Important note:
The Association of Jewish Book Publishers is a inactive organization.
This web site is maintained for the convenience
of the various book publishers noted below.
The Association of Jewish Book Publishers, founded in 1962, is a
non-profit organization which promotes the sale
and use of Jewish books through educational programs and activities
such as exhibits, discussions, cooperative
promotion and the interchange of information among members. The
Association provides a forum to discuss the mutual
interests of publishers, authors and other individuals and institutions
concerned with Jewish books. Jewish books
span a wide range of topics, including religion, history, literature,
cookbooks and children's books.
Alef
Design Group/Torah Aura Productions,
4423 Fruitland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90058; Contact: Alan Rowe; Tel:
213-585-1200/213-585-7312; Fax:
213-585-0347. Focus: Adult Judaica.
Alef
Judaica Inc.,
8440 Warner
Drive. Culver City, CA 90232; Contact:
Guy Orner; Tel: 310-202-0024;
Fax: 310-202-0940; E-mail: alefjud@aol.com .
Avotaynu, Inc. 794 Edgewood Ave., New Haven, CT 06515; Contact: Gary Mokotoff; Tel: 475-202-6575; Fax: 475-202-65745; Credit
card orders:
800-AVOTAYNU (800-286-8296); E-mail: info@avotaynu.com
; Focus:
Genealogy and family history. Avotaynu, Inc. is the largest publisher
of information and products of interest to
persons researching their Jewish family history. This includes the
journal, Avotaynu, books and microfiche. In addition,
Avotaynu offers books, maps and video tapes published
by other companies.
Behrman House, Inc., 235 Watchung Ave., West Orange, NJ
07052; Contact: David E. Behrman; Focus:
Jewish educational textbooks, children's Judaica, and general trade
Judaism.
Ben-Simon Publications, POB 2124, Port Angeles, WA 98362; Contacts: Peter Mars, Beve Tansey. Tel: 604-652-6332; Fax:
604-652-6332 (same as Tel.); E-mail:
bensimon@pinc.com;
Focus: General trade books with
Jewish themes
Biblio
Press,
P.O. Box 20195,
London Terr. Sta., New York, NY 10011; Contact:
Doris B. Gold; Tel:
212-989-2755; E-mail: Bibook@aol.com; Focus: Since 1979, Biblio Press has been
publishing non-fiction books for Jewish women with special
emphasis on the women's movement in Judaism. Twenty-five titles,
including The
Jewish Woman: 1986-1993 (with 1994-95 recent titles list),
a selected
and annotated bibliography, compiled by Ann S. Masnik, MLS. Among
recent titles by, about, or for Jewish women,
is the August 1996 reprint of Burning Lights
by Bella Chagall, with 36 b/w line drawings by Marc Chagall (299 pp.
pap. $10.95). This work is a moving memoir.
CCAR
Press, Central Conference of American
Rabbis,
355 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10017; Contact: Elliot Stevens; E-mail:
ccarpress@ccarnet.org ;Focus:
Liturgy and guides to Reform Jewish practice.
Challenge
Publications.
6628 Burlington
Place, Springfield, VA 22152; Contact:
Semyon Resnick. Focus: Russian
anti-Semitism.
Cross-Cultural
Communications,
239 Wynsum Avenue, Merrick, NY 11566-4725; Contacts:
Stanley H. Barkan; Bebe Barkan. Tel:
516-868-5635. Fax: 516-379-1901.
Focus: Poetry, fiction, bilingual
editions.
Decalogue
Books,
P.O. Box 2212,
Mt. Vernon, NY 10551; Contact:
William Brandon; Tel: 914-664-5930.
Focus: Publisher of books of Jewish
interest--memoirs, Holocaust, cookbooks, travel, Middle Eastern history
and politics, religious life, customs and
traditions. Free catalog available.
Dwelling Place Publishing 383 Kingston Ave., Suite #22,
Brooklyn, NY 11213; Contact: Yonason Gordon. Email:
info@dwellingplacepub.com; Focus:
General trade books with a focus on Jewish mysticism. Dwelling Place
acts as facilitator of Jewish wisdom by distributing
materials through use of: Catalog mailings, convention appearances,
author bookings, and other media initiatives.
