Where Justice Dwells - by Jill Jacobs Hardcover

About the Book

Helps you discern how to effect meaningful change based on Jewish values and your own ideals of social justice. Guides you in evaluating different models of social justice work, organizing effective projects and maintaining your motivation and inspiration.

Book Synopsis

Helps you discern how to effect meaningful change based on Jewish values and your own ideals of social justice. Guides you in evaluating different models of social justice work, organizing effective projects and maintaining your motivation and inspiration.

Review Quotes

"Social justice activists, scholars and teachers will treasure [this].... Her wise and practical insights [will] inspire each of us to shape a more just world."
-Rabbi Richard Jacobs, president, Union for Reform Judaism

"Continually and thoroughly integrates theory with practice. In crystal-clear language with ample examples, explore[s] serious questions about whom we should help, why and how.... A must-read for any Jew who wants to transform good intentions into actions-and to know how and why the Jewish tradition can help [you] do that."
-Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, PhD, author, The Way Into Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World)

"Fresh and inspiring ... a guide to Jewish responsibility and a restoration of classical biblical and rabbinic values in the lives of Jews today."
-Susannah Heschel, Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College

"Brilliant.... A pitch-perfect guide for schools, congregations and communal organizations to engage in thoughtful, focused and effective social justice work.... Never skimps on the in-depth issues that may appear to complicate the matter but will, in fact, make the right results emerge."
-Ruth Messinger, president, American Jewish World Service

"An important contribution to synagogues that want to deepen their commitment to social justice work, [and] to individual Jews who want to understand the deep connection between Judaism and the commitment to repair the world."
-Rabbi Laura Geller, senior rabbi, Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills

"A magnificent how-to guide for Jewish institutions that want to take social justice seriously."
-Rabbi Sidney Schwarz, author, Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World

"Masterful.... Gives voice to a broader meaning of what it means to be a 'religious' Jew.... A deeply authentic religious underpinning for a 'spiritual practice' of social justice."
-Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, author, Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building Vibrant Jewish Communities

"Unique insights [on] repairing the world through social justice as part of the fullest expression of Jewish values."
-Rabbi Steve Wernick, executive vice president, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

"Presents more than the possibilities of Jewish social justice ... a compelling road map that moves us from a place of altruism to a place of profound obligation."
-Dr. Erica Brown, author, Inspired Jewish Leadership: Practical Approaches to Building Strong Communities

"[Turns] passion and deep insights about justice into a practical and practicable guide ... teaches us how we can place justice at the center and change the world."
-Rabbi J. Rolando Matalon, Congregation B'nai Jeshurun

"There are several publications and websites that give us the 'how-to' for doing the work of social justice and religious action. In this volume, Rabbi Jacobs also provides us with the 'why-to'-the Jewish sources and in-depth thinking about our obligation to make this work a priority in our communities."
-Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus, immediate past president, Central Conference of American Rabbis

"An inspiration. I could not put it down.... In a voice of passion, wisdom and compassion ... teaches us to turn our prayers into reality."
-Rabbi Naomi Levy, author, To Begin Again and Hope Will Find You

"Takes our hand and leads us step by step down the path of tikkun olam.... Pragmatic and yet lofty ... a must for individuals and communities alike."
-Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Nevei Kodesh, Boulder; author, The Receiving:
Reclaiming Jewish Women's Wisdom an

About the Author

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

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