Restitution, reparations and sins of the fathers

Oct 18, 2020 | Politics

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

Oct 3, 2020 | Politics

  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

Sep 13, 2020 | Politics

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....

HOPE: The Gift of the Jews

Sep 8, 2020 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality

  One of the greatest gifts the Jewish people have given to the world is the concept of hope, for a better future.  And we make that future possible because of the belief in moral agency: free will. With free will we choose hope, because we choose life. God said...