Distributor for Gal Einai Kabbalah Institute, Shazak
Productions
, Class One Press, and others.
Ergo Media Inc., 668 American Legion Dr., POB 2037,
Teaneck, NJ 07666; Contact: Eric Goldman, president; Jane
Zylberman, acquisitions; Tel: 201-692-0404; Fax:
201-692-0663; E-mail: ergo@intac.com
Focus: Jewish-oriented videos.
Ergo Media is the world's largest publisher of video dealing with the
Jewish experience. Ergo has video for children,
Yiddish and Israeli classics (with English subtitles), videos dealing
with the American Jewish experience, holidays,
the Holocaust, Israel, Jerusalem 3000, Jewish life and tradition,
Jewish music, World Jewry and Yiddish culture.
For free catalog, call 1-800-695-3745. Over 200 videos.
Five Star Publications. PO Box 6698, Dept. AJ, Chandler,
AZ 85246-6698; Contact: Linda F. Radke; Tel:
480-940-8182; Fax: 480-940-8787;
E-mail: info@fivestarsupport.com ; Focus: Various categories including kosher
cookbooks, Holocaust memoirs, consumer-oriented (Profits of Death, an expose of the funeral
industry),
children's books, and assistance in self publishing.
Growth
Associates Publishers,
212 Stuart Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540-1946; Contact: Dr. Dov Peretz Elkins; Tel:
609-497-7375; E-mail: . elkins@tigger.jvnc.net ;
Focus: Jewish religion, education
and spirituality. Publishers of Jewish Guided Imagery
and Melodies
From My Father's House: Hasidic Wisdom for the Heart and Soul.
Hachai Publishing,
762 Park Place, Brooklyn, NY 11216; Contact:
Yossi Leverton; Tel: 718-633-
0100; Fax: 718-633-0103; Focus: Hachai specializes in full color
picture
books for Jewish children. Our books teach Jewish history and tradition
as well as promote universal values such
as sharing, kindness and charity.
Holmes
& Meier,
160 Broadway,
New York, NY 10038; Contacts:
Miriam Holmes, Katharine Turok; Tel:
212-374-0100; Fax: 212-374- 1313;
E-mail: Hmp160@aol.com; Focus: A small independent press that
publishes scholarly and general trade books. Special emphasis: biography, fashion, fiction
(in translation), history, Holocaust, immigration, international
affairs, Judaica, politics. Best-selling titles
include Raul Hilberg's The Destruction of the European Jews, Gay Block and Malka Drucker's Rescuers: Portraits
of Moral Courage in the Holocaust, Alex Beller's Life
in the Shtetl,
Avraham Barkai's Branching
Out: German-Jewish Immigration in the United States and Manes Sperber's
memoir All
Our Yesterdays.
HUC Press, Hebrew Union
College-Jewish
Institute of Religion, 3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati,
OH 45220-2488;
Contacts: Michael A. Meyer; Barbara
Selya. Focus: Scholarly Judaica.
Hugh
Lauter Levin Associates Inc.,
2507 Post Road, Southport, CT 06490; Contact:
Hugh Levin.
Isaac
Nathan Publishing Co., Inc.,
22711 Cass Avenue, Woodland Hills, CA 91364; Contact:
David W. Epstein. Focus: Jewish
Family Education, Jewish Calender Digest and Magazine.
Jason Aronson, Inc., 230 Livingston Street, Northvale,
NJ 07647; Contact: Arthur Kurzweil, Publisher; Pamela
Roth, Associate Publisher; Tel: 201-767-4093; Fax:
201-767-4330. E-mail: webmaster@aronson.com.
Focus: With over 800 titles on
its list, Jason Aronson publishes books of Jewish interest, reflecting
the broad spectrum within the Jewish community.
Jewish
Book Council,
15 East 26th
St., New York, NY 10010; Contact:
Carolyn Starman Hessel. E-mail:
carolynhessel@jewishbooks.org Focus:
Publishes the Jewish
Book Annual
and Jewish
Book World,
a resource
for publishers and authors. Sponsor of Jewish Book Month and the
National Jewish Book Awards.
