Halachic Organ donor Society, 3926 W. Touhy Ave, Suite #365, Lincolnwood, IL, 60712-1028. Phone: 646-599-3895, Email: office@hods.org

News

Date Publication Article Web page
04/04/2022TabletTo Save A Lifeview webpage
11/01/2021Hadassah MagazineIsrael Ranks Near the Top in Live Organ Donationsview webpage
11/01/2021Hadassah MagazineA Perfect Matchview webpage
05/23/2021The Times of IsraelOrgans of Arab Teen Allegedly Shot By Police Save Arab and Jewish Livesview webpage
05/22/2021CNNKidney from Jew Killed in Mob Violence Goes to Arab Womanview webpage
10/19/2020My Jewish LearningDoes Judaism Allow Organ Donation?view webpage
08/04/2020ForwardShe needs a kidney. The pandemic is in her way.view webpage
2020JAMAConversations with Dr. Bauchner: Understanding Brain Deathview webpage
5/19/2020The GuardianAll adults in England to be deemed organ donors in 'opt-out' systemview webpage
03/12/2020Jewish PressManchester Rabbi Warns: Government Will Take Organs From Living People

 

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02/26/2020The Jewish ChronicleHealth department announces new 'opt-out' organ donation system will be introduced in Mayview webpage
11/03/2019The CommentatorThe Biggest Mitzvah in the World?view webpage
10/31/2019The Jewish LinkLiveOnNY Launches Major Initiative to Advance Organ Donation in NY Jewish Communityview webpage
10/24/2019The Yeshiva University ObserverNew Halachic Organ Donor Society Initiates Dialogue on Beren Campusview webpage
08/08/2019HaaretzFor These Palestinian Kids, a First-ever Day at the Beach Means the Whole view webpage
04/01/2019South Netanya Ashkenazi Congregation (“SNAC”) ShotsThe Last Mitzvah - Page 28 view webpage
06/11/2019The New York Times11,000 Americans Will Die Waiting For Transplants This Yearview webpage
05/20/2019MercatornetIs death by organ donation around the corner?view webpage
05/12/2019The Times of IsraelRabbis Work to Uproot Taboo Against Organ Donation  view webpage
05/20/2019Land of Israel NetworkIs Organ Donation Against Halacha?view webpage
05/07/2019The Blog – Times of IsraelVehicular organ donor campaign could backfire    view webpage
4/22/2019Los Angeles Times

Calm down, everyone. Keeping dead pig cells alive is not 'brain resuscitation’

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04/19/2019The Times of IsraelAfter Israeli breakthrough: The ethics of a 3D-printed heartview webpage
04/18/2019The Times of IsraelAfter Israeli success, ethical concerns bleed into hopes for 3D-printed organsview webpage
04/17/2019The AtlanticScientists Partly Restore Activity in Dead-Pig Brains -- Now what? view webpage
04/15/2019United With IsraelIsraeli Biological Breakthrough - First-Ever 3D-Printed Living Heart!view webpage
04/14/2019The CommentatorSCDS Hosts 'Soon By You' Creators for a Viewing Partyview webpage
04/07/2019The Arab WeeklyThe shortcomings of organ donation in the Arab world.view webpage
02/22/2019South Wales Argus

Ethical Concerns Raised Over Move to Presumed Consent for Organ Donation

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02/13/2019Cleveland Jewish NewsRedefining Death and Jewish Views of Organ Donationview webpage
02/05/2019The TabletThe Man Who Remade Deathview webpage
10/16/2018The Yeshiva WorldPalestinian Baby Clings to Life After Receiving Heart Transplant From a Jewish Childview webpage
08/12/2018BBCInterview with HODS Founder & Director Robby Bermanview webpage
07/11/2018New York TimesNew York Has World-Class Hospitals. Why Is It So Bad for People in Need of Transplants?view webpage
07/13/2018My Jewish LearningDoes Judaism Allow Organ Donations?view webpage
06/06/2018The New York Jewish WeekOrgan Donor 5K Honors Volunteerview webpage
4/26/2018Balkan Transitional JusticeKosovo Organ-Trafficking Defendant Claims Transplants Were Legalview webpage
4/30/2018Inter Press Service

Human Trafficking for Organs: Ending Abuse of the Poorest

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3/15/2018The Yeshiva WorldIsrael_ Chareidi Campaign Launched Against Organ Donations _ Yeshiva World News - 3-15-2018view webpage
02/25/2018Jerusalem Post

Modern Orthodox Rabbis Endorse Organ Donation As A Mitzva 

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03/15/2018The Yeshiva Worldview webpage
02/01/2018NeuroLogica BlogA Case of Brain Deathview webpage
02/05/2018The New YorkerWhat Does It Mean to Die_ _ The New Yorkerview webpage
01/22/2018New York Jewish LifeLiving Flesh:_Jewish Organ Donationview webpage
01/08/2018ForwardIsraeli Wanted By Interpol Arrested For Running Organ Harvesting Ringview webpage
12/20/2017The New ArabThe dilemmas of organ donation in Muslim countriesview webpage
12/09/2017Radio Program: Halacha HeadlineShould you sign an organ donor card and save as many as 8 lives? --- Organ Donation and Brain Death, a Halachik Debateview webpage
12/09/2017International Business TimesWhat are red markets? World's major organ trafficking countries bank on poverty and desperationview webpage
10/22/2017The Jerusalem PostOrgan donation is one way everyone can become a superhero.view webpage
11/21/2017Tablet MagazineDonating a Kidney to a Stranger Gives Thanksgiving a Whole New Meaning view webpage
11/02/2017The Jewish NewsTorah for Today! This week: Organ donationview webpage
09/30/2017Big ThinkHow about a voucher for an organview webpage
06/22/2017Jewish StandardWhere does salvation come from?view webpage
