
JLens Team
- May 19, 2018
Gun Violence and Investing
JLens' position on gun violence and investing is influenced by Jewish tradition which generally views weapons unfavorably, seeing them as unsavory tools to be used only as a last resort. One of the foundational texts about weapons comes from the Prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 2:4), who declared that in the ideal world: “They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against another nation, nor shall they learn war any