Life and Career
Jacobson was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at the educational institute Oholei Torah.
He served as a member of the team that prepared the public addresses of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson for publication, a role known as a meiniach.
Jacobson served as a senior fellow at the Chabad Lubavitch Rabbinical Seminary Chovevei Torah where he taught Talmud, Kabbalah, and Hasidic philosophy. In 2005, he replaced his late father Gershon Jacobson as editor-in-chief of the Yiddish weekly Algemeiner Journal, which he continued for a number of years. Presently he serves as the spiritual leader of Congregation Beis Shmuel Chabad in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York and is the dean of TheYeshiva.net, where he presents weekly classes and lectures.
Jacobson was the first rabbi invited by The Pentagon to present the annual keynote address to the US military Chief of Chaplains Senior Leadership Training Conference. He is the author of the audio series "A Tale of Two Souls" on the Tanya.
He is the brother of author Rabbi Simon Jacobson.
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