Ethics

One of the many blessings bestowed upon the fortunate residents  in Jerusalem is free advice from strangers about all sorts...

by Jonathan Rosenblum Rabbi Berel Wein was once invited to a meeting with the editor of the Detroit Free Press....

Black Friday Shopping Madness In the United States, the day after Thanksgiving is called Black Friday...

Flooding after Hurricane Katrina It is now the tenth anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. It...

I have always been struck by Thomas Jefferson’s phrase “the pursuit of happiness” as it appears in the Declaration of...

FIFA head, Sepp Blatter This month has seen the ongoing drama surrounding the international soccer association...

"Path of the Righteous" by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto is the primer on Jewish ethics. In it he describes a...

When the Church excommunicated Martin Luther it made him more famous. What does Judaism say about excommunication? The answer has...

Baron Edmond de Rothschild There is a tendency in very wealthy families for some of the...

Louis Brandeis With the recent appointment of the first Latina to the American Supreme Court, it...