Association for Jewish Studies

06/04/2026

AJS member Anna Shternshis is interviewed about Yiddish Glory: The Silenced Songs of World War II, and her work in discovering and documenting the music.

The release of Yiddish Glory, The Silenced Songs of World War II, in April on the Six Degrees Records label, actually began several decades ago with an incredible story.

06/04/2026

CFA: 2026 AJS Women's Caucus Prize for Innovative Scholarship in Gender and Jewish Studies

Given in recognition of a paper presented at the 2025 AJS Annual Conference within any discipline of Jewish Studies that opens up new areas of inquiry or advances Jewish feminist or gender studies. The prize carries a cash award of $500.

Apply by June 15

https://associationforjewishstudies.org/publications-research/ajs-perspectives/call-for-proposals-archives

06/03/2026

Congratulations to AJS member Stacy Beckwith, who received a Carleton College Curricular Innovation Grant to support work translating Spanish fiction for a new course, Narrating Jewish Spain!

Curricular Innovation Grants support projects including major curricular revisions for departments or programs, curricular innovations, and individual or team proposals to work on a specific course.

06/03/2026

Presenting at the AJS Annual Conference? Apply for Travel & Dependent Caregiver Grants from the AJS and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum now.

AJS Travel & Dependent Caregiver Grants
Priority Deadline: August 6
Thanks to generous donors, the AJS offers travel and dependent caregiver grants to defray AJS Annual Conference costs for eligible members. In particular, we seek to support untenured faculty, graduate students, independent scholars without full-time employment, parents/guardians of individuals needing care during the conference, and international scholars who receive little to no institutional support for conference attendance. All accepted presenters for the 2026 AJS Annual Conference (Speakers, Respondents, Moderators, or Chairs) are eligible to apply; individuals may apply now, with grants conditioned on proposal acceptance.

Funds are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, after acceptance notifications are released. Submit an application now: myajs.associationforjewishstudies.org/awards/view/2026-TRAVEL-AND-DEPENDENT-CAREGIVER-GRANT

Conference Travel Grants from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Deadline: June 15
These conference travel grants are available for scholars to attend a professional conference at which they are presenting their original Holocaust-related research.

AJS members are eligible to apply for these grants, even though AJS Annual Conference acceptance notifications will not be sent by June 15; the AJS and USHMM are working together on this. Submit an application now: https://www.ushmm.org/research/opportunities-for-academics/broadening-academia-initiative/conference-travel-grants

06/02/2026

Congratulations to AJS member Gil Ribak, who has been recognized for his work by The University of Arizona!

He was recently promoted to full professor, and was awarded the Bernard Briskin Faculty Award for distinguished contributions to Jewish Studies.

Mazal tov to Gil Ribak, Ph.D., who earlier this month was promoted to Full Professor and is now the Shirley D. Curson Professor of Judaic Studies and History at the School for Global Studies...

06/02/2026

AJS member Gary Zola is the founding president of the College for Contemporary Judaism, a new rabbinical seminary being founded in Cincinnati.

The College for Contemporary Judaism, a new rabbinical seminary being formed in Cincinnati to address the shortage of congregational rabbis in North America, announced its inaugural board of trustees on

06/01/2026

Congratulations to AJS member Chumie Juni, who has been selected as a Fall 2026 Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Scholar in Residence!

Juni will work on her book project, Halakhic Women: Gender and Ritual in American Orthodox Judaism.

Juni is assistant professor of religion at Carleton.

06/01/2026

CFA: Skills & Mentorship Beyond the Academy Program, for AJS members with PhDs who are underemployed or unemployed.

Participants will meet over Zoom during the 2026-2027 academic year, where they will actively participate in professional development and skill-building sessions. Each participant will also be matched with a mentor who works outside academia. In addition, participants will have an opportunity to gather in person during the 2026 AJS Annual Conference. Each participant will also receive a $250 stipend for participation.

This program is generously funded by the American Council of Learned Societies.
Deadline to apply is June 15.

https://associationforjewishstudies.org/professional-development/workshops-and-programs/skills-and-mentorship-beyond-the-academy

05/29/2026

CFA: 2026 AJS Women's Caucus Cashmere Subvention Award in Jewish, Gender, and Women's Studies

This grant of $1,000 is offered to support scholarly publication in the area of Jewish, gender, sexuality, and women's studies. Book proposals to be considered for the grant must make a clear argument for the ways in which the work represents a contribution to any of these fields and a subfield of Jewish Studies. The grant is open to scholars at all stages of their careers.

Deadline: June 22, 2026

https://associationforjewishstudies.org/womens-caucus

05/29/2026

CFA: 2026 AJS Women's Caucus Prize for Innovative Scholarship in Gender and Jewish Studies

Given in recognition of a paper presented at the 2025 AJS Annual Conference within any discipline of Jewish Studies that opens up new areas of inquiry or advances Jewish feminist or gender studies. The prize carries a cash award of $500.

Apply by June 15, 2026

https://associationforjewishstudies.org/publications-research/ajs-perspectives/call-for-proposals-archives