Published Ten Times a Year
Amy Weiss, Managing Editor
AJS News is the e-newsletter of the Association for Jewish Studies. It is emailed to the AJS membership, which includes more than 2200 professors and graduate students of Jewish Studies, as well as non-members who are interested in keeping up with news in Jewish Studies.
Submission Guidelines
AJS News welcomes announcements about members' special accomplishments, such as book awards, national fellowships and scholarships, teaching awards, election to national/international academic societies, and new appointments and promotions. Unfortunately, we do not have space to post announcements about publications or conference presentations.
"Contingent Faculty Task Force Update and Recommendations," Kate Rosenblatt
"Toward the Non-Tenure Track," Polly Zavadivker
"Contingent Solutions = Permanent Problems," Neil M. Frau-Cortes
"From Cairo to the Cloud to Tel Aviv on Fire: News from the AJS Film Committee"
Mentorship: Essays by AJS Members
Daniela Weiner discusses several qualities that good mentors possess.
Read the essay.
Laura Limonic, a past participant in theAJSPaula Hyman Mentorship Program, shares how her experience in this program impacted her career and encouraged her to start a mentorship program at her own university.
Read the essay.
Pedagogy: AJS in the Classroom
AJS members Krista N. Dalton, Yedida Eisenstat, and Barry Trachtenberg offer reflections on teaching and enhancing the student experience.
"Latin American Jewish Studies: Out from the Margins," Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA)
Michal Kravel-Tovi, 2018 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award Recipient
Tom Barton, 2017 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award Recipient
Sven Erik-Rose, 2015 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award Recipient
"What's Next for the AJS?" Christine Hayes
"Update on the AJS Sexual Misconduct Task Force," Laura Levitt
Productivity and Work-Life Balance
» "Death-Life Balance," Sam Brody
» "Technology on Your Side," Amy Weiss
Summer R & R: Revise and Resubmit and/or Rest and Relaxation
» "Academic Summer's Double-Edged Sword," Kirsten Fermaglich
» "College Forever?," Shari Rabin
» "How I Spent My Summer Vacation," Jeffrey Veidlinger
New Directions for the Association for Jewish Studies
» "From the Executive Director," Warren Hoffman
» "From the President," Pamela S. Nadell
Advice for Jewish Studies Department and Program Chairs: Three Perspectives
» "Dealing with Your Dean," Judith R. Baskin
» "Graduate School Did Not Teach Me How to Run a Department," Pamela S. Nadell
» "Building A Vibrant Program at an Under-Funded State University," Ranen Omer-Sherman
Jewish Studies' Relationship to the Humanities: Three Perspectives from Europe
» "Survival Strategies: What the Field of Jewish Studies Can Teach the Humanities," Robin Nobel
» "E Pluribus Unum? The Real-Life Challenges of Multidisciplinarity in European Jewish Studies Today," François Guesnet
» "Jewish Studies in Germany," Markus Krah
The Best in Jewish Films and How to Teach Them," Olga Gershenson
Integrating Contingent Faculty into Jewish Studies Departments
» "Non-Tenure-Track Faculty: A Brief History in Data," Shelly Tenenbaum
» "On Contingent Faculty: The Institutional Perspective," Jeffrey Shoulson
» "Supporting Contingent Faculty: Concrete Suggestions," Shira Kohn
Innovations in Jewish Studies Pedagogy
» "Pedagogy and Disruption," Lori Hope Lefkovitz
» "Teaching with Footprints: Integrating Digital Humanities Projects into Our Courses," Marjorie Lehman
» "Using Social and Digital Media in the Classroom," Amy Weiss
» "MOOCs and Jewish Studies: A Match Made in Digital Heaven," Barry Scott Wimpfheimer
Archivists' Suggestions for Productive Summer Research
» "Tips for Archival Summer Research," Tanya Elder
» "YIVO Photo and Film Archive Collections and Services," Vital Zajka
» "Archival Research at the American Jewish Archives," Kevin Proffitt
"Our Vision for AJS Review," Carol Bakhos and Adam Shear
Deaccessioning Books in Retirement: What to Do with Your Office Library?
» "The Challenges of Shrinking My Library," Todd Endelman
» "Of Deaccessioning Books There Is No End," Anne Lapidus Lerner
Jewish Studies Scholarship and Library Resources: Two Librarians Offer Advice
» "On the Myriad Capacities of a University Librarian," Michelle Chesner
» "Information Literacy and Jewish Studies," Zachary M. Baker
"Genre-Bending Writing Assignments," Shayna Sheinfeld
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