Posts Tagged: Jewish Ethics
The Greatest Act in the World Is to Do Someone a Favor
There is no question that the primary focus of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, as well as the intermediate days, is “teshuva.” Usually translated as...
In the Face of Disaster, the Priority Is Help and Prayer, Not Politics
JNS.org - It has become a trope of American culture that sending “thoughts and prayers” in response to a catastrophic event has become a term...
It’s a Jewish Responsibility to Help India at its Time of Crisis
JNS.org - The people of this country are blessed. The unprecedented speed of development and deployment of the vaccine for COVID-19 has brought us to...
Mr. Cohen of Ballachulish Ferry
Last week, I gave a Zoom talk for the Scottish Jewish Archive center. I spoke about my experiences as the rabbi of the largest Jewish...
Jeffrey Epstein and Maimonides
I needed distraction from hypocrisy, politics, demonstrations, and looting this past week, so I watched a series on Netflix called “Filthy Rich.” It is about...
Appreciating and Understanding the Bible, Then and Now (BOOK REVIEW)
JNS.org - Jeremiah Unterman begins Justice for All: How the Jewish Bible Revolutionized Ethics, by highlighting two revolutions in the understanding of the Bible that took...
New York Journalists Remember Ed Koch at Upper East Side Benefit
New York media personalities gathered recently for an intimate dinner fundraiser at the Upper East Side's Harmonie Club in honor of deceased Mayor Ed Koch...
Of Love and Hate
At the center of the mosaic books is Vayikra (Leviticus). At the centre of Vayikra is the "holiness code" (chapter 19) with its momentous...
Psychology, Judaism and Charlie Brown: The Layers of Abraham Twerski
EAST HAMPTON, NY—Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski is the scion of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty, a Torah scholar, and a world-renowned psychiatrist and educator specializing in...
Leaders Acting as Servants
Korach had a point. "You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is with...
