Breaking News: Veterans Benefit Increase Approved
The Senate voted by unanimous consent earlier this afternoon to approve H.R. 4114 or the Veteran’s Compensation Cost of Living Adjustment Act.
No Plan B for Plan B
“Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples shall be separated from your bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger” -Genesis 25:23
Marriage Equality: Carrying the Movement Forward
As a Rabbi, I believe that we need to recognize the sanctity in same sex marriages and monogamous relationships in the strongest possible way.
Taxing Carbon
As we get closer and closer to the fiscal cliff and our elected officials begin to contemplate the tax and spending reforms that will probably come up in
Let New Poverty Data Inform Fiscal Cliff Negotiations
And they’re off! Like the gunshot sending the horses into their races, Congress returned this week poised to tackle the multi-trillion dollar problem that is the fiscal cliff. Coincidentally (or smoothly and not-so-subtly), yesterday the U.S.
GA Address: “We Are Not the Same and That is Our Strength”
Editor’s note: This is the as-prepared text of Rabbi Jacobs’ closing plenary address this afternoon at Jewish Federation of North America’s General Assembly.
Human Rights Campaign Releases Historic Jewish Organization Equality Index
Earlier this week the Human Rights Campaign, a frequent coalition partner of the Religious Action Center, released its first ever Jewish Organization Equality Index.
Lucky Number Seven?
Very little in the Old Testament is coincidental. The reappearance of words, the choice of names, the span of time – everything can be linked to a greater or deeper theological meaning. This is especially true with numbers.