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Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden (born June 3, 1951) is an American educator who has been the first lady of the United States since 2021 as the wife of President Joe Biden. She was the second lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 when her husband was vice president.
Jill Jacobs (born 1975) is an American Conservative rabbi who serves as the executive director of T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, formerly Rabbis for Human Rights-North America.
- 1975 (age 47–48), Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Rabbi Jill Jacobs is the CEO of T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, an organization that trains and mobilizes rabbis and cantors to protect and advance human rights. She is also the author of two books on social justice in Jewish law and tradition, and a frequent commentator on human rights issues and politics.
Dr. Jill Biden is the First Lady of the United States, a community college educator, a military mother, a grandmother, and bestselling author. She also served as Second Lady from 2009–2017 and led the Joining Forces and Cancer Moonshot initiatives. Learn about her life, career, and work as First Lady.
May 4, 2022 · Rabbi Jill Jacobs is the CEO of T'ruah, an organization that bills itself as "the rabbinic call for human rights". She talks about her career, her activism, and her vision for the future of Judaism and social justice. She shares her stories of working with Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups, labor movements, and rabbinical students.
As the executive director of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, Jill Jacobs has pushed for rabbis to act as social justice leaders in their communities on issues from environmental reform to condemning torture.
Jill Jacobs is a rabbi and human rights activist who leads T’ruah, a rabbinic organization that advocates for social justice. She has written books and articles on Jewish ethics and has been arrested for protesting against police brutality and Israeli occupation.
