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)
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.
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