01/08/2017Actualité JuiveChief Rabbi Michel Gugenheim: "The Jews must register on the national file of refusal of organ donation"view webpage
01/09/2017The Times of IsraelChief Rabbi Gugenheim:register on the "national file of refusal" of the donation of organsview webpage
2/12/2017Manchester Jewish TelegraphWhy Jewish Law Does Allow Organ Donationview webpage
2/27/2017Daily SabahBursa Hospitals Exceed Turkish and European Organ Transplant Averagesview webpage
2/26/2017New York PostOrgan Donation Can Save Lives - But Donors Are Scarceview webpage
2/24/2017The AlgemeinerNew York Times Promotes Myth That Jews Oppose Organ Donationview webpage
1/30/2017The New York Jewish Weekthe-ethical-imperative-of-organ-donation-_-jewish-weekview webpage
1/04/2017The IndependentAll French Citizens Are Now Organ Donors Unless They Opt Outview webpage
12/11/2016BBC Newshow-judaisms-definition-of-death-can-boost-organ-donations-bbc-newsview webpage
11/24/2016Jerusalem Post

The Human Spirit: On the list

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10/02/2016The Washington PostAt 18 years old, he donated a kidney. Now, he regrets it.view webpage
09/30/2016Public Radio International – The WorldShimon Peres Wanted Israelis to be Organ Donors — Like Himview webpage
09/28/2016The Jewish WeekOn Brain Deathview webpage
08/12/2016The New York TimesIsraeli Anglo Needs a Lung Transplantview webpage
03/18/2016Jewish Telegraphic AgencyRussian chief rabbi slams court ruling on organ harvesting by defaultview webpage
Resource Packet for Lecture on Brain-Stem Death and Organ DonationResource Packet for Lecture on Brain-Stem Death and Organ Donationview webpage
6/12/2015TabletGifts of the Body - Amending the Jewish Take On Organ and Whole Body Donationview webpage
2/26/2015That’s Life with Miriam L. Wallach – Nachum Segal NetworkInterview with HODS Founder & Director Robby Berman
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2/26/2015Jewish Link of New JerseyWhy I Support Halachic Organ Donationview webpage
2/12/2015YNET NewsFamily's Emotional Plea - YNET NEWS - 10-9-2014view webpage
1/19/2015Voice of IsraelSaving Lives: One Organ Donor At A Timeview webpage
1/18/2015The Jerusalem PostFewer Organ Transplants in 2014 Because Of Lower Number of Lower-Brain-Dead Donorsview webpage
7/11/2012New York TimesTransplant Brokers in Israel Lure Desperate Kidney Patients to Costa Rica
10/9/2014YNet NewsHaredi Leaders Stops Rabbi's Organ Donation Projectview webpage
9/13/2014EPOCH TimesDavid Matas: Transplant Tourism from the Middle Eastview webpage
9/19/2014Medscape Medical NewsWhy Brain Death is Deathview webpage
8/17/2014PBS NewshourInside the Growing Global Market of Organ Traffickingview webpage
7/11/2012Nj.comBrooklyn man sentenced to 2 1/2 years for role in black-market kidney trafficking schemeview webpage
01/13/2012The Jerusalem PostModern Orthodox Organ Donor Campaign Slammedview webpage
6/30/2014 Science of Us Why Are New Yorkers So Stingy When It Comes to Organ Donation? view webpage
6/18/2014 Voz Iz Neias Orthodox Jewish Girl Undergoes Heart Transplant At Children’s Hospital At Montefiore view webpage
6/17/2014 That’s Life with Miriam L. Wallach – Nachum Segal Network Interview with HODS Founder and Director Robby Berman view webpage
6/13/2014 The Australian Jewish News Have a heart, give a heart N/A
6/12/2014 That’s Life with Miriam L. Wallach – Nachum Segal Network Interview with Robby Berman view webpage
5/26/2014 The Star.com Organ Harvesting in China Continues Despite Canadian Human Rights Lawyer’s Work view webpage
5/23/2014 The Chronicle Herald Organ Donation: Presumed Consent Highly Presumptuous view webpage
5/1/2014 The Jewish News If we take organs, we should donate them – Letter to Editor by Hannah Niman N/A
4/22/2014 Jerusalem Post Five people saved with organs from 24-year-old man killed on motorcycle view webpage
4/7/2014 New York Law Journal State Loses Bid for Immunity Over Organ Donation Error view webpage
3/6/2014 Ha’Aretz Campaigns Flopped, Israelis Still Relunctant to Donate Organs view webpage
2/23/2014 The Jewish Press Say No to Default Organ Donations: Opt Out New view webpage
2/16/2014 The Canadian Jewish News Jews Urged to Become Organ Donors view webpage
1/23/2014 Ha’Aretz End Israeli Organ Donation Taboo – Editorial by Robby Berman N/A
1/21/2014 Ha’Aretz Topple the taboo against organ donation in Israel (Editorial by Robby Berman) view webpage
1/19/2014 Jerusalem Post Israel Transplant Center reaches all-time high in number of transplants, potential donors view webpage
11/22/2013 National Post What Canada Can Learn from Israel on Organ Donation view webpage
11/19/2013 News One Lungs After Sudden Death N/A
11/17/2013 Forbes Paying for Body Parts: A Dilemma Obamacare Doesn’t Have to Confront — Yet view webpage
11/14/2013 Yediot Achronot Birth After Brain Death N/A
11/7/2013 Haaretz New Bill Aims to Make Israelis Organ Donors by Default view webpage
11/6/2013 Ha’Aretz (Hebrew) Knesset Considers Opt Out N/A
11/1/2013 Yediot Acharonot (Hebrew) The Transplant Connection (Hebrew) N/A
10/21/2013 Hamodia (Hebrew) Costa Rica: Doctors Arrested for Selling Kidneys to Israelis N/A
10/11/2013 Ha’Aretz (Hebrew) More arrests in the case of the sale of kidneys for Israelis in Costa Rica view webpage
10/10/2013 Kipa.co.il (Hebrew) Gift of Life – The Story of kidney donor view webpage
10/9/2013 National Post (Canada) Today’s letters: Israel has the right idea about organ donations view webpage
