Ethics not only studied, Ethics lived.

Engaging UChicago students, faculty, and community members with Jewish wisdom as a living resource for navigating today's moral complexities.

  • We are a nonprofit dedicated to exploring, teaching, and applying Jewish ethical wisdom within the University of Chicago community.

  • The Jewish tradition prizes machloket l'shem shamayim: argument for the sake of heaven. The University of Chicago’s commitment to free expression creates fertile ground for ethical reasoning that takes the hardest questions seriously, welcomes disagreement, and seeks truth through dialogue.

Our Principles

Intellectual Engagement

Intergenerational Community

By partnering with Montgomery Place Retirement Community, Middot seeks to honor wisdom and life experience.

Civic Participation

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