Jewish ethics

Don’t Run To Shame People

Running our mouth to shame someone on social media or elsewhere isn't just rude, it goes against Jewish teachings

4 Jewish Driving Lessons

How Judaism can (and should!) shape our behavior on the road.

Is Schadenfreude a Jewish Value?

My one-week vacation in the United States was a breath of fresh air. A whole week of conversations with family, ...

Should We Care About People Not Like Us?

The context was a class on the gun violence epidemic in Chicago. I had finished the presentation by mentioning some ...

Alas Poor Marius, I Knew Him…

Last week, the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark killed a healthy two year-old giraffe named Marius. Zoo staff dissected Marius’s body ...