Temple Beth Shalom is honored to present, Melissa B. Jacoby, legal scholar, to discuss how the rich and powerful are manipulating the bankruptcy system to their advantage while perpetuating inequality in America.

Staying financially afloat in America is hard, and bankruptcy is supposed to be a safety valve for people and organizations when things go wrong. But for the first time, Melissa Jacoby, author of UNJUST DEBTS, reveals how bankruptcy has not only failed to deliver on this promise but has also become an escape hatch for powerful individuals, corporations, nonprofits, and governments, contributing to race, gender, and class inequality in America.