As a patient or caretaker, have you ever encountered Jewish medical ethics questions you did not have the answer for? To find the answers you need...
Category - Medical Ethics
The ability to freeze or cryopreserve parts of the human body has impacted areas of medicine from fertility preservation, to organ transplantation...
At the dawn of his career, a doctor takes on the most important pledge of his life—to protect human life as much as possible. But what happens...
Confronting Crises, Eye Opening, Jewish Law, Lecture, Medical Ethics
Pro Choice, Pro Life, or Pro God?
Although it now inflames modern political debate, abortion has occupied Jewish legal writings for centuries. With both sensitivity and firmness...
The panelists will answer questions and address medically related ethical quandaries submitted by participants. No question is too basic or too...
Confronting Crises, In Depth, Jewish Law, Lecture, Medical Ethics
Good-bye Ebola, Hello Zika: Jewish Legal Ramifications
Last year, the Zika virus was virtually unknown to most of the world. Today, it is a major global health concern, threatening the cancellation of the...
This session will address the Jewish legal ramifications of the extraordinary advances and news items in medicine during the past year. Topics will...
In Depth, Jewish Law, Lecture, Medical Ethics
A Clergyman’s Perspective on the Toughest Medical Quandaries
Every day, rabbis are asked to make halachic decisions in all areas of daily life. What goes through a rabbi’s mind when heart-stopping life...
Using the bestseller, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishigura, as a catalyst for discussion, this session will address issues including the permissibility...
In a moving and inspirational talk, Dr. Roffman will describe his battle with cancer—from diagnosis to treatment to recovery. Inspired by...
Science in the 21st century is progressing at a dizzying pace. In this session we will discuss up-to-the-minute advances and news in the world of...
Informative, Lecture, Medical Ethics, Mitzvot
How Advances in Medicine Affect the Performance of a Mitzvah
The Redemption of the Firstborn traces its origin to the times of the Torah, and this important mitzvah remains faithfully observed to this day. With...
The recent Ebola outbreak raised questions as ancient as pandemics themselves. In 1918 an influenza virus caused a pandemic that killed an estimated...
In Depth, Jewish Law, Lecture, Medical Ethics, Talmud
Rolling the Dice: A Talmudic Approach to Medical Risks
Judaism teaches that every moment of life is significant and should be preserved. It follows that a quality, healthy life is even more valued. What...
To save a life is one of the greatest mitzvot that one can perform. At the same time, however, it is axiomatic that we cannot save a life by ending...
The panelists will answer questions and address medically related ethical quandaries submitted by participants. No question is too basic or too...
A fifty-nine-year-old, British woman is staging a legal bid to become pregnant with her own grandchild. She and her husband claim it s their daughter...
Bio-technologies, like embryonic stem cell research and cloning, offer new, exciting possibilities for curing the toughest medical conditions. They...
The panelists will answer questions and address medically related ethical quandaries submitted by participants. No question is too basic or too...
New technologies raise new ethical questions that require guidance. Every ethical system evaluates technological advances against the criteria of its...