Support Jewish Education and Culture

Founded in 1888 in Philadelphia, The Jewish Publication Society was established at a time when millions of Jews were immigrating to the United States and dispersing to its far reaches. From its beginnings, the goal of JPS was to educate, sustain and unite the North American Jewish community by providing readers with books about their heritage in the language of the New World. Since that time, JPS has grown into the most prestigious multi-denominational publisher of Jewish titles in the English language, serving millions around the world.

JPS is proud of its accomplishments and continues to pursue its mission in the following new and ambitious ways:

• The Lost Bible—a pioneering effort to restore Second Temple literature to its original Jewish character and context, shedding new light on the history of both Judaism and Christianity. This 2000-page work, which contains contributions by 75 internationally acclaimed scholars, will be published in 2010.

• JPS Mitzvah Projects—JPS provides free books to Jews in the US and abroad including pocket editions of the Torah and Book of Psalms to Jewish troops serving around the world, and new and gently-used books to Jewish schools and communities in the US, Canada, Africa, Israel, and South America.

• JPS Military Bible—JPS and The Jewish Welfare Board have produced a pocket-sized camouflage-covered Tanakh to give to Jewish troops, who up to now have been only offered a Christian Bible.

• JPS Audio Bible—JPS and the Jewish Braille Institute are recording the TANAKH, to distribute for free to the visually impaired and to broadcast weekly readings from its website.

• YAVNET.ORG—JPS is applying its rich content to new technologies and designing applications and online tools and resources to improve the quality of Jewish education by connecting organizations and individuals through interactions with Torah.

To continue as a vital source of Jewish enrichment and learning, JPS needs the support of patrons like you. With your help, JPS can continue to produce significant works that impact American Jewish culture in meaningful ways, apply its rich content to new technologies, and provide books at no cost to underprivileged and under-served communities around the world.

1. Give a gift to JPS and play an indispensable role in Jewish learning.