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Time to Renegotiate

Rabbi Jay Kelman

For weeks the GM and Chrysler have been warning that unless their workers make major wage concessions the companies will be forced to file for bankruptcy, leading to further job losses. These demands have come despite the fact the automakers are…
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If You Will It

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Family feuds, especially around money, can get very nasty. Throw in some religious tension and watch the sparks fly. A nasty court battle is ongoing in Chicago where an Illinois court recently invalidated a will. The judge objected to the clause…
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The Future is Now

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Tzedakah has become big business. With the amazing amounts of wealth created in the post war period (the recession notwithstanding we are blessed to be the wealthiest Jewish community in history) thousands of organizations compete for billions of…
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Candid Camera

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The proliferation of technology has added new meaning to the Talmudic teachings that “there is a seeing eye, a hearing ear and all our actions are written down in the book”. No longer can one ever be guaranteed that the most trivial of our…
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Fit For Leadership

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Our Sages, ever so perceptive of human nature, note that a person reveals his true self through his “pocket, his drink and his anger (b’kiso, koso, kaaso)”. The sudden turn in the economy allow us to take stock of the connection between our…
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Case Studies in Business Ethics: Dumping toxic waste: To blow the whistle or keep quiet?

Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir

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In G-d we Trust

Rabbi Jay Kelman

With the drop in net worth that many have experienced I had planned to write about the need for even greater efforts of tzedaka. With so many more needy people and many organizations suffering heavy financial losses those who are in a position to do…
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Stretching Your Abilities vs. Stretching the Truth

Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir

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Higher Markets

Rabbi Jay Kelman

As the financial markets continue on their wild rides analysts form all walks of life continue debating the causes which led to the meltdown hoping to be able to prevent the next one. Sub prime mortgages, lack of regulation, regulation forcing banks…
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Hiding Economic News

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“Whomever has a hundred desires two hundred” our Sages declare with their keen insight into human nature. Tragically we are witness to those who have a million yet are not satisfied until they have tens of millions at which point they are not…
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