June 4, 2020 – Rav Avraham Steinberg, MD Rav Avraham Steinberg spoke at a conference organized by a student a Boston University Medical School. With thanks to Rav Eliezer Berucson for making the recording available. Click here to listen
March 19, 2020 I received a call today from the chair of a hospital Ethics Committee asking our position on a situation for which the hospital unfortunately feels a need to prepare: Would we permit the removal of a respirator from an end-of-life Coronavirus patient to be used by another patient whose life, in the Continue Reading »
Whereas some individuals facing terminal illness with significantly diminished quality of life express a desire to end their suffering and the suffering of their loved ones; and, Whereas Judaism asserts that every human life, including one of suffering or of diminished capacity, is precious; and, Whereas according to Jewish tradition, and as expressed explicitly in Continue Reading »
Orthodox Jewish parents, like responsible parents across the United States, overwhelmingly vaccinate their children against measles, mumps, rubella, polio and the other childhood diseases for which inoculations are now almost miraculously commonplace. As in many communities, a small minority of parents chooses not to do so. The ongoing measles outbreak demonstrates how this could bear Continue Reading »