Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich is the editor-in-chief of the Jewish Publication Society, as well as the author of three books and over a hundred articles. Her first book, The Making of Jewish Universalism: From Exile to Alexandria, was published in 2016, and her second book, Discovering Second Temple Literature: The Scriptures and Stories That Shaped Early Judaism, was published by JPS in 2018 and received the 2019 AJL Judaica Reference Honor Award. Her most recent book, Letters from Home: The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity, was published in June 2024.
