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Organ Donation
The most comprehensive source for information about traditional Jewish perspectives on organ donation. |
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Over 300 articles from 1983-2002 |
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Organ Transplant: Soon It May Be a Routine Part of the Jewish Death Ritual |
When a traditional Jew dies, no one questions if there will be a ritual washing or a funeral. ...there soon may not be any question in the Orthodox community about the routine acceptance of organ transplant. It may become just another part of Jewish ritual at death. |
Real People, Q&A, News, References |
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Sermon on Organ Donation "Don't Hang Up the Phone, It's Your Covenant Calling" |
...for the majority of Jews in America, there is agreement that organ transplantation is permitted to some degree when the saving of a life is involved. |
Organ Donation in Jewish Law - Summary of Discussion at Beth Israel, June 22, 1996 |
The discussion of the appropriateness of organ donation from the perspective of halacha is fascinating from two perspectives. First, it helps us to understand how the development of Jewish Law works in the Conservative Movement and secondly, and more importantly, it helps us confront a crucial subject in contemporary medicine. |
Sacred Markets and Secular Ritual in the Organ Transplant Industry |
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Conservative Responsa |
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Rabbi Dr. Moses Tendler |
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URJ - Organ & Tissue Donation Share your life, share your decision |
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Modern medicine has made organ transplants a viable way of saving lives - and in the process, observers say, it has helped remove religious reservations about donating vital organs. |
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Requirements a hospital must meet that are designed to increase organ donation. |
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Understasnding Brain Death |
Brain death is death |
Transplantations save lives. |
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Medical Student Learns More Than Anatomy From Studying a |