There shall be no needy
Subtitle: pursuing social justice through Jewish law and tradition
By: by Jill Jacobs ; foreword by Elliot N. Dorff ; preface by Simon Greer.
Publisher: Jewish Lights; Jewish Lights Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Woodstock, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781580233941
Subjects: Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Judaism and social problems -- United States; Judaism -- 20th century; Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism; Jewish ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A vision of economic justice; title: Essential terms: tikkun olam, tzedek, and prophetic Judaism; title: Defining poverty and the poor; title: Sufficient for one's needs: the collection and allocation of tzedakah; title: Servants to servants or servants to God: workers, employers, and unions; title: They shall tremble no more: housing and homelessness; title: I will remove illness from within your midst: the provision of health care; title: The city and the garden: environmental sustainability for the twenty-first century; title: When your brother is flogged: crime, punishment, and rehabilitation.