The Challenge

Many Jews do not appreciate the relevance of Torah wisdom to everyday challenges and to the problems facing the Jewish community and general society. Even within the observant religious community, the Torah is often regarded as merely a legal corpus, with little appreciation for its spiritual guidance in discerning and pursuing that which is important and meaningful.

The Solution

Jewish Ethical Wisdom presents thoughtful articles on subjects relating to Jewish ethics. Topics will include Judaic perspectives on specific values and their relationship to other values, the relevance of Jewish ethical and spiritual perspectives to issues which people grapple with in their everyday lives and the relationship between Jewish commitment and ethical development. Much more is required in terms of education and communal initiatives but the groundwork will be laid through discussion of these themes by Jewish scholars.

This Month's Contributors

Rabbi Aryeh Sampson

Rabbi Aryeh Sampson has a private practice in individual and couples counselling in North London and counsels worldwide through Skype. He gives workshops and seminars on psychotherapy and Judaism, combining his passion for both. His book, Go to Yourself, is based on Rabbi Yisrael Salanter’s unique approach to creating personal...

Rabbi Gideon Sylvester

Rabbi Gideon Sylvester is the British United Synagogue’s rabbi in Israel. He served as Senior Rabbinic Educator in Israel for T’ruah – The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and directed the Beit Midrash for Human Rights at the Hillel House of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author...

Rabbi Anthony Knopf

Rabbi Anthony Knopf is the Rabbi of Congregation Beth Ora in Montreal. He previously served as Associate Rabbi at Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue in London and as Rabbi of Camps Bay Shul in Cape Town. He learnt in Yeshivot in Jerusalem and a Kollel in London and has Semicha (rabbinical ordination) from Rabbi...