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59:03
Top Bioethics Questions of 2016 (59:03)
This session will address the Jewish legal ramifications of the extraordinary advances and news items in medicine during the past year. Topics will include animal rights, gene editing, advances in organ transplantation, reproductive organ and genital transplants, and advances in epigenetic research. This lecture took place at the 11th annual National Jewish Retreat
Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman (51)
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59:23
Autopsy, Body Donation, and Jewish Law (59:23)
What is the Jewish legal view on donating one’s body to science? Does Jewish Law permit postmortem procedures? How should the conflicting wishes of the deceased’s family and forensic pathologists be resolved? This session will explore Jewish ethical perspectives on the treatment of the body after death and apply them to the realities of today
Rabbi Mordechai Dinerman (18)
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39:01
Organ Donation and Respecting the Deceased (39:01)
Dr. Daniel Eisenberg (5)
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46:30
The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning (46:30)
Whoever dies wtih the most toys wins. Is that what life is about? Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie emphasizes the importance of the afterlife to our current lives. He covers the unification of the body and soul, the resurrection of the dead, the recycling of souls, and the mystery of life and what we are here to accomplish. This lecture was delivered at the 7th annual National Jewish Retreat
Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie (72)