Jill Jacobs
Rabbi, Author

Jill Jacobs

Rabbi Jill Jacobs is the founding director of Ma'aseh: The Center for Jewish Social Justice Education and the author of There Shall be No Needy: Pursuing Social Justice through Jewish Law and Tradition and the forthcoming Where Justice Dwells: A Hands-On Guide to Doing Social Justice in Your Jewish Community

Archive: Jill Jacobs

A certain people, scattered and dispersed

Today, Americans have a choice: Will we repeat the disastrous mistakes of the past? Or will we embrace American Muslims as positive contributors the economic, political, and social life of our country?

By Jill Jacobs | March 9, 2011; 10:57 AM ET | Comments (0)

Why we need a national religious debate about abortion

No wonder the two sides can't hear each other; they're having different conversations. The first claims exclusive knowledge of God's desires; the latter sticks to the language of modernity and relinquishes God to the right wing.

By Jill Jacobs | March 1, 2011; 04:07 PM ET | Comments (13)

'Happy Holidays' loses the spirit of the season

When we collapse Christmas and Chanukah into a mushy "holidays," we lose the uniqueness of both.

By Jill Jacobs | December 27, 2010; 10:32 AM ET | Comments (4)

 
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