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Advertising deals in dissatisfaction, argues one environmental activist. We buy to cure deficiencies that ads mercilessly invent, encouraging us to covet what others have.

The Torah forbids fraud in pricing and in weights and measures. Prophets and sages rail against those who violate these laws.

The Torah admonishes us to "love God" with our material possessions -- that is, not to keep our religious values and economic lives in separate compartments

Balancing between the importance of Jewish behavior and the meaning that Jews find in those behaviors creates a productive tension that defines Jewish life.

Art as text.

What is unfair competition in business? There are many Jewish answers.

Jewish law has plenty to say about conducting business: accurate weights and measures, overcharging, verbal deception, false packaging and much more.

God instructs Moses and Aaron regarding the red heifer; Miriam dies; Moses hits a rock to bring forth water rather than speaking to it; Aaron dies.

The priestly blessing with which parents bless their children on Shabbat gives parents an opportunity to partner with God in shaping Jewish history and ensuring continuity.

Moses sends scouts to explore the Land of Israel; ten of them convince the people that it will be too difficult to conquer the land.

The namesake for the Conservative day school network was a key scholar who became president of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York.

Jewish historiography frequently uses the history of texts as the periodization for Jewish history.