In my previous article, I wrote about the necessity for a renewed and broadened focus on moral education in Jewish communities. In a discussion about the post on the Lookjed Online Discussion Group, Rabbi Dr Barry Kislowicz argued convincingly that we need to define the goals of moral education before...

Since starting Jewishethicalwisdom.com, I have grappled with the question of why the Orthodox community doesn’t live up to its calling to be an ethical exemplar to the world. In doing so, I’ve taken pains to point out that there are many outstanding ethical features in the Orthodox community, some of...

In this article, Rabbi Knopf asks whether Jewish commitment, when approached in the wrong way, can actually have a negative impact on our character.

In this article, originally published on the Torah Musings website, I use social science literature and Torah sources to suggest why many Jews are more punctilious about mitzvot between man and God than they are with interpersonal mitzvot.

In this article, I discuss why Orthodoxy might not yet be the gold standard for ethical behavior.

Does Orthodox commitment provide what is needed for good character? Not yet, I answer in this article.

In this article, I begin a discussion on the relationship between ethical character and Jewish religious commitment, noting that traditional sources accept that those who define themselves by Torah commitment may often fail in their ethical conduct.