10/3/2013 The Jerusalem Post TA Researchers Find Some Patients in Vegetative State Can React to Emotional Stimuli view webpage
10/2/2013 Maariv/NRG (Hebrew) Longest Living Recipient of Artificial Heart view webpage
9/30/2013 IFAT.com (Hebrew) A Day in My Life: Eva Steiner – Part Two view webpage
9/30/2013 IFAT.com (Hebrew) How much is our health worth? view webpage
9/30/2013 IFAT.com (Hebrew) A Day in My Life: Eva Steiner view webpage
9/11/2013 The Jerusalem Post Man who had lung transplant to blow shofar for first time in 40 years view webpage
9/4/2013 YNET News 61% of Israelis: Separate State, religion view webpage
8/1/2013 Jewish Australian Internet Radio “Think Jewish” with Rabbi David Gutnick view webpage
7/25/2013 VStar.com (Ventura County Star) Interfaith: Organ donations not only saves lives, it keeps commandments view webpage
7/22/2013 The Columbus Dispatch Dispute over organ donation brings attention to defining death view webpage
7/12/2013 Galus Australis RCV has given in principle support to organ donation – Editorial view webpage
7/12/2013 The Columbus Dispatch Family Loses Fight to Keep Son’s Organs from Donation view webpage
7/4/2013 Jewish News Online (UK) Orthodox concern over Welsh organ donor law view webpage
7/3/2013 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle Local Jewish man seeks donor kidney view webpage
6/28/2013 ynetnews.com Tourist’s organs save lives of 3 Israelis view webpage
6/24/2013 The Jewish Press Israeli Doctors Allegedly Involved in Organ Trafficking Ring view webpage
6/21/2013 Tablet Israeli Organ Trafficking Ring Broken Up view webpage
6/18/2013 The Times of Israel What do the dead really want? (Op-Ed, Robby Berman) view webpage
6/13/2013 The Times of Israel Saving Nadrah view webpage
5/6/2013 YNET News Rabbi Okays HIV-Positive Organ Donation view webpage
4/29/2013 New York Daily News Three Convicted in Kosovo Organ Trafficking Ring that Harvested Kidneys Illegally From Poor Donors view webpage
4/26/2013 The Jerusalem Post Champion HODS/HaGov Completes Perfect Season view webpage
4/4/2013 YNET News Man Convicted of Organ Trade Jailed for 3 Years view webpage
3/15/2013 Jewish Press Community Currents – Race for HODS (Lower left column) N/A
3/13/2013 Maariv Magazine (Hebrew) Organ Donation is not Taboo N/A
3/10/2013 The Jerusalem Post TA Researchers Find Some Patients in Vegetative State Can React to Emotional Stimuli N/A
2/28/2013 Brisbane Times.com.au Organ donation proposals might go too far view webpage
2/26/2013 The Nachum Segal JM in the AM Teen Spirit with Rivka Abbe (go to 02-26-2013) view webpage
2/18/2013 The Jerusalem Post Organs and Statistics (Op-Ed by Robby Berman) view webpage
2/7/2013 Jerusalem Post ADI organ donor registry grows, transplants fall view webpage
2/7/2013 Haaretz Family consent for organ donations in Israel declines after surprise spike in 2011 view webpage
1/23/2013 West Hartford News.com Donors find religious, spiritual support to become organ donors view webpage
1/18/2013 The Jewish Chronicle Organs and Halacha (Letters to Editor: Dr. Lieberman & Dr. Hasson) N/A
12/27/2012 The Jerusalem Post President Meets with Organ Donors Families view webpage
11/5/2012 The Jerusalem Post Card Them – Letter to Editor – Berman view webpage
10/15/2012 The Jerusalem Post 16-Year-Old Athlete Organ Donor Saves 6 Patients view webpage
8/16/2012 Fox News Latino Organ Trafficking on the Rise view webpage
8/4/2012 UPI.com China busts organ trafficking ring view webpage
8/1/2012 LifeSiteNews.com UK suggests ethically controversial strategies to increase organ donations view webpage
7/27/2012 Jerusalem Post Spare lung from Cyprus transplanted at Beilinson view webpage
7/26/2012 jweekly.com Organ donations in Israel on upswing but still debated view webpage
7/14/2012 Central New Jersey.com Worldwide trade in human organs is booming view webpage
6/28/2012 The Jewish Press A Revolutionary Rabbinic Idea for Organ Donations view webpage
6/28/2012 New York Times Black Market for Body Parts Spreads in Europe view webpage
6/20/2012 The New York Times Albany Bill on Organ Donation Urges License Applicants to Act view webpage
6/14/2012 The Yeshiva World Bold Organ Donor Proposal Linked to Chief Rabbinate view webpage
6/14/2012 Arutz Sheva Rabbi Proposes Beit Din Decide Organ Donations view webpage
6/14/2012 The Jerusalem Post Rabbi: Organ donations OK without dead’s consent view webpage
6/12/2012 The Jerusalem Post Family of deceased 46-year-old donates 7 organs view webpage
6/11/2012 New York Times The Reward for Donating a Kidney: No Insurance view webpage
6/11/2012 YouTube.com Comedy Fundraiser to Support HODS view webpage
6/11/2012 The Canadian Jewish News Organ Donation: “Highest Form of Mitzvah” view webpage
6/6/2012 New York Post Montefior live-donor transplant program shut down after donor mom dies during surgery view webpage
6/5/2012 Multiple HODS Press Release Pakistan view webpage
5/29/2012 Scientific American Insides Trading: What Impact Will Facebook Have on Organ Donations? view webpage
5/23/2012 Vos iz Neias Tel Aviv – Police Arrest 10 Israelis On Suspicion of Organ-Trafficking view webpage
5/22/2012 The Jerusalem Post Police bust suspected organ trafficking ring view webpage
5/22/2012 ynetNews.com Suspicion: Israelis harvested organs from the needy view webpage
5/22/2012 The Times of Israel 10 Israelis suspected of organ trafficking view webpage
