Pen of Polish-Yiddish Journalist S. L. Shneiderma; Mourning and Shame in Prayers and Verse; Dance and Disability in Israeli and Jewish Contexts; and New Perspectives on Jewish Gender in Antiquity and Today.

AJS Conference Public Sessions

Watch recordings of 15 sessions from the 2020 AJS Annual Conference, including sessions on in-the-news topics like Black-Jewish relations, antisemitism, and #MeToo, as well as sessions on more traditional topics, like Israel, the Holocaust, and American Jewish education.