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Op-Eds

"Coming Up Short on the Tzedakah Yardstick"
Rabbi Jill Jacobs / Forward, December 2009

"Health Care Reflects A Jewish Obligation"
Rabbi Jill Jacobs / New York Jewish Week, September 2009

"Toward a New Economy: Turning the World Right-Side Up"
Rabbi Jill Jacobs / The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Summer 2009

"From 'Continuity Crisis' to Activist Opportunity"
Simon Greer / The Forward, July 2009

"Raise Your Voices: It's Time to Take Judaism to the Streets"
Rabbi Jill Jacobs / Jewish Exponent, July 2009

"Embracing Public Judaism"
Rabbi Jill Jacobs / Jewish Telegraphic Agency, June 2009

"What Did We Do Wrong"
Mik Moore / Contact, Spring 2009

"The Housing Crisis: Who Should Be Helped"
Rabbi Mordechai Liebling / Sh'ma, Jewish Family & Life, January 2009

"Landlords and Tenants"
Rabbi Jill Jacobs / Sh'ma, Jewish Family & Life, October 2008

"On Charisma and Jewish Leadership"
Rabbi Jill Jacobs / Contact, Journal of the Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life, Autumn 2008

"The Bible Offers A Financial Plan"
Simon Greer / New York Jewish Week, October 24, 2008

"Gulf Residents Still Need Our Assistance"
Simon Greer / Washington Jewish Week, September 11, 2008

"Gulf Coast Still Needs Jewish Response"
Simon Greer / Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, September 12, 2008

"Good News: The New Activism"
Jewish Week, June 18, 2008

"From Pumbedita to Washington: Rabbinic Text, Urban Policy, and Social Reality"
Rabbi Jill Jacobs / Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, Vol. 26 No. 3

"Sharing Hardship and Prosperity"
Simon Greer / Washington Post, "On Faith," April 24, 2008

"Following Through on Service and Relationship"
Simon Greer / Contact, Winter 2008

"At the Corner of MLK Boulevard and Rosa Parks Place"
Lawrence Bush / Jewish Currents, January-February, 2008

"Religion-State Separation: A Rabbis' Roundtable"
Rabbi Jill Jacobs / NCJW Journal, Winter 2007/2008

"Some Sub-prime Lenders are Worth Investing In"
Simon Greer / Forward, January 2, 2008

"The Ghosts of Chanukah Future"
Rabbi Jill Jacobs/ Tikkun, December 13, 2007

"Poverty in Our Backyard"
Shelley Rosenberg/ Detroit Jewish News, December 6, 2007

"Setting Charitable Priorities"
Rabbi Jill Jacobs / The Forward, November 9, 2007

"Failures in New Orleans"
Simon Greer / Jewish Telegraphic Agency, August 27, 2007

"A Jewish Voice at YearlyKos"
Mik Moore / Jewish Week, August 24, 2007

"Immigration Stories"
Rabbi Andrew Straus / Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, June 15, 2007

"Realities of Gulf’s Poor Don’t Warrant Optimism"
Mitchell A. Kamin / Jewish Journal (LA), June 8, 2007

"The History of Tikkun Olam"
Rabbi Jill Jacobs / Zeek, June, 2007

"Please Widen the Discussion"
Editorial / The Jewish Week (NY), May 16, 2007

"Shavuot lesson: Jews must champion cause of strangers in a strange land"
Rabbi Jill Jacobs / Jewish Telegraphic Agency, May 15, 2007

"Seders: A great time to discuss immigration"
Simon Greer / The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, March 30, 2007

"The Remains of the Hurricanes"
Michelle Edelson / The Jewish Week (NY) & Fresh Ink, March 29, 2007

"Connecting Community Service, Jewish Learning"
Simon Greer / The Jewish Week (NY), March 23, 2007

"This Passover, Let Us Remember Our Modern-Day Exodus"
Rabbi Paula Marcus / J: The Weekly Bulletin Of Northern California, March 23, 2007

