There Shall Be No Needy

by Jacobs, Jill

• ISBN13: 9781580233941
• ISBN10: 1580233945
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-01
• Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub

Summary

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. Written by one of the leading yourng voices in the arena of social justice, it offers a relevant and urgent guide to applying Judaism to contemporary American life, while making a powerful argument for Jewish participation in the American public square. For anyone interested in the vital question of what religion can and should mean in America today.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Foreword by Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, PhD	p. xi
Preface by Simon Greer	p. xvii
Introduction The Search for an Integrated Judaism	p. 1
A Vision of Economic Justice	p. 9
Essential Terms Tikkun Olam, Tzedek, and Prophetic Judaism	p. 24
Defining Poverty and The Poor	p. 49
Sufficient for One's Needs The Collection and Allocation of Tzedakah	p. 79
Servants to Servants or Servants to God Workers, Employers, and Unions	p. 97
They Shall Tremble No More Housing and Homelessness	p. 132
I Will Remove Illness From Within Your Midst The Provision of Health Care	p. 159
The City and The Garden Environmental Sustainability for the Twenty-first Century	p. 179
When Your Brother is Flogged Crime, Punishment, and Rehabilitation	p. 192
Conclusion Judaism in the Public Sphere	p. 214
Notes	p. 222
Glossary	p. 247
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 251
Index	p. 252
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