About Our Name
Jubilee? Is that like a party?
Leviticus 25 contains God's instructions to Israel on how they were to live in relation to the land and to each other. Every 50 years, Israel was to celebrate the Year of Jubilee. Slaves were to be freed because we belong to God (v.55). Families who lost their family property were to return home in the year of Jubilee, because the land was a gift from God (v. 8). In the year of Jubilee, everyone goes home , and everyone goes free. In this same spirit, Brooklyn Jubilee aims to se healing and restoration for all Brooklynites who are burdened and suffering from want.