Acknowledgments
Foreword, Rabbi B. Elka Abrahamson
Introduction
Small Change
Part One · Wealth: Wisdom from Our Texts
1. Wealth: Essential Teachings of Our Tradition
Rabbi Dvora Weisberg, PhD
2. Blessing and Challenge: A Further Look at the Sources
Alyssa M. Gray, JD, PhD
3. How Much Is Enough?
Rabbi Amy Scheinerman
4. Does Wealth Automatically Coarsen the Soul?
Rabbi Neal Gold
5. The Economic Theology of the Ten Commandments
Rabbi Max Chaiken
Ethics in Focus: When Donors Behave Badly—Guiding Principles for Jewish Institutions
Rabbi A. Brian Stoller
Talking about Money: Financial Lessons from My Parents
Elana Altzman, MD
Part Two · The Power of Money: Tzedakah and Tzedek
6. Economic Justice Is the Foundation of All Justice
Rabbi Seth M. Limmer, DHL
7. Tzedakah: How We Choose Where We Give
Rabbi Ruth Adar
8. Socially Responsible Investing
Michael A. Kimmel and Rabbi Howard Shapiro
9. Guns: Leveraging the Power of Money for Justice
Rabbi Joel M. Mosbacher
10. Structures of Jewish Giving: A Virtual Tzedakah Tour
Rabbi Leah Rachel Berkowitz
11. The Changing Face of Jewish Philanthropy
Andrés Spokoiny
12. My Jewish Federation: Legacy and Change
Dov Ben-Shimon
Ethics in Focus: Giving Money to Panhandlers
Rabbi Nicole Auerbach
Talking about Money: In Praise of Beautiful, Bold Tzedakah Boxes
Rabbi Zoë Klein Miles
Part Three · Israel
13. Tzedakah and Aliyah: How American Jews Helped Build Israel
Rabbi Daniel R. Allen, z”l
14. Financing Zion: Looking Back to Shape Today
Rabbi Joshua Weinberg
15. IRAC Builds Democracy through the Power of Money
Rabbi Noa Sattath
16. Full Faith and Credit: Jewish Views on Debt and Bankruptcy
Rabbi Edward Elkin
Ethics in Focus: When You Hire a Rabbi in Israel
Rabbi Ayala Ronen Samuels, PhD
Talking about Money: Etrog Envy
Rabbi Mary L. Zamore
Part Four · We Are All Employers
17. Employment, Partnership and Mutual Respect
Rabbi Jill Jacobs
18. The Family as Employer
Rabbi Mary L. Zamore
19. What Is Possible: Striving for Gender Pay Equity for Congregational Employees
Rabbi Esther L. Lederman and Amy Asin
20. Bread and Roses: Jewish Women Transform the American Labor Movement
Judith Rosenbaum, PhD
21. Jewish Values in the Marketplace
Rabbi Arthur Gross-Schaefer, JD, CPA
22. Dreaming a New American Economy
Rabbi Andy Kahn
Ethics in Focus: Responsum on Equal Pay
Rabbi Jonathan Cohen, PhD, on Behalf of the CCAR Responsa Committee
Talking about Money: Mutual Benefits
Rabbi Amy Schwartzman and Kevin Moss
Part Five · Religious Life and Money
23. The Value of Membership
Rabbi Leah Lewis
24. The Cost of Dying Jewishly
Stephanie Garry with Rabbi Eric J. Greenberg
25. Mazal Tov to Life-Cycle Parties
Rabbi Douglas B. Sagal, DD
26. Money and Transaction in Jewish Liturgy and Rituals
Rabbi Robert Scheinberg
27. Dividends of Meaning: Jewish Rituals for the Financial Life Cycle
Rabbi Jennifer Gubitz
28. Gelt
Rabbi Deborah Prinz
Ethics in Focus: Copyright as a Jewish Ethical Issue
Rabbi Hara E. Person and Rabbi Sonja K. Pilz, PhD
Talking about Money: Be Fruitful and Multiply, and Go into Debt?
Rabbi Idit Solomon
Part Six · Uncomfortable Conversations
29. Moneylending and Jews: Falsehoods, Stereotypes, and Shame
Joshua Holo, PhD
30. Monetizing T’shuvah: Reparations and Returning Valuables
Patty Gerstenblith and Rabbi Samuel N. Gordon
31. Embracing Dave Ramsey: A Financial Literacy Model for the Jewish Community
Rabbi Amy B. Cohen and Rabbi Alan Freedman
32. Using Jewish Values to Teach Your Children about Money
Deborah Niederman, RJE
33. Marriage, Money, and Musar
Rabbi Barry H. Block
34. Saying Goodbye: Honoring Your Congregation’s Legacy
Rabbi David Burstein Fine with Beth Burstein Fine, MSW
Ethics in Focus: Ethical Estate Planning
Rabbi Richard F. Address, DMin
Talking about Money: A Time to Give, a Time to Refrain from Giving
Marcie Zelikow
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