5/17/2012 New York Times Using a D.M.V. Wait to Enroll Organ Donors view webpage
5/12/2012 YouTube.com HODS Race in Central Park view webpage
5/11/2012 Haaretz Turning Morality on its Head by Berman & Lavee view webpage
5/2/2012 Discover Magazine The Beating Heart Donors view webpage
5/1/2012 Jerusalem Post State Comptroller report on the Health Ministry view webpage
4/26/2012 Fox News.com Kidney used in two different tranplant patients makes medical history view webpage
4/23/2012 Jerusalem Post Organ donor cards enable 3 to jump to head of line view webpage
4/22/2012 YNET – Hebrew First Time: Got Organs without waiting because had an Adi card view webpage
3/31/2012 New York Times Kidney Experts Urge a Single Registry to Oversee Kidney Transplant Donations view webpage
3/19/2012 The Daily Beast Israel’s Campaign to Halt Organ Trafficking Tourism view webpage
3/13/2012 New York Times What you lose when you sign that organ donor card view webpage
2/25/2012 Huff Post Organ Donation: Jews Can Learn Something From Atheists view webpage
2/23/2012 Israel Today (Hebrew) Medical Miracle with Donation of Lungs by 75 year old woman view webpage
2/23/2012 The Jerusalem Post Organs removed in autopsies to be buried view webpage
2/16/2012 New York Times In Israel, A New Approach to Organ Donation (with comments) view webpage
2/16/2012 New York Times Who Deserves a Heart Transplant? view webpage
2/14/2012 Jerusalem Post Words Can Kill view webpage
1/31/2012 Haaretz Woman dies after hospital gives her incompatible heart view webpage
1/27/2012 Globes (Hebrew) Lamut K’halacha – To die according to Halacha view webpage
1/22/2012 The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) Local Rabbi Assesses Risk, Donates Kidney to Help Stranger view webpage
1/19/2012 Haaretz – Hebrew Establishment of rabbinical body to monitor the doctors view webpage
1/19/2012 Haaretz Israel’s Chief Rabbinate freezes plan to help determine brain death view webpage
1/15/2012 Vos iz Neias Israel – Dramatic Increase in Organ Transplants recorded in 2011 view webpage
1/15/2012 Haaretz – Hebrew Chief Rabbinate Proposes Guidelines to Organ Donation view webpage
1/13/2012 The Jerusalem Post Modern Orthodox organ-donor campaign slammed view webpage
1/12/2012 Haaretz Dramatic Increase in Organ Transplants recorded in Israel in 2011 view webpage
1/12/2012 5 Towns Jewish Times 200 Lives Saved: HODS Celebrates First 10 Years view webpage
1/4/2012 Marginal Revolution No-Give, No-Take in Israel view webpage
12/26/2011 Vos Iz Neias Germany – Scientists Developed Automatic Skin Making Machine view webpage
12/6/2011 The Jewish Week Rebbe Jonathan Sacks? Letter by Adam Greenberg view webpage
12/6/2011 YNET – Hebrew Record high in Organ Donations: 105 Donations in 5 months (in Hebrew) view webpage
12/1/2011 The Seattle Times Court: Some bone-marrow donors can be paid view webpage
12/1/2011 VosIzNeias.com Court: Some Bone Marrow Donors Can Be Paid view webpage
12/1/2011 Community Magazine – a Sephardic Monthly The Donation of Life view webpage
11/29/2011 Medical Xpress Presumed consent not answer to solving organ shortage in US, researchers say view webpage
11/28/2011 VosIzNeias.com Making Sure Kidney Donors Fare as Well as Possible view webpage
11/27/2011 Haaretz Why I’m Canceling My (ADI) Organ Donor Card view webpage
11/9/2011 New York Times Study Finds Signs of Awareness in 3 ‘Vegetative’ Patients view webpage
11/8/2011 The Wall Street Journal The Market for Kidneys, Livers, and Lungs view webpage
11/8/2011 Haaretz Brain-Dead and Alive (Letter to Editor – Berman) view webpage
11/8/2011 Haaretz Ultra-Orthodox pressure takes women off ads for Jerusalem organ donor campaign view webpage
11/4/2011 YNET Where have all the women gone? view webpage
11/3/2011 Vos iz Neias Brooklyn, NY – Over 50 Rabbis Attend First Conference Of ‘Chayim Aruchim’ Org. view webpage
11/3/2011 Jerusalem Post CNN: Beduin Smugglers Stealing Organs from Refugees view webpage
11/2/2011 YNET – Hebrew Look for the Woman: Organ Donor Campaign for Men Only (Hebrew) view webpage
11/1/2011 Bloomberg News Organ Gangs Force Poor to Sell Kidneys for Desperate Israelis view webpage
10/28/2011 ABC News Blogs NY Man Pleads Guilty to Organ Trafficking view webpage
10/27/2011 Bloomberg News Kidney Broker Pleads Guilty in First U.S. Organ-Traffic case view webpage
10/23/2011 Jerusalem Post Israeli Donation Saves Bethlemen Teen view webpage
10/10/2011 Nuffield Council on Bioethics Ethics body suggests NHS pays for funerals of organ donors view webpage
10/4/2011 Hirhurim – Musings Brain Death in Israel view webpage
10/3/2011 The Toronto Star Religious Leaders Confront Myths that Stop Faithful from Donating Organs view webpage
9/28/2011 The Canadian Jewish News Nothing Beats Saving Lives N/A
9/26/2011 Jerusalem Post Rabbis urge religious public to volunteer as organ donors view webpage
9/25/2011 Voz Iz Neias.com Israel – Rabbis Urge Religious Public to Volunteer as Organ Donors view webpage
9/22/2011 Arutz Sheva Donating Organs using the Bilvavi Card (Hebrew) view webpage
9/21/2011 Voz Iz Neias.com Dialysis 3 times Weekly Might not be Enough view webpage
9/11/2011 Haaretz.com New Organ-Donor Card for Religious Community Draws Expert Opposition view webpage
9/11/2011 Haaretz – Hebrew Where good intentions lead view webpage
8/30/2011 VosIzNeias.com Will new MRI System End Autopsies in Israel? view webpage
7/24/2011 ynet.co.il The Knesset did not yield; There will not be an “ADI card for Datiyim” view webpage
