Biology

Rabbi Steinsaltz introduces several of the pressing questions raised by past and potentially future biological engineering techniques, such as artificial insemination, surrogate motherhood, animal and human cloning, genetic engineering, and artificial int...

Rabbi Steinsaltz discusses whether cloned humans or other forms of beings with artificial intelligence would be viewed legally as human beings. He relates the discussion to the question regarding the relationship between the body and soul.

Can we edit a gene or are we playing G-d?

Findings from the Torah and Technology Research Center, is meat from stem cells considered meat?

A discussion regarding DNA testing in Rabbinical courts, including identifying someone as deceased, paternity testing, and proof of Jewish identity.

Rabbi Dr. Moshe Tendler discusses the complex moral issues of gene editing. Emphasizing the importance of understanding world knowledge as well as Torah knowledge, in-order to properly address these delicate issues.