Jewish Lights Publishing, P.O. Box 237, Woodstock, VT 05091;
Tel: 802-457-4000; Fax:
802-457-4004; Credit
card orders:
800-962-4544; Contact: Stuart
M. Matlins. Focus: General trade
books reflecting the Jewish wisdom tradition for people of all faiths,
all backgrounds. Books that help you understand
who you are and who you might become as a Jewish person, or as a person
who is part of a tradition that has roots
in the Judeo-Christian world. Issues of personal growth and religious
inspiration. Our authors are at the forefront
of spiritual thought. Special emphasis on broadening the Christian
world's understanding of Judaism. Subject areas
include spirituality, philosophy, children's, healing,
recovery/self-help, theology, New Age/mysticism and history.
Call for free 48-page catalog.
Jewish
Publication Society, 1930
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19103; Contacts:
Michael A. Monson; Donna Weber. Focus:
Trade books of Jewish interest.
Jewish
Spirit Publishing,
144-39
Sanford Ave., Apt. 6D, Flushing, NY 11355; Contact:
Yitzhak Buxbaum. Focus: New Age
Judaism. The Jewish Spirit Booklet Series on topics of Jewish
spirituality and mysticism provides elevated ideals
and practical help to those seeking to make real spiritual progress.
The first volume is Real
Davvening:
Jewish Prayer as a Spiritual Practice and a Form of Meditation
for Beginning and Experienced Davveners.
Jewish
Theological Seminary, Office
of Publications, 3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10017; Contact: Rebecca Schwartz. Focus:
Educational texts.
Judah
L. Magnes Museum,
2911 Russell
St., Berkeley, CA 94705; Contacts:
Paula Friedman, Seymour Fromer. Focus:
Jewish art catalogs, Holocaust memoirs. Sponsors the Anna Davidson
Rosenberg National Jewish Poetry Award, the
only national or international competition for unpublished poetry in
English on the Jewish experience. Writers
under age 19 are also eligible for a Youth Commendation, and poets over
65 are also eligible for a Senior Award.
Kar-Ben Copies, Inc., 6800 Tildenwood Lane, Rockville,
MD 20852; Contacts: Madeline Wikler, Judye Groner; Tel: 1-800-4KARBEN. Focus:
Kar- Ben publishes books, calendars and cassettes on Jewish themes for
young children and families. For a free
catalog, call 1-800-452-7236 or E-mail:
karben@aol.com.
The backlist of 100 titles include children's services for Shabbat and
the holidays, toddler board books, craft,
activity and cookbooks, folk tales and contemporary stories.
Kehot Publication Society / Merkos
Publications, 291 Kingston Ave., Brooklyn, NY
11213; Tel: 718-778-0226. Publishing division
of Chabad-Lubavitch
featuring works on Chasidic philosophy, mysticism, biographical
information, education, and stories for children.
Kerem
Publishing.
723 N. Orange
Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90038; Contact: Sterna Citron; Tel: 213-857-1607; Fax:
213-937-9570; Focus: Children's
books, Tales of the Ba'al Shem Tov.
KTAV Publishing Company, 900 Jefferson St., POB 6249,
Hoboken, NJ 07030; Contacts: Ira Karlick-Sales Manager, Bernard
Scharfstein-Publisher; Tel: 201- 963-9524; Fax:
201-963-0102, E-mail: 74631.2017@compuserve.com Focus:
For more than 70 years, KTAV has been publishing and distributing fine
Jewish books and gifts, including prayer
books, books for children and young adults, toys, games, school
supplies and textbooks. KTAV also produces distinguished
scholarly books on topics ranging from Biblical study to contemporary
issues.
Leo
& Sons Publishing. 175
Oregon Avenue South, Golden Valley, MN 55426; Contact: Gil Mann; Tel:
612-545-3666; Fax: 612-542-0171;
Orders: 800-304-9935; E-mail: manngil@aol.com; Focus: Jewish outreach and
continuity.
