The preeminent nonprofit publisher of books at the heart of Jewish life in the English-speaking world since 1888. Our unique niche is accessible scholarship. The preeminent nonprofit publisher of books at the heart of Jewish life in the English-speaking world since 1888. Our unique niche is presenting accessible scholarship from voices across the Jewish community. The Jewish Publication Society is a nonprofit educational association formed in 1888 to enhance Jewish culture by promoting the dissemination of religious and secular works, in the United States and abroad, to all individuals and institutions interested in past and contemporary Jewish life.