Rabbi Jill Jacobs is the Rabbi-in Residence at Jewish Funds for Justice (JFSJ), a national public foundation dedicated to mobilizing the resources of American Jews to combat the root causes of domestic social and economic injustice. Jill received rabbinic ordination and an MA in Talmud and Rabbinics from the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she was a Wexner Fellow. Jill also holds an MS in Urban Affairs from Hunter College and a BA in Comparative Literature from Columbia University. Her writings have appeared in a number of magazines, journals and websites, including Conservative Judaism, Tikkun, The Reconstructionist, Lilith, the Forward, Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal, and MyJewishLearning.com. She is also a frequent contributor to www.jspot.org, a Jewish blog dedicated to domestic social and economic justice issues. Prior to joining the JFSJ staff, Jill served as the Director of Education for the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs in Chicago, where she initiated programs including a summer fellowship for rabbinical students and a national conference on Judaism and social justice.