Government

Why spiritually advanced people have to learn not to "devour" their fellow Jews.

Two approaches from the Sages in Ethics of Our Fathers chapter 3 on how to achieve a functioning society.

Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Chabad emissary in Washington, D.C., and rabbi to ambassadors, presidents and potentates, shares firsthand accounts of how the Rebbe’s teachings have influenced the world’s most powerful men and women. (Recorded on the occasion of the ...

Throughout our history, we Jews have known the need to immigrate. What is the right and just perspective on immigration?

Is a campaign contribution considered bribery? Is it ethical for lobbyists to financially back a candidate?

Who is responsible to pay for health care? Is health insurance a personal obligation or a community responsibility?

How can we most fairly apportion the communal burden? Who should pay, and how much? And who decides where this money should go?

Modern governments use their authority to tax their constituents and pay for public works and social services. How did Jewish communities understand their roles in furthering the welfare of the people? What is the Torah view on how a society can express c...

Is wealth a mark of sin, a sign that a person has greedily taken too much and necessarily impoverished others? Is poverty a sign of laziness, an outer indication of a poor character? We explore the Jewish view on why there is inequality in wealth, and wha...