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Book cover image of Jewish Choices Jewish Voices: Money by Elliot N. Dorff

Authors: Elliot N. Dorff (Editor), Louis E. Newman
ISBN-13: 9780827608610, ISBN-10: 0827608616
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Date Published: March 2008
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Elliot N. Dorff

Book Synopsis

Jews of different ages and life experiences reflect on these and other ethical dilemmas in this cutting-edge new series from JPS, Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices. This volume, Money, offers a range of traditional and contemporary sources on Jewish attitudes toward money. Listen as rabbis, philanthropists, scholars, and social justice activists weigh in on how Judaism influences their own choices. Intended to promote dialogue, challenge assumptions, and reflect the reality of Jewish life today, Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices is for anyone who wants to lead an ethical life and wonders about the range of informed Jewish responses to controversial questions.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     vii
Description of the Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices Series     ix
Introduction: Money     xi
Case Studies and Jewish Sources
First Case Study: Morally Troubling Jobs     3
Questions     3
Traditional Jewish Sources Relevant to All Cases     4
Traditional Sources     7
Contemporary Sources     10
Second Case Study: Credit Card Debt     12
Questions     13
Traditional Sources     13
Contemporary Sources     16
Third Case Study: Child Care     18
Questions     18
Traditional Sources     18
Contemporary Sources     22
Fourth Case Study: Allocating Public Money     25
Questions     26
Traditional Sources     26
Contemporary Sources     30
Symposium
Money: Social Issues
Working for a Living? A Jewish Perspective on the Living Wage Movement   Jill Jacobs     37
Executive Compensation in Public Corporations   Michael B. Dorff     45
Government Money   Michael Masch     52
Money, Women, Children, and the Jewish Future   Fridelle Zaiman Spiegel     59
Money: Personal Issues
The Kotzker and the Nanny   Alana Suskin     65
Strange Legacies   Solomon J. Freedman     71
Philanthropy
From the Pragmatic to the Sublime-And Back Again: A Jew's Thoughts on Money   Jonathan Lopatin     79
Jewish Youth Philanthropy: Learning to Give Jewishly   Susan Schwartzman     85
Can You Afford to Live in One House While Fixing Up Another?: Eighteen Thoughts about Money and Tzedakah   Sally Gottesman     88
Managing Money with Contentment   Sara Berman     92
Reflections on the Case Studies
The Price of Menschlichkeit: A Meditation on Money and Morality   David A. Teutsch     97
Money, Meaning, and Happiness   Zachary Teutsch     103
Conclusion
Money and Morals     113
Glossary     123
Suggestions for Further Reading     126
Editors and Contributors     133
Index     136

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