About JPS

The Jewish Publication Society is a rarity in the publishing world: over a century old, educational, and nonprofit. It was first founded in 1888 to provide the children of Jewish immigrants to America with books about their heritage in the language of the New World.

JPS is the oldest publisher of Jewish titles in the English language. Our mission is to enhance Jewish culture by promoting the dissemination of religious and secular works of exceptional quality, in the United States and abroad, to all individuals and institutions interested in past and contemporary Jewish life.

Over the years JPS has issued a body of works for all tastes and needs. Its many titles include biographies, histories, art books, holiday anthologies, books for young readers, religious and philosophical studies, translations of scholarly and popular classics -- and, of course, the famous JPS TANAKH -- the translation of the Bible in English from the original Hebrew.

The Society has been a membership organization from the beginning. Its members' dues support the publication of books that broaden and deepen understanding of the Jewish heritage and advance Jewish scholarship. We urge readers to become members of the Society and to tell their family and friends about the benefits of JPS membership.

Funding that is provided through our Annual Giving Programs -- Title Sponsorships, Giving Circles, and Heritage Libraries, as well as outright contributions -- make it possible for JPS to bring outstanding books of Jewish interest to a wide reading public.



CEO and Editor-in-Chief
Ellen Frankel

COO and Publishing Director
Carol Hupping

Chief Financial Officer
Nyles Cole

Senior Sales & Marketing Manager
Laurie Schlesinger

Senior Acquisitions Editor
Rena Potok

Production Manager
Robin Norman

Managing Editor
Janet L. Liss

Senior Sales Associate
Dolores Verbit

Publicist/Community Outreach
Arielle Levites

Marketing Associate
Claudia Cappelli

Editorial Assistant
Karen Schnitker

Sales Associate
Alexander Block

Operations Manager
Suzy Freeman

Executive Assistant to the CEO and Development Officer
Michael Pomante

Development Associate
Ellyn Weir

Payables Coordinator & Collections Administrator
Donna Evans

Operations Associate
Ron Hysom

Assistant Editor
Julia Oestreich

JPS National Council | JPS Board of Trustees


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