Books published by Jewish Publication Society

The Torah is the essence of Jewish tradition; it inspires each successive generation. The current JPS translation, based on classical and modern sources, is acclaimed for its fidelity to the ancient Hebrew.

Presents an original translation of the Holy Scriptures into contemporary English, based on the Masoretic (the traditional Hebrew) text.

The commentary, which accompanies the Hebrew biblical text and the JPS translation, approaches the Book of Esther from a fresh literary point-of-view. It includes essays entitled "When and Where Was the Book of Esther Written?", "Sex and Spies", and "Rabbinic Interpretation".

Modern Musar explores the diverse ways Jews understand ten virtues: honesty and love of truth; curiosity and inquisitiveness; humility; courage and valor; temperance and self-restraint; gratitude; forgiveness; love, kindness, and compassion; solidarity and social responsibility; and justice and righteousness.

A unique four-part commentary on the Jewish heritage, The JPS Jewish Heritage Torah Commentary orbits each Torah portion through four central pillars of Jewish life-the Torah, land, people, and thought-illuminating how they enrich one another.

Smart and savvy Melissa Jensen's life takes a wrong turn when her father accepts a teaching assignment in a small town in the remote Midwest, far from her home in New York City.

Jews and Germans is the only book in English to describe the history and challenges of the German-Jewish relationship from before the Holocaust through today. Were the Weimar Republic years (1918-33) truly reciprocal for Jews and Germans? In the aftermath of the Holocaust, how has that complex relationship evolved?