Summer is the time for vacation, especially for students who look forward to such activities as camp, sleep, travel, and plain old fun. School…
There has been much written – including a cover story in this newspaper (Canadian Jewish News) two weeks ago – regarding the placing of…
What is it about leaders that so many of them seem to be embroiled in ethical controversy? We in Ontario have a gas-plant scandal that won’t go…
I write these words just days before Pesach, the holiday that, more than any other, focuses on children. We are mandated to ensure that every child…
Between the time of my writing my last article on making Jewish high school free and its appearance in the paper, I was thrilled to see the…
The recently released Pew report on American Jewry has generated anguished discussion on the future of American Jewry. Some of its key findings…
Once again, the issue of day school tuition is in the news. The Leo Baeck Day School (North Campus) has announced plans for grants up to $5,000 per…
No one likes to pay taxes. Yet taxes are the lifeblood of our society, paying for our security, health, public education and the thousands of other…
Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney recently called on Canadian corporations to start spending the over 500 billion dollars of cash, “dead…
As summer approaches, day school parents will soon be getting notifications regarding tuition fees for next year. Undoubtedly, fees will—as…
Rarely has an op-ed piece (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/opinion/why-i-am-leaving-goldman-sachs.html) generated as much discussion as Greg Smith’…
The mention of Nortel Networks makes many a Canadian cringe. Once the darling of the tech world and the most heavily weighted stock in the Toronto…
Tragically, natural disasters are a relatively common occurrence. The scene is relatively familiar: pictures of destruction and death, with pale-…
Portugal, Greece, Italy. Who might be next? As Europe and the world fret over the possible collapse of the euro, finance ministers, economists and…
The saintly sage Rav Yisrael Meir Kagan (the Chafetz Chaim, 1838-1933) once commented that every technological innovation carries within it a moral…
The stock market hates uncertainty. This helps explain the wild gyrations of the markets, unable to “decide” whether we are headed for a double-dip…
One must be “thankful” when the news coming out of Israel is the high price of cottage cheese. As is so often the case, it is a relatively…
As we have often noted, economic decisions reflect moral choices. As the world economy slowly recovers from near-catastrophe, another potential…
The sight of the CEO's of GM, Ford and Chrysler asking the Untied States Congress for 25 Billion dollars in aid as they flew to Washington on their…
Regardless of their personal piety (or lack thereof), Jewish law affirms that an almost superhuman level of respect be shown to our parents. What is…
The kashrut industry is about more than just food. In an industry where sales reach in the billions of dollars many of the largest food companies…
In its current form, the day school system is unsustainable. With tuition increases consistently at between two and three times the rate of inflation…
Technological advances are rapidly changing the nature of almost all that we do. Many of the careers our children will pursue have yet to be invented…
In an almost unbelievable application of the verse, “Love your neighbour as yourself”, our Sages teach that one must give a convicted killer a “…