7/23/2011 ynet.co.il ADI for the Religious – a trick to get preference for organ donation view webpage
7/22/2011 Haaretz.com Officials: New Donor Cards will reduce organ transplants view webpage
6/16/2011 Guysen News International Le combat de Juifs orthodoxes pour le don d’organes view webpage
6/14/2011 ynetnews.co.il Organ donations set new record view webpage
6/2/2011 The Canadian Jewish News Jews urged to become organ donors view webpage
5/3/2011 The Jewish Tribune A bar mitzvah for just one body part view webpage
3/14/2011 New York Times Kidney Transplants (Letter – Brody) view webpage
3/5/2011 New York Times Giving Life After Death Row view webpage
3/5/2011 New York Times How Not to Assign Kidneys view webpage
3/3/2011 5 Towns Jewish Times Letters – Berman & Boas view webpage
2/27/2011 New York Times Transplants and Rationing view webpage
2/25/2011 The Jewish Chronicle Reverse Donor Card N/A
2/25/2011 Rationalist Judaism Analogy vs. Inference view webpage
2/24/2011 Washington Post Under Kidney Transplant Proposal, Younger Patients would get the best organs view webpage
2/24/2011 5 Towns Jewish Times Letters to Editor – Shafran & Zacharowicz view webpage
2/24/2011 New York Times New Kidney Transplant Policy Would Favor Younger Patients view webpage
2/24/2011 The Jewish News Letters – Berman N/A
2/23/2011 Scarsdale Patch Patch Whiz Kid of the Week: Elana Bengualid view webpage
2/15/2011 JTA Moshe Tendler Thinks You’re Wrong and He’s Not Afraid to Say So view webpage
2/14/2011 TotallyJewish.com Letters To The Editor – Berman & Bradley view webpage
2/14/2011 The Canadian Jewish News Rabbis urge brain death standard for organ donors view webpage
2/14/2011 Jerusalem Report Brain Death is Final N/A
2/11/2011 The Jewish Chronicle Chief’s Inflammatory Transplant views (Letters to the Editor) N/A
2/11/2011 The Jewish Daily Forward Case for Organ Donation Remains Solid view webpage
2/10/2011 TotallyJewish.com Letters – Roselaar view webpage
2/10/2011 Five Towns Jewish Times Letters to the Editor – Zacharowicz & Berman view webpage
2/9/2011 New Jersey Jewish News Local rabbi sees transplant report as ‘unholy’ view webpage
2/4/2011 The Jewish Chronicle Comments on “Chief Rabbi’s VIews on Organ Donation” N/A
2/4/2011 Failed Messiah Israeli Organ Donations Soar after Soccer Star Dies view webpage
2/1/2011 The Jewish Week Moral Consistency view webpage
1/29/2011 Covenant and Conversation Organ donation in Jewish Law (2nd article in Newsletter) view webpage
1/28/2011 The Jewish Chronicle Chief Rabbi ‘Unclear’ on Organ Donation (Dr. Barry Hoffbrand)) N/A
1/27/2011 Irish Times Chief rabbi’s edict on organ donation raises supply concerns view webpage
1/27/2011 The Jewish News The Chief Rabbi is being disingenuous N/A
1/27/2011 Top News Controversy Over Organ Donation May Cause Difficulty in Organ Harvesting view webpage
1/27/2011 The Jewish Star Brain Dead about Brain Death view webpage
1/27/2011 The Jewish Star Letters to the Jewish Star (Dr. Harold Perl) view webpage
1/27/2011 Responsa in Israel It is Forbidden to Pray for the Recovery of a Brain Dead Patient (in Hebrew) N/A
1/26/2011 The Jewish Daily Forward Debate Over Jewish Guidelines for Organ Donation Crosses the Atlantic view webpage
1/24/2011 The Independent Britain’s Orthodox Jews in organ donor card row view webpage
1/23/2011 Arutz Sheva Rabbi’s Organ Donation Controversy Resurfaces: INN Review view webpage
1/22/2011 savethemorals.com The chief rabbi’s immoral stance on donor cards view webpage
1/22/2011 BMJ Transplantations fall in Israel as new law takes effect N/A
1/22/2011 BMJ Rabbi Says Brain Stem Death is not enough for Organ Donation N/A
1/21/2011 The Jewish Chronicle Beth Din Must Be Pressed on Organ Donation (Dr. Jeremy Crane) N/A
1/21/2011 The Jewish Daily Forward May Brain-Dead Jews Donate Organs for Transplant? view webpage
1/20/2011 The Jewish Star Is brain death enough? RCA says maybe view webpage
1/20/2011 The Jewish Chronicle Organ donation in Jewish law view webpage
1/19/2011 Matzav Rav Flaum on Brain Death and P’sak Halacha (See video on Web Page) view webpage
1/19/2011 St. Louis Jewish Light Rabbis Criticize Report Seen as Hindering Organ Transplants view webpage
1/18/2011 Atlanta Jewish News Organ Donation, a Lifesaving Mitzvah: Beth Jacob Member Needs a Kidney view webpage
1/18/2011 The Guardian The Chief Rabbi’s Immoral Stance on donor cards view webpage
1/17/2011 The Guardian Letters: Higher Calling (several writers) view webpage
1/17/2011 Baltimore Jewish Life Agudath Israel Responds to Recent Statement Regarding Organ Donation and Brain Death view webpage
1/17/2011 Hirhurim – Torah Musings Statement re Statement re Brain Death view webpage
1/16/2011 Text and Texture The Brain Death Debate: A Methodological Analysis – Part 1 (Yoma Passage) view webpage
1/16/2011 Cross Currents Sarah Palin and the State of Halachic Discourse view webpage
1/16/2011 Emes Ve-Emunah Brain Death and Chazal view webpage
1/14/2011 The Guardian Organ donor cards are not incompatible with Jewish law view webpage
1/14/2011 TotallyJewish.com ‘I’d Be An Organ Donor’ view webpage
1/14/2011 The Jewish Chronicle Donor Hypocrisy N/A
1/14/2011 The Jewish Chronicle Chief Asks for Organ Card Shift view webpage
1/14/2011 The Jewish Chronicle Letters – Robby J. Berman N/A
1/13/2011 Office of the Chief Rabbi There is only a problem when the duties to honour life and to save life are in conflict view webpage
