This Sunday! Register Now - Jewish Perspectives on Public Health: Yeshiva University Medical Ethics Society Annual Conference

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IN THE PUBLIC EYE  JEWISH PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC HEALTH At this year's Fuld Family medical ethics conference, participants will be provided with the broad medical and legal foundation needed to understand public health issues. They will also be exposed to the social issues surrounding these challenges as they relate to society as a whole and to the Jewish community in particular. Topics covered include obesity, smoking, global responsibility, vaccinations, circumcision, and more. Participants will hear from experts such as Professor John Banzhaf of George Washington University Law School who, over the past few decades, has made major contributions towards anti-smoking laws and who is now fighting the obesity epidemic, as well as Rabbi Moshe D. Tendler, Ph.D. and Rabbi Edward Reichman, M.D., some of the leading experts in Jewish medical ethics today. Mati Goldstein, Chief Officer of the ZAKA International Rescue and Recovery Team, and Dr. Ofer Merin, Director of the Emergency Preparedness & Response Program at Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in Jerusalem, will be describing their experiences responding to tragedy around the world. This conference will provide an overview of the fundamental ethical dilemmas surrounding public health, and discuss how the system of Halacha (Jewish law) approaches these complex issues. Speakers Include: Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman,Conference Chairman Dr. Karen Bacon Professor John F. Banzhaf III Rabbi Kenneth Brander Dr. Edward Burns Rabbi Asher Bush Dr. Richard Friedman Rabbi Dovid Fuld Rabbi Eli Glaser Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt Mati Goldstein Dr. Aaron Jesin Dr. John Loike Dr. Ofer Merin Rabbi Hershel Schachter Dr. Warren Seigel Dr. Sylvia Smoller Rabbi Dr. Moshe D. Tendler Rabbi Mordechai Willig Rabbi Eliezer Zwickler Sunday, November 6th 2011   9:00am-5:00pm   $6 off for Alumni of Yeshiva University Undergrad Sponsored by YU Alumni Affairs To obtain a valid alumni ID, YU graduates should email alumni@yu.edu or call 212-960-5373  friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2011 Yeshiva University Medical Ethics Society All rights reserved  Yeshiva University, Wilf Campus  To register and for more information please visit: yumedicalethics.com

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YU Medical Ethics Society Annual Conference: Jewish Perspectives on Public Health - Sunday, November 6, 2011

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IN THE PUBLIC EYE  JEWISH PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC HEALTH At this year's Fuld Family medical ethics conference, participants will be provided with the broad medical and legal foundation needed to understand public health issues. They will also be exposed to the social issues surrounding these challenges as they relate to society as a whole and to the Jewish community in particular. Topics covered include obesity, smoking, global responsibility, vaccinations, circumcision, and more. Participants will hear from experts such as Professor John Banzhaf of George Washington University Law School who, over the past few decades, has made major contributions towards anti-smoking laws and who is now fighting the obesity epidemic, as well as Rabbi Moshe D. Tendler, Ph.D. and Rabbi Edward Reichman, M.D., some of the leading experts in Jewish medical ethics today. Mati Goldstein, Chief Officer of the ZAKA International Rescue and Recovery Team, and Dr. Ofer Merin, Director of the Emergency Preparedness & Response Program at Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in Jerusalem, will be describing their experiences responding to tragedy around the world. This conference will provide an overview of the fundamental ethical dilemmas surrounding public health, and discuss how the system of Halacha (Jewish law) approaches these complex issues. Speakers Include: Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman,Conference Chairman Dr. Karen Bacon Professor John F. Banzhaf III Rabbi Kenneth Brander Dr. Edward Burns Rabbi Asher Bush Dr. Richard Friedman Rabbi Dovid Fuld Rabbi Eli Glaser Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt Mati Goldstein Dr. Aaron Jesin Dr. John Loike Dr. Ofer Merin Rabbi Hershel Schachter Dr. Warren Seigel Dr. Sylvia Smoller Rabbi Dr. Moshe D. Tendler Rabbi Mordechai Willig Rabbi Eliezer Zwickler Sunday, November 6th 2011   9:00am-5:00pm   $6 off for Alumni of Yeshiva University Undergrad Sponsored by YU Alumni Affairs To obtain a valid alumni ID, YU graduates should email alumni@yu.edu or call 212-960-5373  friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2011 Yeshiva University Medical Ethics Society All rights reserved  Yeshiva University, Wilf Campus  To register and for more information please visit: yumedicalethics.com

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Download Yeshiva University's newest Sukkot To-Go 5772

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Download Sukkot To-Go 5772 which contains the following articles:
	Symbolism on Sukkot - Rabbi Kenneth Auman (Faculty, Stern College for Women) Bringing the Succah into our Homes - Rabbi Josh Blass (Sgan Mashgiach, Yeshiva University) All You Need is Love - Rabbi Reuven Brand (Rosh Kollel, YU Torah Mitzion Kollel of Chicago) When Bar Kohkba Ordered Lulavim - Dr. Steven Fine (Professor of Jewish History, Director, Center for Israel Studies, Yeshiva University) Reading Kohelet on Sukkot - Rabbi Joshua Flug (Director of Torah Research, Center for the Jewish Future) Vanities vs. Progression: The Lessons and Joy of Koheles and Sukkos - Mrs. Chana Glatt (Faculty, Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls) Why did Shemini Atzeret Become Simchat Torah? - Mrs. Sally Mayer (Faculty, Midreshet Lindenbaum) The Reconciliation of Sukkos - Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger (Rosh Yeshiva, RIETS) The Patient and the Caretaker: On Sukkot and Compassion - Rabbi Zvi Sinensky (Rabbi, Yeshiva University Albert Einstein School of Medicine Community Shul) Galbanum, Madison, and Citron: The Lesson and the Laws of the Binding of the Arbah Minim - Rabbi Netanel Wiederblank (Faculty: RIETS, IBC, and Mechinah Jewish Studies Program, Yeshiva University) Plus 5 years of Sukkot To-Go issues with additional articles and divrei Torah

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