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Global Freezing: Cryopreservation in Jewish Law

Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman
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The ability to freeze or cryopreserve parts of the human body has impacted areas of medicine from fertility preservation, to organ transplantation, to post-trauma resuscitation. The manifold impact of this global freezing, for the observant Jew, will be explored in this lecture. Warning: After this lecture you may never look at frozen kugel the same way.

This lecture took place at the 12th annual National Jewish Retreat. For more information and to register for the next retreat, visit: Jretreat.com.

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Scholars: Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman
Provider: National Jewish Retreat
Video title: Global Freezing: Cryopreservation in Jewish Law
Category: Informative, Lecture, Medical Ethics
Views: 1199
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