Jewish Community Playing a Role in Health Care Insurance Reform

David Streeter — September 2, 2009 – 2:55 pm | Barack Obama | Democrats | Domestic Policy | Health Care Comments (0) Add a comment

John Harwood of The New York Times wrote over the weekend that President Barack Obama “has stronger prospects for achieving his health policy goals than surface impressions of the Congressional recess indicate.”

One element that is helping Obama with his initiatives is involvement by the Jewish community. Recently, NJDC launched our Rabbis for Health Insurance Reform initiative and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism launched its own Jews for Health Care Reform campaign. Also, a number of Rabbis have published op-ed pieces in favor of health care reform.

Check out:

• Rabbi Gail Liebowitz’s “Jewish Sources on the Provision of Healthcare” from Jewschool.com
• Rabbi Jill Jacob’s piece from The Jewish Week about how “health care reflects a Jewish obligation”
• Rabbi Elliot N. Dorf writes in The Jewish Journal about “why we must support universal health care”

 

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