Rabbi Jill Jacobs is executive director of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. . Widely acknowledged as one of the leading voices in Jewish social justice, Rabbi Jacobs is also the author of There Shall Be No Needy: Pursuing Social Justice through Jewish Law and Tradition and Where Justice Dwells: A Hands-On Guide to Doing Social Justice in Your Jewish Community (both Jewish Lights). She has been voted to the Forward newspaper’s list of fifty influential Jews, to Newsweek’s list of the fifty most influential rabbis in America and to the Jewish Week’s list of “thirty-six under thirty-six.”
Rabbi Jill Jacobs
is available to speak on the following topics:
- Social Justice in Judaism: Historical, Textual and Political Roots, and Their Meaning for Jews Today
- Synagogue Social Justice That Works
- In the Image: A Jewish Take on Human Rights
- Torah in the Workplace: Ethical Business Practices for the Synagogue, School, Home and Business
- A Jewish Approach to Combating Human Trafficking