Rabbi Jill Jacobs (she/her) is the CEO of T’ruah, an organization that represents more than 2,300 rabbis and cantors who bring a moral voice to protecting and advancing human rights in North America, Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territories. She is the author of Where Justice Dwells: A Hands-On Guide to Doing Social Justice in Your Jewish Community and There Shall Be No Needy: Pursuing Social Justice through Jewish Law and Tradition. She has published in The Washington Post, Slate, NBCNews.Com, JTA, the Forward, and other publications, as well as articles in more than a dozen books and journals, and has appeared as a commenter on MSNBC, CNN, and other media. The New York Times featured her as one of “Six New Yorkers Who Made the City a Better, Cooler, Fairer Place in 2023.” Rabbi Jacobs holds rabbinic ordination and an MA in Talmud from the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she was a Wexner Fellow; an MS in Urban Affairs from Hunter College, and a BA from Columbia University. She is a graduate of the Mandel Institute Jerusalem Fellows Program.