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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

bioethics

Volunteer supporting woman dying of tumor in a hospital room. (iStock photo)
March 22, 2022, 8:08 am
Compassion and tech merge, helping Israelis navigate Jewish law at end of life
The Tzohar organization pairs rabbis and social workers with terminally ill patients and their families, to help plan ahead and make informed choices during difficult times
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Vardit Ravitsky in Ottawa, 2014. (Courtesy)
July 16, 2021, 10:53 pm
Israeli-Canadian bioethicist: Return to pre-COVID normal would be wasted chance
With myriad ethical issues prompted by the pandemic, Vardit Ravitsky has emerged as a prominent voice of morality and change in Canada’s public health debate
By Robert Sarner
Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, meeting with a group of Chinese MBA students visiting Israel (courtesy of Tzohar)
May 8, 2020, 7:42 am
In strange new world, Israelis inundate pandemic ethicist for guidance
Ethicist Yuval Cherlow queried amid virus crisis by doctors who want to quit work, domestic violence victims, and people troubled that COVID-19 ‘doesn’t obey ethical rules’
By Nathan Jeffay
In this March 11, 2009 photo, Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, special advisor for health care at the Office of Management and Budget, speaks at the American Medical Association's annual conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
April 25, 2020, 4:47 am
Former Obama bioethicist says Trump’s coronavirus exit plan has ‘many problems’
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel — brother of politician Rahm — is working to get everyone in the US on the same page: ‘a page informed by science’
By Rich Tenorio
In this Oct. 10, 2018 photo, He Jiankui speaks during an interview at a laboratory in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong province. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
November 29, 2018, 6:42 pm
Israeli experts pan Chinese gene-editing as ‘drastic’ human experimentation
‘When you are about to make such a large change to humanity, shouldn’t you consult with the human race?’ asks bioethics chair
By Marissa Newman
University of Chicago Divinity School dean Laurie Zoloth (YouTube screenshot)
August 30, 2017, 6:29 am
Orthodox woman is new dean of University of Chicago Divinity School
Laurie Zoloth, 67, is a bioethicist and a scholar of religion and Judaic studies
By JTA
Women seek out 'Sperminator' Ari Nagel for his tall stature, blue eyes, and high sperm count. (Facebook)
July 6, 2017, 5:22 am
‘Sperminator’ Ari Nagel spreads more seed on recent Israel visit
He’s fathered 26 — with 7 on the way — but this formerly Orthodox man continues to give his gametes away for free
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Rav Shmuly Yanklowitz post-op after donating a kidney on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (courtesy)
June 19, 2015, 4:07 pm
Arizona rabbi donates his ‘spare’ kidney to save young Israeli
Following the ideals he preaches, Rav Shmuly Yanklowitz gives Yossi Azran, a fledgling playwright who has suffered from kidney disease for 15 years, a new lease on life
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative photo of human sperm (photo credit: CC BY-SA 2.0 Bobjgalindo/Wikimedia)
March 25, 2015, 11:46 pm
Dead reservist’s parents may use his sperm, against widow’s wishes
Wife of soldier killed 10 years ago, who has children from a subsequent marriage, plans to appeal groundbreaking ruling
By Rahel Jaskow
David Shabtai
March 12, 2013, 11:58 pm
David Shabtai
Alive or not? Jewish bioethics on abortion
When a painful choice must be made, the tradition says mother and fetus do not have equal moral status
June 12, 2012, 11:46 am
Ethicist Peter Singer awarded Australia’s highest honor
Controversial Australian Jew signed a petition in 2009 renouncing his ‘right of return’ under Israeli law
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