Create a Home-Spending Plan • Create a detailed analysis or spreadsheet to analyze your expenses. Classify each expense as either necessary (food, rent or mortgage, utility bills) or discretionary… Read more
Business & Politics
Addressing the Tuition Crisis
When discussing the current economic woes as they relate to Jewish education, it is important to note that there are two distinct crises, and that each of them requires its own strategy for solution.… Read more
OU Helps Communities Weather the Economic Storm
With the economic crisis deepening, the Orthodox Union (OU) is offering a series of workshops on coping in today’s financially turbulent times. Sponsored by the OU’s Department of Community Services… Read more
The Economic Crisis and the Crisis of Character
As I write, the world is in the midst of the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Within the last few months, some of the oldest and best-known names in American finance,… Read more
How To Handle the Financial Crisis: A Trans-Century Phone Call
Ruminating about the economic turndown, I came across a fascinating article in the June 1, 2008 issue of the New York Times, “It’s Not So Easy Being Less Rich.” It describes the financial travails of… Read more















