Australian Association for Jewish Studies

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Australian Association for Jewish Studies (AAJS)
Formation1987;38 years ago (1987)
Presidents
Anna Hirsh and Jan Lanicek
Key people
 Suzanne Rutland, Rachael Kohn, William Rubinstein, Paul R. Bartrop, Ghil'ad Zuckermann
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The Australian Association for Jewish Studies (AAJS) is a scholarly organization in Australia that promotes academic Jewish Studies. AAJS was founded in 1987 and held its first annual conference that year in Melbourne. [1] AAJS is Australia's national association for tertiary academics, Jewish educators, researchers, curators, students and others devoted to the study of any aspect of Jewish life, thought and culture.

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From February 2017, the president of the association was Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann, [2] [3] with vice-presidents Dr Lynne Swarts (NSW) and Dr Anna Hirsh (Victoria). [4] [5]

AAJS annual conferences have been held all over Australia, for example Canberra (ACT Jewish Community, 2021), Sydney (Sydney Jewish Museum, 2020, 2017; UNSW and Shalom College, 2015), Melbourne (Monash University, 2019; Deakin University, 2022), Perth (St Catherine's College, University of Western Australia, 2018), Brisbane (Griffith University, 2016) and Adelaide (The University of Adelaide, 2014). [6]

AAJS is the publisher of the Australian Journal of Jewish Studies.

Australian Journal of Jewish Studies

The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies (AJJS) is the leading journal of Jewish studies in Australia. It is an international, peer-reviewed journal published annually by the Australian Association for Jewish Studies. The Journal is devoted to the study of Jewish culture in all aspects and all periods. [7]

The journal was founded in 1987, when it was called Menorah: Australian Journal of Jewish Studies. The current name has been used since 1991.

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Presidents of the Association

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