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There Shall Be No Needy Pursuing Social Justice Through Jewish Law and Tradition

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ISBN-10: 1580234259

ISBN-13: 9781580234252

Edition: 2010

Authors: Jill Jacobs, Elliot N. Dorff, Simon Greer

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This fascinating treatise confronts the most pressing issues of twenty-first-century America¿including health care, criminal justice, labor, and the environment¿by bringing classical Jewish sources into striking dialogue with contemporary policy debates and the real-life stories of working people. The results are often unexpected. Written by one of the leading young voices in the arena of social justice, it presents a template for engagement in public life from a Jewish perspective and challenges us to renew our obligations to each other.
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Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: LongHill Partners, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

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:…    

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Introduction: The Search for an Integrated Judaism
A Vision of Economic Justice
Essential Terms: Tikkun Olam, Tzedek, and Prophetic Judaism
Defining Poverty and the Poor
Sufficient for One's Needs: The Collection and Allocation of Tzedakah
Servants to Servants or Servants to God: Workers, Employers, and Unions
They Shall Tremble No More: Housing and Homelessness
I Will Remove Illness From Within Your Midst: The Provision of Health Care
The City and the Garden: Environmental Sustainability for the Twenty-first Century
When Your Brother is Flogged: Crime, Punishment, and Rehabilitation
Conclusion: Judaism in the Public Sphere
Notes
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index