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Turning Down Jim's Donation

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“Poor” Jim Balsillie. Over the past year or so he has watched as the company he led and grew into an international success story has made misstep after misstep. Research in Motion has lost 90% of its value amidst a feeling that they can no longer…
Article
Apr 1, 2012

Client Perjury and Jewish Law

Rabbi Michael Broyde

Audio
Mar 12, 2012

Casinos

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation would like to add a casino in Toronto and make lottery tickets and slot machines more readily available, arguing that this could add up to 2 Billion a year to government revenues. At a time when the…
Article
Mar 1, 2012

OAS

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Otta van Bismark, 19th century Chancellor of Germany, in introducing a social insurance program, set the rather arbitrary age of retirement of 65. This at a time when few people actually lived that long. Yet 65 has become sacrosanct for many.  While…
Article
Feb 1, 2012

Nortel Justice System

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The mention of Nortel Networks makes many a Canadian cringe. Once the darling of the tech world and the most heavily weighted stock in the Toronto Stock Exchange, today it serves as symbol of failure. The greatest insult to any company is to wonder…
Article
Jan 16, 2012

Sixty Years and Spending

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Tragically, natural disasters are a relatively common occurrence. The scene is relatively familiar: pictures of destruction and death, with pale-looking survivors searching eagerly for help. Calls go out for money to help rebuild lives and property…
Article
Nov 9, 2011

The End of the Euro

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Portugal, Greece, Italy. Who might be next? As Europe and the world fret over the possible collapse of the euro, finance ministers, economists and analysts debate and discuss what measures are needed to save the world from possible financial ruin.…
Article
Nov 2, 2011

Uncertainty

Rabbi Jay Kelman

One must be ‘thankful’ when the news coming out of Israel is the high price of cottage cheese.  As is so often the case it is a relatively minor event that sparks major repercussions, often with unintended consequences. This is true not only in…
Article
Nov 1, 2011

Lessons from Steve Jobs

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The saintly sage Rav Yisrael Meir Kagan (the Chafetz Chaim, 1838-1933) once commented that every technological innovation carries within it a moral message. As one who literally wrote the book on the laws of gossip and slander, he saw the invention…
Article
Oct 8, 2011

The Observant Jew in the Secular Court

Nathan Lewin

Audio
Sep 17, 2011