What would it look like, in this season of choices, most particularly as we mark our ballots, if we evaluated our elected officials and their policies through the lens of the Golden Rule?
Read More »The Golden Rule: I’m not so sure
It seems self-serving to imagine that good behavior from others must fit our own definition.
Read More »What’s so “super” about the Super Mitzvah (or Golden Rule)?
Although the Mitzvah (commandment) “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18) that appears in the scriptural portion that was read in all synagogues worldwide this last Saturday (April 20) is but one among 613 religious obligations that are noted in the Torah, it has been dubbed “The Golden Rule” or the “Super Mitzvah.”
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