From time to time the Association has sponsored other scholarly or professional meetings. From 1973 to 1978 the Association sponsored a series of regional conferences made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 1979 the Association convened the first meeting of representatives from major graduate programs in Jewish Studies. In addition, the Association has published volumes of proceedings from its regional conferences on such subjects as medieval and modern Jewish religion, Jewish languages, and Jewish folklore. Membership in the Association, which currently stands at about 1,600, is open to individuals whose full-time vocation is teaching, research, or related endeavors in academic Jewish Studies, to other individuals whose intellectual concerns are related to the purposes of the Association, and to graduate students concentrating in an area of Jewish Studies.
Members receive all regular publications without charge.
They are eligible for discounts on publications and on the registration fee at the Annual Conference. The Association for Jewish Studies is based on the campus of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, with offices in Goldsmith 118B. Hours by appointment.