Evergreen

Like Balaam, we should open our eyes to seeing the problematic paths we take in life.

The Jewish experience between 1914 and 1948 begins and ends with war. In 1914, WWI began, a watershed in both European and Jewish history, as it marked the end of four great empires: the Tsarist, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, and German Reich.

Selling the tools of violence to people prone to violence violates the biblical prohibition of "setting a stumbling block before the blind."

Theft in Jewish Law. Business Ethics and Jewish Law. Jewish Business Ethics. Jewish Work and Commerce.

Non-disclosure, conflict of interest, easy credit all violate the biblical injunction not to

Insider trading--using privileged knowledge for profit in the stock market--violates many Jewish principles.

In traditional Judaism, work is regarded as necessary — and better than idleness — but is not an intrinsic good.

Shortchanging a customer in weight or measure, even mere possession of defective weights or measures, is a punishable offense -- and a moral failing.

One violation of the biblical injunction not to "place a stumbling block in the path of the blind" is aiding and abetting an illegal or unethical transaction.

European influence in the Middle East.