1/13/2011 Cross Currents Bar Kamtza Should Not Have Been Invited to This Event Either view webpage
1/13/2011 The Jewish Star Is brain death enough? RCA says maybe view webpage
1/12/2011 Organ and Tissue Donation Blog Acceptance of brain-stem death reaffirmed by rabbis view webpage
1/12/2011 Rationalist Judaism Dismissing Rashi, Undermining the Chasam Sofer view webpage
1/12/2011 5 Towns Jewish Times Brain Stem Death – The War Begins view webpage
1/12/2011 Matzav.com Left-Wing Rabbis Call Rav Shlomo Zalman’s Shitah On Organ Donation “Morally Untenable” view webpage
1/12/2011 The Jerusalem Post Acceptance of brain-stem death reaffirmed by rabbis view webpage
1/12/2011 The Jewish Daily Forward May Brain Dead Jews Donate Organs for Transplant view webpage
1/11/2011 Galatz Interview with Robby Berman N/A
1/11/2011 The Jewish Week Pushback from Some Orthodox Rabbis on Brain-Death Ruling view webpage
1/11/2011 Vos Iz Neias London – Doctors Criticize Chief Rabbi’s Edict Against Donor Cards view webpage
1/11/2011 The Guardian Doctors criticise chief rabbi’s edict against donor cards view webpage
1/11/2011 Vos Iz Neias London – Doctors Criticize Chief Rabbi’s Edict Against Donor Cards view webpage
1/10/2011 ynetnews.com All the answers: Why is it a Mitzvah to donate organs? (in Hebrew) view webpage
1/10/2011 Rationalist Judaism The Critical Ramifications of Correctly Identifying a Scientific-Halachic Issue view webpage
1/10/2011 Young Israel of Scarsdale Newsletter The RCA and Brain Death – w/ comments by Rabbi Jonathan Morgenstern view webpage
1/10/2011 The Jerusalem Post US rabbis avoid clear stance on brain-stem death view webpage
1/7/2011 Failed Messiah After Being Caught Lying And Skewing Information, The RCA Backtracks – Sort Of – From Its New Stand On Organ Donation view webpage
1/7/2011 Vos Iz Neias New York – Rabbinical Council Clarifies Stance on Organ Donation view webpage
1/7/2011 The Jewish Daily Forward Orthodox Rabbinic Group Seeks To Clarify Stance on Organ Donation view webpage
1/7/2011 Rabbinical Council Of America Brain Stem Death and Jewish Law view webpage
1/6/2011 The Jewish Chronicle Storm Over Avi Cohen Organ Donation view webpage
1/6/2011 The Jewish Chronicle Rabbis Battle Over Organ Transplants view webpage
1/5/2011 The Jerusalem Post YU Ethics Expert Censures Rabbis over Brain-Stem Death view webpage
1/5/2011 The Blog of Garnel Ironheart Taking A Firm Stand view webpage
1/4/2011 Israel Today (Hebrew – Yisrael HaYom) Emunah Elon (Hebrew) N/A
1/3/2011 The Yeshiva World The Truth About Organ Transplants view webpage
1/3/2011 Lilith/blog Feminists In Focus: The Market For Organ Trade view webpage
1/3/2011 The Jerusalem Post To Donate or Not (Bensimon, Luder, Morris) view webpage
1/2/2011 The Jerusalem Post Cohen’s widow: Organ donation my decision, not extremists’ view webpage
1/2/2011 Shiloh Musings Organ Donation, If You Can Receive, Shouldn’t You Give? view webpage
1/2/2011 The Jerusalem Post Protect organ donation view webpage
1/2/2011 The Jerusalem Post Reality Check: Leave the rabbis out of it view webpage
1/2/2011 The Jerusalem Post Protect organ donation – Talkbacks view webpage
1/2/2011 Failed Messiah Protect Organ Donation (Failed Messiah) view webpage
12/31/2010 The Jerusalem Post Off-field Hero Needed, Too (5 Letters to Editor) view webpage
12/30/2010 Haaretz Head to Head / What do you say to rabbis who oppose the practice? view webpage
12/30/2010 Haaretz A violated will / Cohen’s last wish denied view webpage
12/30/2010 5 Towns Jewish Times Letters To The Editor – Berman & Zacharowicz view webpage
12/30/2010 Failed Messiah What Do You Say To Rabbis Who Interfere With Organ Donations? view webpage
12/30/2010 Arutz Sheva Rabbi’s Organ Donation Controversy Resurfaces: INN Review view webpage
12/30/2010 Maariv Rabbis prevented Avi Cohen organ donation (in Hebrew) view webpage
12/29/2010 ynetnews.com Soccer Icon Avi Cohen dies at 54 view webpage
12/29/2010 ynetnews.com Peres issues letter of condolences to Avi Cohen’s family view webpage
12/28/2010 ynetnews.com Avi Cohen’s son says ‘no chance’ for father’s recovery view webpage
12/28/2010 ynetnews.com Former soccer star Avi Cohen declared brain dead view webpage
12/28/2010 Vos Iz Neias Israel – Chief Rabbi Allows Organ Donations of Brain Dead Soccer Player view webpage
12/25/2010 No Fryers With an Adi organ donor card, the life you save may be your own view webpage
12/23/2010 The Jerusalem Post A Last Charitable Act (Green, Posner, Berman) view webpage
12/23/2010 The Jewish Week The Rental Controversy In Israel: A Time For Bold, Ethical Halachic Decision-Making view webpage
12/22/2010 The Jewish Journal What is Western Society’s Place in Determining Halacha view webpage
12/21/2010 Rabbi Arie Folger’s Blog Brain Death and Organ Transplantation in Halacha – Redux view webpage
12/21/2010 The Jewish Week Untenable Position (Rabbi Yuval Cherlow) view webpage
12/21/2010 The Jewish Week Spoke with Rabbi Feinstein (Frank J. Veith) view webpage
12/21/2010 ynetnews.com Former Israel, Liverpool defender injured view webpage
12/21/2010 The Jewish Week Letters to Editor – Walfish view webpage
12/21/2010 ynet.co.il New in Israel – Signing up for ADI card via SMS text messaging view webpage
12/20/2010 Rationalist Judaism Torah Values vs. Halacha view webpage
12/19/2010 ynetnews.com 33-year-old Gilad’s heart stopped – his organs were donated (in Hebrew) view webpage
