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  The Terri Schiavo Case: Related Ethical Dilemmas

  by Daniel Eisenberg, M.D. Jewish perspectives on living wills and issues regarding nutrition and hydration in the terminally ill patient.
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  The Jewish Firefighter

  by Barbara Field Forget about law school. Become a firefighter.
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  The Jewish Ethicist:Distant Danger

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Is it ethical to sell cosmetics that pose a minor health hazard?
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  Celebrating the Success of Others

  by Diane Faber Veitzer We can either tear down another person's success or be inspired by the example. We can choose to be Abel, or choose to be Cain.
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Why the World Needs a Jewish State

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem The Jewish state in the land of Israel is not only ethically justifiable, but an essential condition for the realization of the ethical vision of the prophets.
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  The I of the Beholder

  by Sarah Shapiro How can we get free of the petty tyrannies of our own female vanity?
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  Should Terri Schiavo Live or Die?

  by Daniel Eisenberg, M.D. It is a denial of the Jewish ideal of the fundamental value of life that drives the forces that wish to remove Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.
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  Envy

  by Rabbi Benjamin Blech Our obsession for acquiring wealth has far less to do with our personal wants than with our refusal to have less than others.
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Riches to Rags

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Should I give charity to a formerly wealthy person?
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Exorbitant Execs

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Is it ethical for executives to pay themselves stratospheric salaries?
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  Confessions of an SJF

  by Diane Faber Veitzer I may lack a husband and children, but that's no reason for self-pity.
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  What's In Store

  by Ilan Silverstone I may be only 15 years old, but there's plenty I've learned about life from working in a store.
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Internet Privacy II: What Information Should Not Be Revealed?

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Some information should never be disclosed, even if the person consents to such exposure.
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  Bartering with God

  by Ross Hirschmann I never believed in the Divine Barter System. Never believed those "miracles" would happen… until they happened to me.
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Internet Privacy I: When Is "Consent" Truly Informed?

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem When is it unethical to collect and sell user data from the Internet?
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  Baseless Hatred

  by Keren Gottleib When it comes to finding the negative qualities in others, our imagination becomes a veritable fountain of ideas. But finding the good in others takes so much thought and effort.
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Welfare State: Private vs. Community

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem The Jewish approach to alleviating poverty and its applications for today.
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Reference Redux

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Further insights on the ethical dimensions in giving references.
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  It's Already Broken

  by Diane Faber Veitzer If having possessions means living in fear and loss, we are not richer for them.
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Stealing Customers_

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem What is considered fair competition for customers?
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  Inside the Tower

  by Rabbi Chaim Baruch Gluck A rescue worker looks back to that fateful day.
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  Career, Interrupted

  by Judy Gruen I have never second-guessed my decision to be a stay-at-home mother, but getting the head and heart to merge has been tough.
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Bad Business

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Do I have to give up my job if I think it entails aiding immorality?
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Sticky Status Seeker

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Is it ethical to wear wannabe designer items?
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  My African Vacation

  by Diane Faber Veitzer My vacations are usually escapes to places where cares are few and comforts are many. This year I went where cares are many and comforts are few.
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Just Fine, or Unjust Fine?

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Is it fair to demand an exaggerated fine for damage?
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  Power: Public and Private

  by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller The feminist movement has failed to recognize another, more subtle form of power: internal power.
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  Heaven on Earth: Down to Earth Jewish Spirituality

  by Rabbi Nechemia Coopersmith and Rabbi Shraga Simmons As a non-profit organization, your memberships enable us to provide the insightful, meaningful content that makes Aish.com the largest Jewish learning website.
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  Blackout!

  by Rabbi Yerachmiel Milstein Making light out of a very dark night.
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Fraught Freebie

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Is it okay to take home soap and shampoo from the hotel room?
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Revealing Reference

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Should I tell an applicant why he was refused for a job?
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  Divine Energy: The Art of Margarita Levine

  by Margarita Levine Jerusalem and the Divine Presence in a flurry of color and movement.
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  It's Not About The Bike

  by Rabbi Aryeh Markman Learning life lessons -- on two wheels.
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Birthright Bias

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Is it proper to disinherit a wayward child?
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Age Discrimination

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Sometimes age does make a difference.
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  Managing the Stars

  by Aish.com Staff Meet Joel and Rob Mandel, business managers for some of the hottest names in entertainment, who take their Jewishness very seriously.
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Friendly Loans

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem The Jewish way of giving and paying back loans.
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  SARS and Self-Endangerment to Save Others

  by Daniel Eisenberg, M.D. To what extent must physicians risk their own lives to treat their patients?
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  Twice Burned

  by Dr. Lisa Aiken Although domestic abuse is totally abhorrent to Judaism, the Jewish community is not completely immune to it.
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Widows and Orphans

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem As customers, do widows deserve special treatment ?
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  Confessions of a Television-a-holic

  by Richard Rabkin I have decided to go without television for an entire week. And believe me, this is a big deal.
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Adversity in Possession

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem The law says that if I think land is mine, it becomes mine. Is that ethical?
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  Judaism's Mind-Body Connection

  by Rabbi Yisrael Rutman Why are so many hospitals named after Mount Sinai?
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  Mel's Passion

  by Marvin Hier and Harold Brackman Mel Gibson has a responsibility to make a movie that does not contribute further to a legacy of pain and suffering.
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Globalization

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem The risks and benefits of a worldwide marketplace.
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  Judaism and Vegetarianism

  by Rebbetzin Feige Twerski and Rabbi Shraga Simmons Where's the beef? Examining the pros and cons.
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Avoid or Advise?

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Should we tell an incompetent merchant why customers are staying away?
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  Bar Mitzvah Motivators

  by Rabbi Avi Shafran The concept of "bar mitzvah" has drifted incredibly far from its true meaning in these materialistic times.
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Boycotts

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Are boycotts a legitimate means to fight overpricing?
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  The Jewish Ethicist: Strikes in Vital Services

  by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem Is it permissible for providers of vital services to go on strike?