THE WESTERN JEWISH STUDIES ASSOCIATION IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1995 TO ORGANIZE A JEWISH STUDIES CONFERENCE EVERY SPRING AT ALTERNATING SITES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
THE CONFERENCE SERVES AS A FORUM FOR JEWISH STUDIES SCHOLARS TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH, DISCUSS PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES, NETWORK WITH COLLEGUES, AND SHARE STORIES ABOUT THE JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAMS ON THEIR
CAMPUSES.
Dues help fund the conference, best paper award and modest travel stipends for a few graduate students and foreign scholars presenting papers.