by Shira Perton | Nov 27, 2018 | Events
On November 26th Medical Ethics joined with Stern College Dramatics Society to open up an open discussion on physician-assisted suicide. Two students from SCDS, Elka Weisenberg and Chezky Friedman, performed scenes in order to help the audience visualize the...
by Shira Perton | Apr 10, 2018 | Events
On March 16-17, 2018 the Medical Ethics Society was privileged to host Dr. Moshe Cohn of NYU Langone at the Beren Campus. Dr. Moshe Cohn led an intense and intimate discussion among the student entitled, “A Matter of Life or Death: A Jewish Approach to Discussing and...
by Shira Perton | Nov 12, 2017 | Events
Two weeks ago, the Medical Halacha Committee hosted a Question Answer session with Rabbi Dr. Howard Apfel. Rabbi Apfel is both a pediatric cardiologist at Columbia, as well as a Rebbi at Torat Shraaga. With more than 75 attendees, Rabbi Apfel tackled a full range of...
by Shira Perton | Oct 31, 2017 | Events
Breaking Down the Firewall: A Jewish Perspective to Future Technologies in Medicine When: Sunday, December 10th, 2017, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Where: Yeshiva University’s Wilf Campus, Furst Hall Room 501. 500 W 185th St. New York, NY, 10033 Topics:...
by admin | Nov 8, 2016 | Events
Date: Sunday, December 4th Time: 9AM- 1PM Place: Furst 501, 155 W 185th St., NY (Yeshiva University’s Wilf Campus) Title: Humanity’s Oldest Rival: Infectious Diseases: Then, Now, and Beyond On the first panel, Dr. Nancy Tomes, a distinguished professor of...
by admin | Apr 6, 2016 | Events, Photos, Podcasts
On Sunday April 4th, the Medical Ethics Society and the Kingsway Jewish Center hosted a Kollel Yom Rishon for members of the Brooklyn community. Rabbi Mordechai Willig and Dr. Joshua Klein spoke to the 75+ attendees about Prenatal Genetic Modification and the Jewish...