Publisher of: How
to Get More Out of Being Jewish Even If: A. You are not
sure you believe in God, B: You think going to synagogue is a waste of
time, C. You think keeping kosher is stupid,
D. You hated Hebrew school, or E. All of the above!
Markus
Wiener Publishers,
114
Jefferson Road, Princeton, NJ 08540; Contact:
Markus Wiener; Tel: 609-921-1141;
Fax: 609-921-1140; America in the Eyes of the Germans:
An Essay in Anti-Americanism
by Dan Diner with prefaced by Sander Gilman. Uncle Sam is Uncle Shylock
was and is a popular slogan in Germany;
the idea is that America was either controlled by Jews or very suitable
for and hospitable to Jews. The ideals
of America such as democracy, free enterprise, and human rights were
blamed for the Jewish success and, therefore,
despised. 196 pp., illustrated. ISBN 1-55876-104-7 hc. $34.95. ISBN
1-55876-105-5 pb. $16.95.
Micah
Publications, Inc., 255
Humphrey St., Marblehead, MA 01945; Contact:
Roberta Kalechofsky, E-mail: RKALECHOFSKY@mecn.mass.edu; Fax: 617-639-0772. Focus: Source for Jewish vegetarian
material,
haggadot, The
Jewish Vegetarian Year Cookbook,
Rabbis
and Vegetarianism,
Judaism
and Vegetarianism
by Richard Schwartz.
Also Jewish
Fiction and Poetry: Global Anthology of Jewish Women Writers, Bodmin,
1349 by Roberta Kalechofsky, an
historical novel about the Black Death has been praised by Cynthia
Ozick and Publishers' Weekly's Gerald Jonas.
Milah
Press, Inc,
P.O. Box 267,
New London, NH 03257; Tel: 603-526-2513;
Fax: 603-526-2514; Contact: Beth Mathewson; Focus: Contemporary Jewish History.
Affiliated with the Milah Institute in Jerusalem, Israel.
Millenium
Publishing Group,
1271
Tenth Street, Suite D, Monterey, CA 93940; Contact:
Hugo N. Gerstl; Tel: 1-800-524-6826;
Fax: 408-373-3567; E-mail: n2books@ix.netcom.com; Focus:
Jewish humor.
New
Concept Press, Inc.,425 West
57th Street, Suite 2J, New York, NY 10019; Contact:
Norman Beim; Tel: 212-265-6284.
Fax: 212-265-6659. E-mail: Newconpres@aol.com Focus: Literature. Hymie and the Angel (Novel). Publishers Weekly:
"Authentically evokes a time and place with ironic humor...a
lightheartedly entertaining look at loss, guilt and the will to live."
Tony Randall: "Norman Beim writes
like a Chagal from New Jersey." My Family the Jewish Immigrants (Play anthology) Assoc. of Jewish
Libraries Newsletter: "A series of memory plays
that form a portrait gallery of parents, aunts and uncles, sister and
cousins...unsparingly honest..absorbing...recommended
for synagogues, academic, and public libraries."
Anna Olswanger, E-mail: anna@olswanger.com; Anna Olswanger Books publishes and
promotes books and articles of Jewish interest for
readers, booksellers and librarians, authors and illustrators. The site
links internally to Jewish fiction, Jewish
book publishing news, and interviews with industry professionals.
Pacifica
Press/Suzanne Loebl,
128 Willow Street, 6A, Brooklyn, NY 11201; Contact:
Suzanne Loebl; Tel
and Fax:
718-875-2622;
Focus: Ms. Loebl is theauthor
of At
Mercy of Strangers about
growing up Jewish and being adopted.
Pelican Publishing Company, Inc., PO Box 3110, Gretna, LA 70054; Contact: Kathleen Calhoun Nettleton; Tel: 504-368-1175; E-mail:sales@pelicanpub.com.
Focus: Books of Jewish interest
for all ages. These include A Travel Guide to Jewish Europe, Passover Lite Kosher Cookbook, Kosher Cajun Cookbook,
Kosher
Creole Cookbook,
Kosher
Southern-Style Cookbook, Toby Belfer's Seder: A Passover
Story Retold,
Toby
Belfer Never Had a Christmas Tree,
and A
Belfer Bar Mitzvah.
Pitspopany
Press,
40 East 78 St,
New York, NY 10021; Contact: Dorothy
Tananbaum; Tel: 212-472-4959;
Fax: 212-472-6253; E-mail: pop@netvision.net.il; Focus: Children's books.
Poetica Publishing Company. P.O. Box 11014, Norfolk, Virginia 23517; Contact: Michal Mahgrefteh Tel: 757-617-0821 Fax: 757-399-3936; E-mail: poeticapub@aol.com. Focus: Poetry.
