Ruth Jacobs: 4 books

Max’s criminal career has been going downhill since it began when he was sixteen on an armed robbery job with his father. Now in his mid-forties, he’s spent more time in jail than on criminal endeavours and he’s back inside again. It wasn’t another getaway driver driving away prematurely that’s...

In the spring of 1997, Shelley Hansard, a call girl who tries to live by the Golden Rule, is sent to a job at The Lanesborough Hotel. Mid-fellatio the client dies. Riddled with fear, Shelley's drug taking increases. Heroin is costing her more than money and she suffers crack-induced psychosis, seeing...

In a society that worships youth and relegates its seniors to second-class citizen status, many elderly women end up ignored, mourning their lost youth. It doesn't have to be that way, says Dr. Ruth Harriet Jacobs, Remarkable Aging Smart Person and self-proclaimed troublemaker. Her solution: Be An...

Can the teachings of Judaism provide a sacred framework for repairing the world? In this groundbreaking volume, leading rabbis, intellectuals, and activists explore the relationship between Judaism and social justice, drawing on ancient and modern sources of wisdom. The contributors argue that...