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Friday, 03 July 2009 |
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In an article in the Wall Street Journal this week Alan Dershowitz states that many American Jewish supporters of United States President Barrack Obama feel that they have been a victim of a bait and switch. He argues that during the election campaign last year Obama declared his strong support of Israel but now that he is President he is taking stances that seem to be opposed to Israel’s best interests. He then tries to defend Obama’s demand to halt all settlements, including natural growth, as pro-Israel rather than calling it what it is—a US President taking a blatantly Arab propagandist point of view. Recommend this article... |
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Friday, 12 June 2009 |
This week the Froward published an article that exposed which executives of major American Jewish organizations took personal pay cuts while firing staff and which did not. Out of the twenty one organizations surveyed only nine of the executives did so. Three of them refused to comment. The rest laid off employees while their own salaries remained sky high. While this shows a complete lack of leadership and commitment to people less fortunate than themselves it may not be unethical. The ethical dilemma here is another one. Is it proper for executives of Jewish non-profit organizations to be paid a base salary in excess of half a million dollars?
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Written by Rabbi Levi Brackman
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Friday, 15 May 2009 |
In Israel people borrow money from banks differently than they do elsewhere in the world. It is called a Heter Iska where any loan is structured so that the lender becomes an investor rather than as a usurer. This provision is to avoid transgressing the law, found in this weeks’ Torah portion, against usury.
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Written by Rabbi Levi Brackman
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Friday, 08 May 2009 |
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Recently major cosmetics company Il-Makiage made news by deciding to close all of its stores in Israel on the Shabbat. This was somewhat of a controversial move because Shabbat has long been a contentious issue in Israel. Recommend this article... |
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Friday, 01 May 2009 |
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The Torah commands us to love our fellow man with the same intensity that we love ourselves. A commandment to love another person seems unrealistic. Love is something you either feel or you don’t. So to be commanded to love another just as we love ourselves is bordering on asking the impossible. How can the Torah reasonably expect us to attain this level of universal and all-encompassing love? Recommend this article... |
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