The Encyclopedia of Jewish Values: Between Man and Man

A continuation to his widely praised Encyclopedia of Jewish Values, Rabbi Nachum Amsel presents as organized compendium of Jewish values and ethics that deal with human interaction. The topics addressed in this work include Jewish attitudes to leadership, business ethics, modesty with dress, self-defense, peer pressure, family, friendships, and more. Gleaning from the Bible and classic Jewish texts, as well as later authorities such as Maimonides, Nachmanides, Rashi, and the Code of Jewish Law, this work is accessible to readers of many backgrounds. Topics Include: Animals - How Jews Should Relate; Antisemitism and Amalek; Business Ethics; Civil Disobedience; Climate Change - Is It a Jewish Issue? (Ecology); Drugs, Alcohol & Marijuana - Are They Ever Permitted in Judaism?; Ethics of Torture in Judaism; Family - the Key to Jewish and World; Redemption; Friendship; Freedom in Judaism; Getting Old, Being Old and Senility; Going Beyond What is Required: Good Idea or Obligatory?; Honesty and Cheating; Human Dignity, Human Embarrassment, and Humiliating Oneself; Individuality and Conformity; Jewish Happiness; Jewish Hospitality - Hachnasat Orchim; Jewish Leadership - What is It?; Learning and Teaching in Judaism; Mentally Handicapped Jews; Modesty - Tzniut: More than Dress; Money, Wealth and Tzedaka - More than Jewish Charity; Jews Living in a Non-Jewish Society & General Attitude to Non-Jews; Obligation to Help Other Jews, Especially Those Less Observant; Parents and Little Children, Parents and Teens; Peace - at What Cost?; Peer Pressure; Physical Beauty and Ugliness; Privacy vs. Community Obligations; Refusing an Immoral Military Order - Siruv Pekudah; Returning Found Objects; Self-Control; Self Defense; Sex; Snitching and Telling Secrets; Speech in Judaism; Triage: Priorities in Allocating Resources; Universal Healthcare (Obamacare) from the Jewish Perspective; War