"Developing Rabbinical Leadership"
Jeannie Appleman / Sh'ma, February 2007

"Justice Manna: Leadership and Torah Entwined"
Benjamin Ross / Sh'ma, February 2007 c

"Hiking the Minimum Wage Is Tzedakah at its Finest"
Rabbi Jill Jacobs / Forward, February 2, 2007

"Congregation-Based Organizing"
Benjamin Ross / Tikkun, January/February 2007

"Is The World Upside Down?"
Rabbi Jill Jacobs / The Jewish Advocate, October 13, 2006

"This Labor Day, Contemplate Welfare Reform, Katrina’s Victims"
Simon Greer / Jewish Telegraphic Agency, August 28, 2006

"The Courage of Nachson"
Simon Greer / Jewish Telegraphic Agency, June 4, 2006

"Bush's Budget Works Against Americans"
Simon Greer and Bruce Raynor / Forward, February 17, 2006

"We Must Unite to Fight Poverty"
Simon Greer / J: The Weekly Bulletin Of Northern California, September 22, 2005

"On Labor Day, Jews Should Think About Empowering Working Poor"
Simon Greer / Jewish Telegraphic Agency, August 27, 2005

News

"Shoring up shaky foundations" / Haaretz, December 2009

"The Public Obligation" / Forward, December 2009

"Heroes or rabble-rousers? The real story of the Maccabees" / Jewish Telegraphic Agency, December 2009

"Few Charities Go Public With Policies for Reform" / Forward, December 2009

"Forward 50, 2009: The New Faces Of Leadership" / Forward, November 2009

"Pushing for Better Wages, Not Necessarily Giving Them" / Forward, October 2009

"Maybe Obama should consider Jewish law when dealing with health care" / Haaretz, October 2009

"New coalition aims to make social justice a community priority" / Jewish Telegraphic Agency, October 2009

"Growth of Service Learning for the Jews" / PresenTense, Summer 2009

"Geo Asks: Simon Greer of the Seasons Fund for Social Transformation" / GEO, July 2009

"What We Could Learn From Pope Benedict" / Forward, July 2009

"Hope and Dignity" / JTOnline, April 17, 2009

"Green Day For Progressives: Jewish Funds for Justice in Green Jobs Push" / The Jewish Week, April 8, 2009

"Pressure mounts for Jewish organizations to merge" / JTA / Jerusalem Post, January 16, 2009

"Volunteering after Katrina changed their lives forever" / Atlanta Journal–Constitution, January 04, 2009

"A Struggling Economy"
Diana Furchtgott-Roth and Simon Greer / Sh'ma, January 2009

"Charities Change Course After Madoff" / Forward, December 31, 2008

"Loan Fund buils New Orleans hope" / Disaster News Network, December 22, 2008

"Forward 50: Mik Moore & Jill Jacobs" / Forward, November 7, 2008

"Microloans for the Gulf Coast?" / Christian Science Monitor, October 7, 2008

"Doing Justice: Simon Greer '90 and the American Dream" / Vassar, The Alumnae/i Quarterly, Fall 2008

"Microloans may help recovery" / Sun Herald, September 18, 2008

"New Orleans community turning a corner in post-Katrina recovery" / JTA, September 18, 2008

"Building Hope in the City" / Baltimore Jewish Times, September 12, 2008

"Transcending Race and Religion to Rebuild the Ruins of Baltimore" / New York Times, September 6, 2008

"Jewish Charity to Launch Microloan Program for Gulf Coast Businesses" / Religion News Service (RNS), August 26, 2008

"Post-Katrina, a New Spirit in New Orleans" / JTA, August 26, 2008

"JFSJ Launches Gulf Coast Microloans" / JTA, August 22, 2008

"Five new homes dedicated in Oliver" / Baltimore Sun, July 29, 2008

"Boarded-up Houses Make Way for Roses" / Baltimore Sun, July 12, 2008

"Justice & Judaism: Community Organizing in the Conservative Movement" / Voices of Conservative Judaism, Summer 2008

"On the Leading Edge of Social Change" / Jewish Week, June 18, 2008

"Conservatives Adopt Religious Ruling on Paying Workers a Living Wage" / JTA, June 2, 2008

