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.
[6] AAJS is the publisher of the Australian Journal of Jewish Studies.
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.