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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