There Shall Be No Needy Teacher's Guide
Insights, Ideas, and Thoughtful Questions for Discussing Jewish Approaches to Social Justice with Students
A step-by-step guide to creative use of There Shall Be No Needy: Pursing Social Justice through Jewish Law & Tradition in adult education, college, and advanced high school classes. Each lesson includes:
- Clearly stated goals
- Trigger exercises to draw out participants' own experiences
- Intriguing discussion questions that facilitate the use of There Shall Be No Needy in the classroom
- Text studies that engage students in a personal exploration of classical and contemporary Jewish approaches to the most important social justice issues of our time
- A glossary of important terms
This comprehensive teaching tool will help students to gain a deeper understanding of Jewish perspectives on key social justice issues, and to explore what we can do to make a difference in our communities.
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Book details
- Author
- Jill Jacobs
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Education › Adult & Continuing Education
- Topics
- social justice · Jewish law · Jewish tradition · adult education · Jewish theology · discussion questions · text study
- ISBN-13
- 9781580234290 (Paperback)9781683364603 (Hardcover)
About the author
RABBI JILL JACOBS is executive director of T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and 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.
Jacobs has been named to the Forward’s list of fifty influential Jews, Newsweek’s list of the fifty most influential rabbis in America, and the Jewish Week’s list of "thirty-six under thirty-six."
When she’s not writing, Jacobs speaks on topics including social justice in Judaism, synagogue social justice, human rights, ethical business practices, and combating human trafficking. Her books draw on Jewish law and tradition to explore the pursuit of social justice in Jewish life and community.