Category Archives: Ethics

David Suissa Skeptical Of New Rabbinical Certification For Business Ethics

Here are my thoughts. I am stunned that David Suissa would air his reservations about this new program in the Jewish Journal. It is not often that he comes across as a skeptic. I am sure the rabbis are shocked … Continue reading

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The Jewish Obsession With Law

So here’s a copy of the new letter Pico-Robertson’s Modern Orthodox rabbis are sending to local businesses owned by Jews. Will this high profile campaign do any good or will it only make rabbis feel good for grandstanding on a … Continue reading

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LA’s Modern Orthodox Rabbis Launch Ethical Business Certification

Here’s the press release: March 1, 2009 will mark the launching of Peulat Sachir: The Ethical Labor Initiative. (Peulat Sachir is Hebrew for “the worker’s wage”.) Founded by several L.A. Orthodox rabbis in conjunction with leaders in the business and … Continue reading

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The Decline Of The Generations

The further we get from Mount Sinai, the greater the moral decline. Barry Rides posts: By the year 2050, America’s nursing homes and shopping malls will be filled with elderly women who have pierced clits and tattoos on their lower … Continue reading

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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

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