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Josh Hamilton's Unity Lesson
by Dov Moshe Lipman The Texas Rangers offer lessons for achieving a common goal.
When Fair is Unfair
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Sometimes fairness goes too far.
Halo: Reach?
by Rabbi Leiby Burnham Do violent video games have a detrimental effect on our psyche?
Beauty Industry Vs. Modesty
by Gila Manolson How the media is destroying our self image and what we can do about it.
The Jewish Ethicist: Stolen Merchandise
by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Jewish law forbids buying stolen goods.
Unfriendly Daughter-in-Law
by Emuna Braverman Help! I feel like I'm losing my son.
Advice for the Miners
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Out of the depths and into our hearts.
Miner Miracle
by Rabbi Benjamin Blech Confronting the struggle between this world and the next.
Emerging from the Mine
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons Appreciating the surge of joy at Camp Hope.
The Geert Wilders Trial
by Isi Leibler You may not agree with his politics, but his trial will be a watershed for European democracy.
The Jewish Ethicist: Tricking Web Users
by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Don't give interested customers the run-around.
Anti-Semitic Rallies
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Ignite or ignore: How should we respond?
The Star of David and the Mosque
by Rabbi Benjamin Blech It's no accident that the NYC mosque is covered with the Jewish symbol.
The Jewish Ethicist: Double Dipping?
by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Insurance is only meant to cover a loss.
Will Your Kids Know Maimonides was Jewish?
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon A recent study shows the ignorance of our own people.
Dear Emuna: My Overweight Wife
by Emuna Braverman Help! I no longer find my wife attractive.
The Jewish Ethicist: Believe It or Not?
by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem It is as forbidden to believe slanderous stories as it is to relate them.
Why Sukkot Now?
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Shouldn't the holiday be celebrated in the Spring?
The Donor
by Shari Kaufman My spare kidney provided an incredible life experience.
The Jewish Doctor
by Michael Gros The small acts of kindness that a doctor witnessed 40 years ago changed his life and the lives of his patients.
The Jewish Ethicist: Friendly Recommendation
by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Don't cross the line between informing and promoting.
Temporary Repentance
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Is it worth anything?
Yom Kippur and the 10th Commandment
by Rabbi Benjamin Blech The secret to a happy life.
We Are All Miners
by Rabbi Ari Taback The Chile mine saga and a message for the High Holidays.
The Jewish Ethicist: Hiring Miring
by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem How fair does fair consideration have to be?
Dear Emuna: Looking for Love
by Emuna Braverman Advice for a lonely 80-year-old bachelor, a single mom who is losing her daughter, and a wife who doesn't like her husband's gifts.
Holocaust Overload?
Should a French history teacher be suspended for “over-emphasizing” the Holocaust?
The Jewish Ethicist: Bogus Job Interview
by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Don't ask for CVs if you already know whom you will hire.
The Circumcision Debate
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon This 4,000 year old tradition symbolizes the Jewish people's covenant.
Dear Dr. Laura
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Some words of advice before you go.
The Jewish Ethicist: Without Permission
by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Can two wrongs make it right?
Dear Emuna: Abusive Friends and Eating Disorders
by Emuna Braverman Help! My niece can't stop eating!
Counterpoint: Do Not Build the Mosque
by Charles Krauthammer It would be a sacrilege to build the proposed mosque at Ground Zero.
Point: Build the Mosque
by Mayor Michael Bloomberg Government should not deny citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion.
The Organization that Cried Wolf
by Rabbi Tzvi Nightingale The UN has lost all credibility and many real victims now suffer.
Sliding with Slater
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Is the JetBlue flight attendant a hero or villain?
The Jewish Ethicist: Free Trial Period
by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Do I have to pay someone who did work as part of the interview process?
Facebook Friends
by Rabbi Benjamin Blech Are we forgetting what it means to have a real friend?
Dear Emuna: Pesky Kids
by Emuna Braverman Should I tell my friend that I think her son has a serious problem?
The Burka Ban and Us
by Jonathan Rosenblum How should Jews react to the French ban on the public wearing of the burka?
I Love Hot Dogs
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Do you really?
The Jewish Ethicist: The Angry Manager
by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem, Rabbi Abba Wagensberg Gregory R. Smith and Stephen Colbert Is anger an acceptable tool for a manager?
Little Things Add Up
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Lessons from airline luggage fees.
Of Faith and Fiction
by Debra Goldberg Observant novelists go mainstream.
The Jewish Ethicist: Don't Hire Him!
by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Can I warn my neighbors about a problematic workman they're thinking of hiring?
Adult ADD
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon ADD doesn't only affect kids. And it could be the source of marital strife.
Dear Emuna: The Oblivious Husband
by Emuna Braverman And the case of the burping teenager.
The Jewish Ethicist: Fire When Ready?
by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem What circumstances justify discharging a worker?
Selling Suicide
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon The new euthanasia ads.
Hospice
by Galia Berry Angel of mercy or angel of death? A cautionary tale.

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June 19, 2013 / 11 Tammuz 5773

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