Simon Jacobson (born December 8, 1956) is the author of Toward a Meaningful Life (William Morrow, 2002) and publisher of the weekly Algemeiner Journal. Jacobson is a member of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
Life and early career
Jacobson was born in
Brooklyn, New York, to a Chabad
Hasidic Judaism family. He studied at the United Lubavitcher Yeshiva and the Rabbinical College of America, and did his post-graduate studies in
Tomchei Temimim. While in
yeshiva, Jacobson began working extensively as a
choizer (transcriber) for the talks of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Chabad
rebbe.
Career
In 1979, Jacobson began directing a team of scholars known as
Vaad Hanachos Hatemimim that memorized and transcribed ("meiniach") entire talks that the Lubavitcher Rebbe gave during the
Shabbat and holidays (when writing and tape recording are not permitted under
Halacha). This team published more than 1,000 of the Rebbe's talks.
Jacobson was also part of the research team for Sefer HaLikkutim – an encyclopedic collection of Hasidic Jewish thought anthologized from the works of Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third Chabad rebbe (26 volumes, published 1977–1982).[ Interview with Simon Jacobson , Chabadominican.com]
Jacobson heads The Meaningful Life Center, described as a "spiritual Starbucks" by The New York Times.
Publications
Jacobson is the author of the book
Toward a Meaningful Life, a William Morrow publication that has sold more than 300,000 copies and has been translated into
Hebrew language,
French language,
Spanish language,
Dutch language, Portuguese,
Italian language,
Russian language,
German language, Hungarian,
Polish language and
Czech language.
Jacobson is also the publisher of The Algemeiner. Many of his writings are syndicated on the Chabad website, Chabad.org
Publications
Books
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Toward a Meaningful Life, 1995
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Spiritual Guide to Counting the Omer, 1996
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60 DAYS: A Spiritual Guide to the High Holidays, 2003
Personal life
Jacobson married on February 21, 1983, and has two children. His brother is Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson, a world renowned rabbi and dean and Rosh Yeshiva of
TheYeshiva.net.
See also
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