Jewish Medical Ethics
Lectures on Video DVD and Audio CD from the International
Conferences on Jewish Medical Ethics 1990-2001
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In the period from 1990 to 2001, the Institute for Jewish
Medical Ethics held eleven International Conferences on
medical ethics in San
Francisco. At these conferences, hosted by
Rabbi Pinchas Lipner, Dean
of the Institute for Jewish Medical Ethics, spoke some of the
most renowned experts in the field of medical ethics. These
speakers included Lord
Immanuel Jakobovits, Rabbi
Moshe Tendler, PhD, Rabbi J.
David Bleich, PhD, Dr.
Avraham Steinberg, Dr.
Abraham Abraham, Rabbi
Abraham Twerski, MD, Dr. Fred
Rosner, and many more!
The Institute for Jewish Medical Ethics of the
Lisa Kampner Hebrew Academy is proud to offer video and audio of these
comprehensive and fascinating lectures and round tables in
CD and DVD formats.
To search our catalog, simply select "Lectures" from the menu above and
you'll be able to browse all of our available video DVDs and
audio CDs by
lecturer, topic or by conference year.
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Comments from
Participants and Attendees
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"We are
full of admiration for you in achieving such an historic
success of truly momentous proportions."
-Lord Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of the British
Commonwealth. |
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"My
compliments and thanks to you for a superb job, well done. It
was both an educational triumph and a Kiddush Hashem to
present the Torah perspective on so many of the complex
bioethical issues facing our society"
-Rabbi Moshe Tendler, PhD, Professor of Medical Ethics,
Yeshiva University, New York City. |
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"I believe you
have significantly contributed to medical ethical
understanding both in the United States and internationally. I
strongly urge you to continue your superb work in Jewish
medical ethics."
-Thomas A. Raffin, MD, Chairman, Committee on Ethics and
Medical Director, Division of Respiratory Therapy, Stanford
University Medical Center. |
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"From my vantage
point, the conference was unique in its fostering of
interactions between pioneering research scientists and
rabbinic scholars. You succeeded in opening sorely needed
channels of communication so that each group might better
appreciate the problems and concerns of the other."
-Rabbi J. David Bleich, PhD, Rosh Yeshiva and Professor of
Jewish Law and Ethics, Yeshiva University, New York City. |
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Five Nobel Laureates Spoke at these Conferences on Jewish
Medical Ethics: |
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Stanley Prusiner,
MD
Medicine, 1997 |
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Michael Bishop,
MD
Medicine, 1989 |
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Roald Hoffman,
PhD
Chemistry, 1981 |
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Baruch Blumberg,
MD, PhD
Medicine, 1976 |
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Arthur Kornberg,
MD
Medicine, 1959 |
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