Jacob Greenblatt

Jacob Greenblatt

Jacob Greenblatt (he/him) is the assistant legislative director at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. He grew up just outside Charlotte, N.C., where he was a member of Temple Beth El.

Houses
Housing and Homelessness

RAC-IL’s Victory for Shomer Shelter

Jacob Greenblatt
Lizzie Stein
Last month, the Illinois legislature passed HB 2775, a bill that would end source of income discrimination in housing. Working across lines of difference as a member of the Illinois Coalition for Fair Housing, RAC-IL is proud to have played a key role in this successful campaign, which makes Illinois the twentieth state in the country to pass protections against income discrimination in housing. Governor J.B. Pritzker is expected to sign the bill in the coming weeks.
passover seder plate
LGBTQ+ Equality

Modern-Day Plagues of Injustice and Inequality

Shayna Han
Israel Harris
Lillie Heyman
Rachel Klein
Jacob Greenblatt
On Passover, we recount the Ten Plagues that were put upon the Egyptian people. While acknowledging the ancient plagues, we invite you to also incorporate into your Seder an accounting of some of the "plagues" and injustices that afflict our present-day society.