Restitution, reparations and sins of the fathers

Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin. (Deut 24: 16) Deuteronomy refers to human justice as administered in a court of law. How can mere mortals decide the extent to which...

Social Justice, Tikkun Olam and the Democrat Party

  Judaism teaches that social justice includes leaving grain and produce during the harvest for the poor to glean in order to provide all people the dignity of work. A hand up and not a perpetual hand out. “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not...

The Nobel Peace Prize:Donald Trump and Barack Obama

Trump meets Saudi Prince                 Obama meets Saudi prince                                                                In 2009 Barack Hussein Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize – not for anything he had done but because he had been elected....