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2024 Annual Conference CFP: Deadline Extended! The deadline to submit a proposal for the 2024 Annual Conference to Thursday, May 16, 5:00 pm EST. Learn more, ask questions, or submit a proposal now: associationforjewishstudies.org/2024-call-for-…

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“...portrays Blau as someone deeply dedicated to her beliefs in an admirable though flawed way.” AJS member @mottiinbari and his new book, Ruth Blau: A Life of Paradox and Purpose, are featured in @TimesofIsrael timesofisrael.com/villain-or-her…


Congratulations to AJS member @SmithHelmut the 23-24 @NEHgov Scholar in Residence at @cjewishhistory! He will be researching and writing a book, tentatively titled “Hometowns after the Holocaust: How Germans and Jews Made the Memory Culture of the Federal Republic, 1945-2000”


The AJS Honors Its Authors program is pleased to recognize 2023 author @leataragin for The State of Desire: Religion and Reproductive Politics in the Promised Land Available August 8! from @NYUpress associationforjewishstudies.org/ajs-honors-its…

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“Any seri­ous admir­er of Amos Oz’s extra­or­di­nary body of work will find much to pon­der and enjoy in this thought-pro­vok­ing anthology" AJS member Ranen Omer-Sherman’s Amos Oz: The Legacy of a Writer in Israel and Beyond, is reviewed @JewishBook jewishbookcouncil.org/book/amos-oz-t…


The AJS Honors Its Authors program is pleased to recognize 2023 author @KerenMcginity for #UsToo: How Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Women Changed Our Communities Available July 31! from @routledgebooks associationforjewishstudies.org/ajs-honors-its…

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AJS member Jodi Magness led an archaeological effort which led to the discovery of a Roman-era mosaic depicting the biblical Samson at the 1600 year old synagogue at Huqoq. unc.edu/posts/2023/07/…


The AJS Honors Its Authors program is pleased to recognize 2023 author Frederick E. Greenspahn for Judaism and Its Bible: A People and Their Book Out August 1! from @JewishPub associationforjewishstudies.org/ajs-honors-its…

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Join us for a free webinar! From CV to Resume: Applying to Non-Academic Jobs September 12, 2023; 12:30 pm EDT Learn how to search for and find sustainable meaningful work outside of the academy. associationforjewishstudies.org/professional-d…


The AJS Honors Its Authors program is pleased to recognize 2023 author @ElizGraver for Kantika: A Novel from @MetropolitanBks/@HenryHolt associationforjewishstudies.org/ajs-honors-its…

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“Changing hearts and minds requires honest portrayals of Orthodox LGBTQ+ realities, in all their complexities,” writes AJS member Orit Avishai about an actor pretending to be a gay Haredi man on social media. forward.com/opinion/551884…


The AJS Honors Its Authors program is pleased to recognize 2023 author @LauraYares for Jewish Sunday Schools: Teaching Religion in Nineteenth-Century America from @NYUpress associationforjewishstudies.org/ajs-honors-its…

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The UK’s @unisouthampton has introduced a new master’s degree program in Holocaust Studies which will explore the Holocaust as a historical event and as “negative heritage.” southampton.ac.uk/courses/holoca…


The AJS Honors Its Authors program is pleased to recognize 2023 author Rebecca Scharbach Wollenberg for The Closed Book: How the Rabbis Taught the Jews (Not) to Read the Bible from @PrincetonUPress associationforjewishstudies.org/ajs-honors-its…

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AJS member Carolin Aronis is one of the advisors to the US National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. In this feature, she discusses her work and makes recommendations for universities. libarts.source.colostate.edu/ethnic-studies…


The AJS Honors Its Authors program is pleased to recognize 2023 author Alan Verskin for Diary of a Black Jewish Messiah: The Sixteenth-Century Journey of David Reubeni through Africa, the Middle East, and Europe from @stanfordpress associationforjewishstudies.org/ajs-honors-its…

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AJS member Gila Silverman is joining the staff of Shomer Collective, a social startup dedicated to sharing Jewish wisdom and sparking cultural change around end of life care. shomercollective.org


The AJS Honors Its Authors program is pleased to recognize 2023 author @MagdaTeter for Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism from @PrincetonUPress associationforjewishstudies.org/ajs-honors-its…

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“The book is a marker of what's going on in the field at this point,” AJS member Samuel Hayim Brody is featured regarding the new book, The King is in the Field: Essays in Modern Jewish Political Thought, he co-edited with AJS member Julie Cooper. today.ku.edu/2023/06/21/new…


New in the AJS Career Center! Lama Shetzer Professorship in Contemporary Jewish Life at the University of Michigan Frankel Center for Judaic Studies (@UMJudaicStudies). This is a tenure-track/tenured position. Review of applications to begin Sept 18 myajs.associationforjewishstudies.org/networking/app…


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