"Rabbis Pass Living Wage Measure" / Forward, May 29, 2008

"Conservatives Adopt Living Wage Ruling" / JTA, May 29, 2008

"Peace and Quiet" / Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 29, 2008

"Local Young Jewish Woman Picked for National Social Justice Award" / Jewish Press of Pinellas County, May 23, 2008

"36 Under 36: The Next Wave - Rabbi Jill Jacobs" / Jewish Week, May 23, 2008

"Faith Groups Respond to Acts of God Early, Stay On the Scene Late" / Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy Newsletter, May 20, 2008

"Isaiah Fund Unites Relief Efforts" / Times-Picayune, May 16, 2008

"Justice, Justice He Pursues" / Washington Jewish Week, April 30, 2008

"Contemplate This!" / The Jewish Week (NY), December 26, 2007

"Congregations Repair Themselves and the World" / Voices of Conservative Judaism, Winter 2007

"Groups Launch Ethical Travel Pledge" / JTA, November 13, 2007

"Viral Philanthropy Starts to Spread" / The Forward, November 6, 2007

"Funding For The Future"; / The Jewish Week, October 11, 2007

"Progressive Jews Organize" / The Nation, October 1, 2007

"New Guide for Synagogue Organizing" / JTA, September 11, 2007

"Jewish Values, Non-Jewish World" / The Jewish Week (NY), August 17, 2007

"Oakland activist ‘cornerstone’ of Jewish community" / J: the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California, June 22, 2007

"Community Impact awards honor Dekro, Delfin, Cochran" / CUNA News Now, June 22, 2007

"Promoting a Domestic Jewish Agenda" / The Washington Post, June 9, 2007

"Edgy Effort To Redirect Jewish Political Debate" / The Jewish Week (NY), May 11, 2007

"Jewish Groups Sign Pledge to Remain Behind the Picket Line" / The Jewish Advocate, March 22, 2007

"New, Unique Certificate in Jewish Service Learning" / San Fransisco State News, March 15, 2007

"Organizing For Social Justice Helps Congregations Strengthen Themselves" / Jewish Telegraphic Agency, February 14, 2007

"Local Rabbi Making the Trek for Social Justice" / The Montclair Times, February 8, 2007

"Rabbis Write for Wage Hike" / Washington Jewish Week, January 12, 2007

"Immigration Reform And The New Congress" / The Jewish Week (NY), November 24, 2006

"Forward 50: Jill Jacobs" / Forward, November 10, 2006

"Nonprofit CEO Focuses On Social Justice" / Forward, November 10, 2006

"Ad Rips Campaign Against MoveOn" / Washington Jewish Week; Jewish Telegraphic Agency (news briefs), November 3, 2006

"Jews Defend MoveOn" / The Jewish Week (NY), October 27, 2006

"No Vacation for Religious Activists" / The Jewish Week (NY), July 7, 2006

"Rabbinical Students Focus on Activism" / The Forward (NY), May 12, 2006

"Women of Valor Hail from Newton" / The Newton TAB, March 30, 2006

"Money and Morality: Socially Responsible Investing " / The Jewish Week (NY), March 14, 2006

"Bernstein Links Charity & Social Justice" / Palisadian Post, February 24, 2006

"Bigger is Better and Smaller is Not More Beautiful" / SocialAction.com, November 2005

"Two Groups Combine to Combat Poverty" / Jewish Exponent, October 20,2005

"Merger for Justice" / The Jewish Week (NY), September 30,2005

Podcasts

Simon Greer interviewed by Rev. Welton Gaddy, "State of Belief," Air America Radio, April 4, 2008

"Meet Simon Greer" / March 6, 2008

Interview with Rabbi Mordechai Liebling / Marc Sussman's "Money Message," Air America Radio and WWRL, March 1, 2008

Interview with Mik Moore / "State of Belief," Air America, October 27, 2007

Interview with Benjamin Ross, Peter Drier, and Daniel May (accompanies "Progressive Jews Organize") / RadioNation, Air America, September 26, 2007