Morality

At Woolrich Crown Court:

The jury looked away. Society will pay the price

This verdict will be remembered not as an act of mercy, but as a moment of moral abdication. Opinion.

Venezuela tests the moral credibility of Western democracies

The problem is not decisive American action. It is Western abdication and evasion in the face of tyranny. Opinion.

The Heritage Foundation's black hole:

When fighting Antisemitism requires moral clarity

Pro-Israel groups are abandoning the Heritage Foundation because no antisemitism initiative can defend people who platform antisemites-and expect Jews to stay. Opinion.

A halakhic and moral imperative:

Reinstating the death penalty in Israel

A nation that frees its murderers cannot protect its children. The lesson Hamas learned in past deals was not Israel's mercy. It was that Jewish blood has a price-and that price is Israel's willingness to empty its prisons.

The "Rabbis' letter":

A "Call for moral clarity?" - more like a shonda

Initiating the “Call for Moral Clarity” letter echoing Hamas propaganda is nothing other than a shonda - and it hits home for me, who once worked with the letter's initiator. Opinion.

The futility of IDF morality

Instead of Israel ending the Gaza war earlier by taking whatever action it deemed necessary from Day 1, Israel negotiated with terrorists! Opinion.

South Africa lacks moral leadership and proper leaders

South Africa has a government that is clueless about everything except self-enrichment and theft and it has the chutzpah to malign and attempt to harm Israel. Now it also lied to Trump. Opinion.

To Dave Smith:

You cannot teach morals to the most moral people on earth

Our ethics aren't abstract principles discussed in comfortable podcast studios, but lived realities tested in history's crucible. Op-ed.

The morality of personal feelings

The Torah does not want us to judge people based on how we feel about them.

The cruelty of stupid compassion

Objections to President Trump’s deportation order for illegals in the US and his plan to relocate every human shield out of Gaza reflect arrogant morality and collaboration with cruelty. Opinion.

Torah Mitzion on Vayera

The great moral showdown

Sodom and Amorrah are societies where the people mask their immorality behind the disguise of the values of charity and law.

The Jewish moment

We live in a world in which morality has been sickeningly turned on its head. On Yom Kippur we remember the high standards of morality Judaism sets for mankind.

Rogue nations

The rogue nations – Russia, China, Iran – are winning, and there is little the West can do at this point to stop them, if there is not going to be a change in tactics. Op-ed.

Swimming against the tide

Judaism's defensive measures against moral transgressions are mocked and scorned by the progressives of the current world. Look where that got them.

INTO THE FRAY

Misplaced moral outrage-moronic, mendacious, or malevolent?

Israel seeks to minimize civilian casualties, while Hamas seeks to maximize civilian casualties and use them as a propaganda tool. Opinion.

Biden's moral failure

Biden’s State of the Union address and his subsequent pronouncements have harsh words for Israel, not Hamas, and not a word on surging antisemitism in the US. No real friend of Israel speaks this way. Opinion.

America must stand with the People of Iran

The Mullahs are highly vulnerable. Let us concentrate efforts on bringing down this foreign Islamofascist enemy of Iran's people. Op-ed..

The moral collapse of the West

No one is calling for Hamas to surrender, which would stop all the killing immediately. Op-ed.

Israel must remember that America has not won a war in 80 years

It is evil to sacrifice our boys’ lives to a fake morality that does not exist, “global morality” that is neither global nor moral. Op-ed.

Gaza: Guilty by the Noahide Laws

Failure by a nation to try those accountable for atrocities in a court of law renders an entire nation liable for the death penalty.

The IDF - a model of morality in combat

A surreal spectacle awaits those who enter the combat center of the Southern Command while fighting is going on in Gaza. Op-ed.

Where was God during the Holocaust?

Since the Holocaust, the feeling is that no matter how hard people try; no matter how moral they want to be, in the end the monster wins.

The world hates the Jews because we are messengers of morality

The Torah is the epitome of morality, and we delivered the Torah to the world.Op-ed.

The urgent need for proper Jewish leadership

Core Jewish principles involve putting others’ interests before yours, respecting every human being, moral codes on right and wrong. Op-ed.

Faith, Idols and the Generation of the Flood

Idolatry serves man's animal instinct, leads to war and enslaving others. Monotheism advocates a common effort for good and justice.

Meghan Markle and the Jewish question

This has become a terrifying looking-glass world where morality has been turned back to front, disloyalty and spite have moral worth. Op-ed.

Decency and morality in the profession of Journalism

Although there are malicious journalists, the public prefers that to a media devoid of criticism. Eight rules of morality for a journalist.

A Jewish view: Do we need police? Opinion

People who have stopped setting limits on personal behavior would like to do the same on a societal level by defunding police.

Our soldiers are not human sacrifices

Opinion: Soldiers risk their lives protecting Jewish civilians. If mission is protecting themselves, many feel they'd be better off at home.

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks to discuss morality on BBC Radio

Former British Chief Rabbi to hold 5-part series on morality for the BBC.

Op-ed: Extracting ourselves from moral vertigo

We are taught to honor others and avoid gossip, but when a private act is made public for the sake of legitimizing it, we must speak up.

Study: Most people assume serial murderers are atheists

Across the world, atheists are assumed to be more immoral than religious people - even if the person judging is an atheist himself.

Opinion: 'America's Noahide moment'

A Noahide American speaks out on Donald Trump's views on universal morality.

Lapid takes Sweden to task for skewed moral stance

Lapid: If the Swedish foreign minister is concerned about human rights, she should focus on the whole Middle East - except for Israel.