The French government recently approved plans for a new tax on airline tickets, to be levied on all…
The Strike Price
Recently, we in Toronto awoke to news that due to an (illegal) wildcat strike there was to be no…
Korach: Honour the Enemy
The name Korach is synonymous with Machloket shelo leshem shamoyim, arguments that are not for the…
Yom Ha'atzmaut: Redemption and Return
Rav Soloveitchik was asked why our generation was the one to merit witnessing the creation of the…
Private Eye
The right to privacy is one the Jewish law views with great seriousness. It is rooted in the Jewish…
French Firings
Over the past few weeks French authorities have faced fierce opposition to their proposed law…
Terumah: The Moving Ark
Just as the Shabbat is the pinnacle of physical creation, the Mishkan is the pinnacle of spiritual…
Hostile Takeovers
Acquisition of other companies has become a favourite method of corporate growth. With many large…
Sick Leave
Western work conditions take it as a given that employees are paid for many days for which they do…
Election Etiquette
The saintly Chafetz Chaim, Rav Yisroel Meir Kagan of Radin (d.1933) in his classic work on the…
Mikketz: Joseph's Pain
That one has a natural love for one's place of birth is a truism long recognized by our Talmudic…
VaYishlach: Changing Names
Names play a significant role in Jewish thought. A cursory glance at the names given to the twelve…
VaYetze: Why Leave Home?
It is quite evident that Yitzchak and Rivka had differences of opinion regarding the difficult task…
Layoff Policy
The recently announced massive layoffs at General Motors have employees at the many industries…
VaYera: Moderating Chesed
Judaism eschews extremism. This obligation to be moderate is codified into law by no less an…
Appointing Judges
The role of the judiciary in North America has been at the forefront of the news in recent days. In…
Breisheet: Science and Torah
“In the beginning G-d created the heaven and the earth” (1:1). Light, sky, land…
Returning Charity
Judaism abhors outright hypocrisy. Therefore a mitzvah performed as a direct result of a…