Rabbi Pinchas Lipner
Dean of the Institute
for Jewish Medical Ethics
The San Francisco
Institute for Jewish Medical Ethics
presents Lectures from its International Conferences
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>> Leading Ethicists
Lord Immanuel Jakobovits
Former Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth of Nations, London, England. Rabbi Jakobovits was the most prominent figure in 20th century Jewish medical ethics.
Science and Religion: Is Strife and Compartmentalization Their Only Future?
With: Roald Hoffman, PhD
Fred Rosner, MD
Director, Department of Medicine, Queens Hospital Center, Long Island Jewish Medical Center; Assistant Dean and Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City
Panel Discussion on Health Care Reform
Duty to Heal vs. Patient Rights
The Contributions of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein to Medical Ethics
Rabbi Mordechai Rindenow
A leading ethicist, Rabbi Rindenow has participated in more than 15 conferences on Jewish Medical Ethics.
Avraham Steinberg, MD
Director, Center for Medical Ethics, Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School; Attending Physician, Department of Pediatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem. Recipient of the Israel Prize.
Is Growth Hormons Just a Tall Tale and The Halachic Approach to Evaluating Treatment which are not Medically Indicated
With: Ron Rosenfield, MD
Responding to the Demand for Organ Procurement: Halachic Guidelines.
Rabbi Abraham Twerski, MD
Founder and Medical Director, Gateway Rehabilitation Center, Pittsburgh; Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
What Else is There?: Halachic Alternatives to the Modern Day Plague of Drug Use Part1
What Else is There?: Halachic Alternatives to the Modern Day Plague of Drug Use Part2
Rabbi Moshe Tendler, PhD
Professor of Biology and Occupant of the Isaac and Bella Tendler Chair in Jewish Medical Ethics, Yeshiva University, New York City
Jewish Genetic Diseases and the Consequences of Screening
Neo-natal Salvage: A Halachic View
Rabbi David Bleich, PhD
Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Jewish law and Ethics, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York City.
The Utilization of Scientific Data Obtained Through Immoral Experimentation
A Halachic Ruling on the Israeli Supreme Court Case. Part 1