12/18/2010 Rabbi Arie Folger’s Blog When Does Death Begin, According to Halacha? view webpage
12/16/2010 The Guardian Divine Dispatches: a religion roundup view webpage
12/16/2010 5 Towns Jewish Times The Truth About Organ Transplants view webpage
12/14/2010 The Jewish Week Letter – Shafran: RCA and Brain Death view webpage
12/14/2010 The Jewish Week Letter – Ratzger: RCA and Brain Death view webpage
12/14/2010 Rationalist Judaism Why I Signed Up To Be An Organ Donor view webpage
12/11/2010 YU Torah Online Women in Halacha #4 – Kerias HaTorah view webpage
12/10/2010 New Voices Halachic Death view webpage
12/9/2010 Center for Modern Torah Leadership Dvar Torah – Vayigash view webpage
12/9/2010 The Jerusalem Post Health Ministry Initiative Aims to Promote Organ Donation view webpage
12/7/2010 The Jewish Week Letter – Billet: RCA and Brain Death view webpage
12/7/2010 The Jewish Week Letter – Prager: RCA and Brain Death view webpage
12/7/2010 The Jewish Week Letter – Nussbaum: RCA and Brain Death view webpage
12/7/2010 The Jewish Week Letter – Jesner: RCA and Brain Death view webpage
12/1/2010 The Jewish Tribune Punishing People for Their Beliefs view webpage
12/1/2010 Jewish Action Kidney Donation in Jewish Law view webpage
11/30/2010 Vos Iz Neias Litzman May ‘Not’ Be Organ Donor Despite Ministry’s Campaign view webpage
11/30/2010 The Jewish Week RCA Backs Off Stand on Brain Death for Transplants view webpage
11/15/2010 The Jerusalem Post Registered donors to get preference if they need organ view webpage
11/14/2010 ynetnews.com New Campaign by ADI to increase transplants (Hebrew) view webpage
11/12/2010 ynetnews.com Kosovo: Israeli accused of organ trafficking view webpage
11/9/2010 YNET – Hebrew Priority Transplants for ADI Card Holders view webpage
11/4/2010 New Jersey Jewish Standard Film on Organ Donation Highlights Local Family view webpage
10/13/2010 New York Times Signing Up as an Organ Donor, the Easy Way view webpage
10/7/2010 The Jewish News Palestinian boy embodies our hope, and need, for peace N/A
9/28/2010 ynet.com (Hebrew) Haredi Lung Recipient – We Won’t Endorse Adi view webpage
9/28/2010 YNET – Hebrew Orthodox lung recipient: view webpage
9/6/2010 ynetnews.com Palestinian Organ Donation Saves 3 People view webpage
9/1/2010 Unknown Hebrew Newspaper Forbidden to Donate; Permissible to Receive N/A
9/1/2010 Unknown Hebrew Newspaper Forbidden to Donate; Permissible to Receive N/A
9/1/2010 Counter Punch Body of the Terrorist view webpage
8/31/2010 ynetnews.com Israel Leader in finding Potential Organ Donors view webpage
8/17/2010 NY Times Out of Grief Sprouts a Lifesaving Legacy view webpage
8/16/2010 The Jerusalem Post Fired up to fight kidney failure view webpage
8/12/2010 Arutz Sheva US Jew Flies to Israel to Donate Kidney view webpage
8/1/2010 New York Times A Plan to Recover More Organs for Transplant view webpage
7/26/2010 revach.net Rav Moshe Shternbuch: “Should I Give My Sister A Kidney?” view webpage
7/15/2010 Vos Iz Neias London – Frustration after Beth Din Stalls Organ Donation Drive view webpage
7/15/2010 Failed Messiah.com British Haredi Religious Court Stalls Organ Donation Drive view webpage
7/15/2010 Jewish Updates London – Frustration after Beth Din Stalls Organ Donation Drive view webpage
6/4/2010 The Guardian Saving a Life Trumps Dogma view webpage
6/2/2010 Zimbio.com Donate Life – Organ Donation Awareness view webpage
5/27/2010 Tablet Magazine Organ Donor Law Hits Orthodox Opposition view webpage
5/10/2010 New York Times Should Laws Push for Organ Donation view webpage
5/10/2010 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Hikind, Orthodox Jews Here Fight Organ Donation Bill view webpage
5/10/2010 CNN California, NY mull changes to organ donor laws view webpage
5/7/2010 The Jerusalem Post Brother Can You Spare a Kidney view webpage
4/26/2010 The Philadelphia Jewish Voice Hope from Trauma view webpage
4/23/2010 Vos Iz Neias Israel – Health Ministry to Reexamine Problematic Brain-Death Law view webpage
4/21/2010 New York Times One More Organ Donor view webpage
4/21/2010 NTD Television Kidney Transplant Breakthrough in Israel view webpage
4/8/2010 ynetnews.com Organs Donated Thanks to Facebook view webpage
3/25/2010 worldofjudaica.com Israeli Organ Transplant Innovation will save Thousands view webpage
3/22/2010 Haaretz First kidney transplant involving different blood types performed in Israel view webpage
3/21/2010 Vos Iz Neias Israel – Country’s First Kidney Transplant Involving 2 Different Blood Types view webpage
3/16/2010 The Jewish Journal Surgery Prompts Examination of Jewish Concept of Soul view webpage
3/15/2010 Shlashdot In Israel, Potential Organ Donors Could Jump the Queue view webpage
3/15/2010 Hashkafah.com New Law for Organs in Israel (+ comments) view webpage
3/14/2010 Washington Post From Israel, a radical way to boost organ donation view webpage
3/14/2010 The Straits Times Boost to organ donation? view webpage
3/13/2010 San Francisco Examiner From Israel, a new way to boost organ donation, but some see a religious problem N/A
3/13/2010 Vos Iz Neias Jerusalem – Does Radical New Way to Boost Organ Donation Discriminate Against Ultra-Orthodox Jews? view webpage
3/12/2010 Post-Bulletin From Israel, a radical way to boost organ donation view webpage
2/22/2010 The Jerusalem Post Ask the Rabbi – Organ Donation view webpage
2/11/2010 Jewish Ideas Daily The Heart or the Head? view webpage
