Medical Ethics

The Torah's view on organ donation, cremation and the right to die.

Question and Answer session on organ donation, cremation and the right to die.

Rabbi Steinberg presents an extensive overview of the ethical and halachic considerations with regards to euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. He concludes with the proposal to differentiate between allowing the withholding of treatment for terminal...

Life is a divine trust of infinite value, something no person has the right to give up or take away.

Navigating the death of a loved one is often an emotional and confusing process. Jewish tradition guides us through everything from end of life care to the Torah’s perspective on autopsies. In this lesson, we will cover the experience here on earth for su...

How long before we decline further into society enforcing the abortion and so-called mercy killing of individuals with disabilities?

When it comes to the complex and sensitive topic of using genetic engineering to produce offspring with specific characteristics, it is important to bear in mind that there are many medical techniques and methods referred to as “genetic engineering,” as w...

We will start off with the question of non-kosher ingredients and work our way to vaccine made with fetal tissue.

The medical world is evolving at a dizzying pace. New technologies, the cumulative research of countless doctors and research institutions around the world, and unique contemporary social and political pressures have coalesced so that treatments that were...

It's time for a serious talk about life, death, health, medicine, and healing. The world, as we know it, is changing and progressing faster than ever before. And with all those developments and advancements come bigger and more complicated ethical questio...