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Association for Jewish Studies
FormationSeptember 1969; 55 years ago (1969-09) (as Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith)
FounderLeon Jick
President
Jeffrey Shoulson
Websiteassociationforjewishstudies.org

The Association for Jewish Studies (AJS) is a scholarly organization in the United States that promotes academic Jewish Studies. The AJS was founded in 1969 and held its first annual conference that year at Brandeis University.[1][2] In 1976, the AJS began to publish a scholarly journal, the AJS Review.[1] The AJS is the largest academic Jewish Studies organization in the world.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Shapiro, Edward S. (1995). A Time for Healing: American Jewry Since World War II. JHU Press. p. 80. ISBN 9780801851247.
  2. ^ Loveland, Kristen (2008). "THE ASSOCIATION FOR JEWISH STUDIES: A BRIEF HISTORY" (PDF).
  3. ^ Bolton-Fasman, Judy. "Association for Jewish Studies Returns to Boston for 50th Anniversary". JewishBoston. Retrieved May 28, 2019.