Trevor Klee is a 19 year old sophomore from Princeton University, originally from Waterford, Connecticut.
Trevor’s Paper:It is relatively recent in a historical sense that it has become accepted for Jews to lend at interest to one another. This essay explores some of the reasons why it became acceptable in our modern times from a moral-philosophical viewpoint, focusing on the growth of positive-sum opportunities for borrowers from ancient times to current.
This presentation was delivered at the Sinai Scholars Academic Symposium 2013. The Sinai Scholars Symposium is a yearly conference for university students, hosted by the Sinai Scholars Society. Students from around the world gather with an esteemed panel of Ivy League professors, world-class Torah scholars and experts in their field to study, discuss and present their thoughts on various subjects that deal with Judaism and the modern world. Each student prepares an academic paper which they present to their colleagues and a panel of judges.
