Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices

by Dorff, Elliot N.

• ISBN13: 9780827608610
• ISBN10: 0827608616
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

This new JPS ethics series deals with some of the most critical moral issues of our time Each volume in this series presents traditional and contemporary sources on specific topics, followed by hypothetical cases and study questions to provoke discussion. Supplementing these are brief essays written by a diverse group -- political figures and journalists, business professionals and authors, scholars and artists, young voices and old, traditional believers and iconoclasts. These voices from the Jewish tradition and today's Jewish community give us new questions and perspectives to think about and encourage us to consider our moral choices in a new light. Jewish Choices Jewish Voices: Money Is it O.K. to be wealthy? How do we know when we have too much? Enough? Is wealth relative--are those born into wealth entitled to accumulate more money than those born in poorer circumstances? What are we obligated to do with our money? How much are we supposed to give to charity? Can Jewish charitable institutions accept money that may be "tainted"? How big a role should income play in our identity, in our life plan, in our pursuit of happiness?

Table of Contents

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