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The minimum wage battle: What makes a wage just?

Raising the minimum wage is a mitzvah. The Rambam says that ensuring others have work that can sustain them is the highest rung on the hierarchy of tzedakah (Mattanot Aniyim, 10:7).

Should Israel boycott McDonald’s?: No Happy Meal for you!

When it comes to Israel and the Palestinians, everything, even a hamburger, is political. Israelis who live in areas that Israel acquired in 1967 are up in arms over McDonald’s decision not to open a branch in the mall that will be built in Ariel over the next year.

Travel Briefs

Hot on the heels of Mardi Gras, a recovering Big Easy will soon play host to the inaugural New Orleans International Jewish Music Festival. The two-day gathering on April 1-2 will celebrate the rebuilding of Jewish New Orleans following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

Hate Israel, Love McFalafel

It wasn\’t the idea of a McFalafel that sparked the ire of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), but a McDonald\’s ad campaign in Egypt for the new falafel patty.

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