ethics

Kosher Money?

Judaism obligates us to call out our fellow’s unethical behavior and encourage them to change it.

The Role of the Elite

What does it mean to be an “elite?” Recently, the term has come to be much derided by people on ...

The Holiness of Thrift Shopping

I may not keep traditionally kosher, but when I shop, I follow my own sort of kashrut. You won’t find ...

The Wages of Deceit

This week’s Torah portion, Toldot, is filled with stories of people lying to and tricking one another. Jacob tricks his ...

What Does It Mean To Be A Teacher?

Picture yourself as an Educational Director or Educator search committee. There is a position open, and you have narrowed the ...

Turn the Prism One More Time

To be honest, I really struggle in these months before an election. The tsunami of political rhetoric in and of ...

Re-creating Ethics with My Daughter

My two-year-old is now in the stage where my wife and I are torn between encouraging our daughter’s independence and our need ...

Making a Football Stadium Holy

It’s football season once again. I was once a more rabid football fan (my team of choice was the Washington ...

The Perfect Deal

An acquaintance of mine once told me bitterly that his father had once explained to him his theory of successful ...

The Torah of Vulcan

On Friday, Leonard Nimoy, an actor most famed for his role in a science-fiction television show, died.Since then, my social ...