Purple
Mountain Press, Ltd. Main
Street, P.O. Box E3, Fleischmanns, NY 12430; Contact:
Wray Rominger; Tel: 914-254-4065;
Orders: 800-325-2665; Fax: 914-254-4476; Focus: Jewish community histories (New
York State). Titles include: Remember
the Catskills: Tales by a Recovering Hotelkeeper by Esterita "Cissie"
Blumberg with preface by Red Buttons, The Jews of Westchester: A Social
History
and Shtetl
in the Adirondacks:
The Story of Gloversville and Its Jews.
The Reconstructionist Press, 7804 Montgomery Ave - Suite 9,
Elkins Park, PA 19027; Contacts: Pesha Leichter, Lani Moss, Tel: 800-JRFPUBS (573-7827); Fax:
215-782-8805; E-mail: press@jrf.org;
Focus: The Reconstructionist Press
features over fifty titles dealing with Reconstructionist philosophy,
liturgy, education and current issues in
daily Jewish life. Its hallmark publication is the Kol Haneshamah
prayer book series which includes siddurim for
Shabbat and holidays, a volume for home use and a new daily prayer
book, a mahzor and a new haggadah, A Night of Questions. The press also publishes
and distributes the works of Mordecai M. Kaplan.
Schocken
Books,
1745 Broadway, 21-1,
UAHC,
Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 633 Third Ave., New York, NY
10017; Contact: Kenneth Gesser, E-mail:
press@uahc.org ;
Focus: The UAHC Press is the publishing
arm of the Reform movement in North America, founded in 1873. The UAHC
Press publishes trade and text books of
Jewish interest, as well as audio and video cassettes, and multimedia
material. The UAHC Press is the publisher
of The
Torah: A Modern Commentary
by W. Gunther Plaut. Jewish religion: textbooks, juveniles, and adult
trade books.
United
Orthodox Synagogues of Houston,
9001 Greenwillow, Houston, TX 77096; Contacts:
Rabbi Joseph Radinsky, Pam Thomas. Focus:
Publishes books by Rabbi Joseph Radinsky which examine the underlying
values of Judaism found in every Torah portion
and holiday celebrations.
University
Press of
New England,
23 South Main St., Hanover, NH 03755; Contact: Rick Henning; Tel: 603-643-7100; Fax:
603-643-1540; E-
mail:
University.Press@Dartmouth.edu; Focus:
Founded in 1971, University Press of New England is a regional
consortium of educational institutions including
Brandeis, Dartmouth, Middlebury, University of New Hampshire, Tufts,
Wesleyan, and the Salzburg Seminar. Most,
but not all, of our publishing comes through two series from Brandeis
University Press: The Tauber Institute for
the Study of European Jewry edited by Jehuda Reinharz and the Brandeis
Series in American Jewish History, Culture
and Life edited by Jonathan Sarna. For more information, please contact
us at the above address or look for our
Web site at http://www.dartmouth.edu/acad-inst/upne/.
Workmen's
Circle,
45 E. 33rd St.,
New York, NY 10016; Contact: Chava
Lapin. Tel: 212-889-6800; Outside Metro NYC: 800-922-2558; E-mail: wcfriends@aol.com. Focus:
Jewish and Yiddish books, songbooks, CD's, cassettes, textbooks for
children and adults, teachers' guides, lifestyle
booklets for holidays and rites of passage. Includes the Jewish Book
Center, a midtown retail Judaica store with
mail order, wholesale and distributing operations. The Jewish Book
Center is the exclusive distributor of YIVO
publications.
YIVO
Institute for Jewish Research,
15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011; Contact:
Carl J. Rheins, Executive Director. Tel: 212-246-6080; Fax:
212-292-1892. E-mail: yivomail@yivo.cjh.org. Focus:
East European Jewish History and Literature; academic works,
Yiddish-English dictionaries; Yiddish textbooks.
Zoland
Books,
384 Huron Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138; Contact:
Heather Hoffman; Tel: 617-864-6252;
Fax: 617-661-4998; Focus: Trade fiction and poetry books,
many which
are of Jewish interest. For more information or to receive a copy of
our catalog, write to us at the above address
or fax number.