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Rabbi Jill Jacobs

Rabbi Jill Jacobs

Rabbi Jill Jacobs is the executive director of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, which mobilizes 2,000 rabbis and cantors and tens of thousands of American Jews to protect human rights in North America, Israel and the Occupied Territories. 

A crowd waves Israeli flags as it gathers on the street in Tel Aviv
Posted inOpinion

For American Jews like me, supporting Israel now means telling the truth about its government

Rabbi Jill Jacobs by Rabbi Jill Jacobs December 3, 2024December 3, 2024

(JTA) — Israeli journalist Barak Ravid drew gasps this month when he told the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly, “We are much closer to Israeli settlements being built […]

Signs held by members of the "peace bloc" who attended the March for Israel in Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2023. (Photo/JTA)
Posted inOpinion

The pro-Israel case for a negotiated end to the war in Gaza

Rabbi Jill Jacobs by Rabbi Jill Jacobs December 21, 2023December 21, 2023
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the annual AIPAC conference in Washington, D.C., March 25, 2019 (Photo/JTA-Mark Wilson-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Why do so many conversations about Israel exclude more than half of the Jewish population?

Rabbi Jill Jacobs by Rabbi Jill Jacobs June 27, 2023June 27, 2023
an orthodox woman and a muslim woman shake hands, surrounded by children
Posted inOpinion

Loving Israel or opposing the occupation? It’s a false dichotomy.

Rabbi Jill Jacobs by Rabbi Jill Jacobs and Forward November 18, 2021November 19, 2021
Immigrants apprehended by Border Patrol seen at the Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas, June 17, 2018. (Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
Posted inOpinion

Yes, our immigration policy is biblical. Ever heard of Sodom?

Rabbi Jill Jacobs by Rabbi Jill Jacobs June 26, 2018June 25, 2018
Sen. Robert Menendez speaks at the AIPAC conference at the Washington Convention Center, March 6, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Michael Brochstein-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

AIPAC won’t win back progressives until it faces hard truths about Israel

Rabbi Jill JacobsJeremy Ben Ami by Rabbi Jill Jacobs and Jeremy Ben-Ami March 13, 2018March 12, 2018

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