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.

The Jewish Publication Society is the only non-profit, non-denominational publisher of Jewish books in English.