The Justification for Controversy under Jewish Law

Physician assisted suicide under Jewish law.

The Spirit of Jewish Law

Over the years, a number of Jewish legal classics have become available to the English reading public. The Mishna, 1 the Babylonian Talmud 2 and the Abbreviated Code 3 have been the object of translation, and presently the Code of Maimonides is acquiring an English garb.4 However, the Mishna provides but the outline of Jewish law; the Talmud demands skills that can be commanded only after years...

Physicians' strikes and Jewish law.

In 1975, writing about the immorality of a strike by resident physicians (housestaff) in New York City,1 I pointed out that "for a physician to strike, for whatever reason, is unconscionable and totally contrary to every standard. of medical ethics and morality." Although sympathetic to the demands of the housestaff, I argued that to leave patients without direct medical assistance and attendan...

Assisted reproduction in Jewish law.

This Article attempts to untangle Jewish law regarding assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), namely artificial insemination with husband’s sperm, artificial insemination with donor sperm, and in vitro fertilization. The author examines teachings by prominent Jewish law scholars and clarifies basic schools of thought regarding each method. He explores Jewish law prohibitions on incest and a...

Abortion--the need to change Jewish law.

Rights) that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . . " History has repeatedly demonstrated the need for separation of church and state which our United States Constitution guarantees. By imposing the tenets of any religious group on all we would destroy the liberty of all not in agreement with the state-sponsored morali...