Bill Gates and Warren Buffet recently announced the launch of the “Giving Pledge” campaign, asking…
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The Power of Kaddish
I wrote the thought below on that last day of saying kaddish for my father, Harav Chaim Yosef ben…
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Goldman Sachs: A Greek Tragedy
Just as we thought the recession was over and that economies around the world had turned the corner…
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Paying for Health Care
The issue of heath care, specifically the economics of health care, has taken a central role…
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How to get Fired
Corporate restructuring in the private sector usually entails job cuts and often increased demands…
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Vaera: The Right Reason
Sometimes the reason why one does something can be even more important than what was actually done…
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Goodness
All too often the financial news, especially when viewed from an ethical perspective is…
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Lech Lecha: A Loving Son
“And Terach’s years were 205 years, and Terach died in Charan. G-d said to Abram,…
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Noach: A Penny Saved
“Noach was a righteous man, perfect in his generation” (6:9). It is hard to imagine a greater…
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A Corrupt Year
From an ethical perspective this past year has not been a very good one. There has been a seemingly…
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Parshat Bereshit - Science and Torah
"In the beginning G-d created the heaven and the earth" (1:1). Light, sky, land, vegetation,…
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Devarim: Developing Torah
After forty years of wandering in the desert, the Jewish people were finally ready to enter the…
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The Appeal of a Teacher
Issues of church and state—especially in the United States, with its constitutional separation of…
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Devarim: Have No Fear
After 40 long and, with important exceptions, mostly uneventful years, the Jewish people stood…
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Happy With "His" Lot
Rav Yisroel Salanter, the 19th century ethicist, noted that it takes much more moral strength to be…
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Isotopes and Politicals
It takes great moral strength to be a public servant. As guardians of the public purse they must…
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Hockey Night in Hamilton
Like most children growing up in Canada, hockey was a beloved part of my childhood. Doing my best…
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Behar: Speaking of Sinai
Our Sages equated farming with faith. Only a man of faith could put in months of backbreaking…