In his Washington Post/On Faith column, “Our Brothers’ Keepers, Not their Guarantors,” Rabbi Brad Hirschfield cites the Cain and Abel story to support bailing out even those who behaved irresponsibly, offering a different take than this famous TV clip arguing the government’s subsidy of “losers’ mortgages” promotes bad behavior.
When God asks him where his brother is, Cain [...]

Was the Tower of Babel the first subprime mortgage crisis? Look at Genesis 11:1-9.
Everyone on Earth spoke one language. They settled on a plain in the land of Shinar where they decided to build a city and a tower that reached the heavens. Why? The Bible says it was to “make a name for ourselves.” In [...]