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Category Archives: Ethics
Why Be Good?
In the summer of 1995, I wrote Dennis Prager a letter (15 months earlier, I moved to Los Angeles to work for him, the job fell through) asking for his permission to develop his ideas on how to be a … Continue reading
Pico-Robertson’s Ethics Commission Sharpens Its Focus
Here’s the original plan. I haven’t seen anyone sporting these ethics certifications. Now the rabbis are struggling with auditing. If businesses want to do stuff off the books, the rabbis won’t be able to audit that. How will they find … Continue reading
Luke Ford, Marc Gafni Discuss Hate Sites
Marc Gafni talks about the satanic drive to defame. Full discussion here:
Which Shul Will Be The First To Get The Coveted ‘Peulat Sachir’ Hecsher For Kosher Ethics?
If the Modern Orthodox rabbis in Pico-Robertson enforce this code of ethical business conduct on their congregants, YICC and Beth Jacob will lose most of their machers. These guys work hard. They’re tough. They don’t always worry about ethical niceties … Continue reading
Certifying Ethics
Big Red emails: A belated Chag Sameach. I think this Kosher Business Ethics [certification] is for the birds. To me it seems like a reaction to a few recent events. First and foremost, the Rubashkin debacle. There is no question … Continue reading
I’m Tired Of The Fluffy Treatment The Jewish Journal Gives ‘Progressive’ Orthodox Judaism
The rabbis must be happy when they can have one of their own write these stories. That way they won’t be asked any tough questions. This is what I call unethical journalism — having someone you control report on you. … Continue reading
Too Sick To Treat?
Rabbi Gil Student writes: I’ve been very busy for the past few months and haven’t been able to follow every major story. However, I knew something had happened about a Mr. Golubchuk in Canada, who was very sick and the … Continue reading
How Do You Make Good People?
For the past two months, I’ve had a part-time job — picking up kids from school and driving them home. This time in the car with a load of terrorists (if I don’t give them everything they want, they will … Continue reading
The Difficulties of Being a Moral Leader in an Unjust World
I just Googled "Moral Leader" and found out I was number ten in Google. Here’s the number two result: Jim Sterba, professor of philosophy at University of Notre Dame, gave this presentation at a panel on Global Ethical Leadership, May … Continue reading
‘When You Do A Good Deed, Do It In A Way That Makes Your Jewishness Recognizable’
That’s Rabbi Joseph Telushkin’s advice in his new book A Code of Jewish Ethics. He mentions Jews campaigning for civil rights for blacks in the 1960s and how groovy it was that some of them wore yarmulkes, which Reform Rabbi … Continue reading