2/2/2010 The Jerusalem Post Organ Transplants Increase Only Slightly view webpage
1/29/2010 Failed Messiah Hiding The Truth: The RCA’s Ethicist And Israeli Organ Donations view webpage
1/29/2010 The Jerusalem Post Ethics @ Work: Recompense for Organ Donors view webpage
1/28/2010 Tablet Magazine Israel’s New Organ Donor Policies view webpage
1/28/2010 Matzav.com Kidney Mitzvah: Israel’s Remarkable New Steps to Solve its Organ Shortage view webpage
1/28/2010 Totally Jewish.com Can The Board Remain Relevant? No view webpage
1/27/2010 Slate Kidney Mitzvah view webpage
1/25/2010 PRI’s The World Global Organ Shortage view webpage
1/25/2010 The Jerusalem Post IDF team to return from Haiti view webpage
1/22/2010 PRI’s The World (www.theworld.com) Israel’s Organ Donation Law view webpage
1/14/2010 The Yeshiva World Maran Rav Chaim Kanievsky: Death Determined With Cessation Of Cardiac Activity Only view webpage
1/10/2010 Matzav.com Rav Chaim Kanievsky on Organ Donation view webpage
1/8/2010 The Wall Street Journal The Meat Market view webpage
1/7/2010 Arutz Sheva Organ Donor Compensation Bill Passes Knesset Committee view webpage
1/4/2010 Vos Iz Neias Boro Park, Brooklyn Kidney Transplant Donor and Bnei Brak Recipient Meet view webpage
12/23/2009 New York Times Incentivized Altruism view webpage
12/22/2009 Washington Post Encouraging Organ Donation view webpage
12/21/2009 The Liver Spot The Three Rivers view webpage
12/20/2009 Vos Iz Neias NY Times In-Depth Report On Organ Donation: When Does Death Start view webpage
12/17/2009 BBC News Israeli organ donors to get transplant priority view webpage
12/14/2009 The Liver Spot Look Who’s Talking view webpage
11/30/2009 New Jersey Jewish News Panelists Urge Jews to Donate Their Organs view webpage
11/25/2009 Shimshonit Praise to HODS view webpage
11/20/2009 The Jewish State Making a Choice view webpage
11/13/2009 Vos Iz Neias Preferring Dignity of Kidney Seller to Death of Kidney Buyer, Morally Absurd view webpage
11/13/2009 Beth Shalom Fairfield Newsletter Organ Donation – it’s kosher view webpage
11/12/2009 ynetnews.com Buying Kidneys is Moral [English] view webpage
11/11/2009 Haaretz I gave life to someone view webpage
11/11/2009 ynetnews.com I am Responsible for the Deaths of Hundreds of People [Hebrew] view webpage
11/9/2009 Judische Gemeinde Zu Berlin Beginne mit dem Mann im Spiegel view webpage
11/9/2009 Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life The Gift of Life: Organ Donation, the mitzvah not enough of us keep view webpage
11/9/2009 Yeshiva World News.com DM Litzman: Death When One’s Heart Stops, Not Before view webpage
11/5/2009 ynetnews.com Two Jerusalem residents accused of organ trafficking view webpage
11/2/2009 The Jerusalem Post AFI kicks off 20th season view webpage
11/1/2009 Vos Iz Neias Jerusalem – Eda Haredit: Organ Donation Is Murder (with comments) view webpage
10/15/2009 CAMERA.org Sweden’s Aftonbladet Spreads Libels, Bigotry view webpage
10/13/2009 The Jewish Week Selling organs: letter to editor N/A
10/6/2009 ynetnews.com Peres lauds Rabbinate for recognizing brain death view webpage
10/6/2009 IsraelJewishNews/blogspot.com Tragic accidental death of child leads to saving lives of 3 children view webpage
10/6/2009 National Review Online The Convenient Death view webpage
10/2/2009 The Jewish Week The Case for Selling Organs view webpage
9/25/2009 OneJerusalem.com More Organ Stuff – Donating Jewishly Permitted view webpage
9/24/2009 Yetid Ne-eman (Hebrew) Torah and Halachic Community Expresses Protest and Anxiety in Matters Regarding Killing and Saving a Life N/A
9/24/2009 OneJerusalem.com China, Organ Harvesting, Sweden, Iran Sanctions and Israel view webpage
9/23/2009 The Jerusalem Post rabbinate okays death determination view webpage
9/23/2009 Yeshiva World News.com Chief Rabbinate Ruling on Organ Donation view webpage
9/23/2009 Arutz Sheva Rabbinate Approves of Organ Donation Guidelines view webpage
9/23/2009 ynetnews.com Chareidim will donate organs? (Hebrew) view webpage
9/21/2009 JTA Two Jewish groups back patient autonomy view webpage
9/13/2009 ynetnews.com Litzman Challenges Rabbinate view webpage
9/10/2009 Haaretz No givers thus no takers view webpage
9/2/2009 CNN Donor says he got thousands for his kidney view webpage
9/2/2009 The Progressive Mind Israeli Organ Brokers Still Operating – $100,000 Buys Transplant But Not Good Health view webpage
9/1/2009 Judische Gemeinde zu Berlin Beginne mit dem mann im Spiegel view webpage
9/1/2009 The Jewish Week The Case for Selling Human Organs – by R Berman view webpage
9/1/2009 Unknown Hebrew Newspaper Litzman: Death – Only when the heart stops N/A
8/23/2009 Vos Iz Neias Some Rabbis Working to Get Halachic Approval for Organ Donation view webpage
8/23/2009 Matzav.com Organ Donation Standards Differ with Psak of Rav Eliyashiv view webpage
8/20/2009 Townhall.com In NYC , cash and connections can get you a kidney view webpage
8/20/2009 Vos Iz Neias Rabbi’s Kidney Donation Inspires Community view webpage
8/19/2009 Ha’aretz.com Top Sweden newspaper accuses I.D.F. of harvesting Palestinian Organs view webpage
8/14/2009 The Jewish Daily Forward Kidney Donation Scandal Sparks New Debate over Spekter’s Organ Legislation view webpage
8/6/2009 5 Towns Jewish Times Letters to the Editor – Halachic Organ Donation N/A
8/2/2009 Vos Iz Neias Road Accident Victim Saves 9 with Organ Donation view webpage
7/31/2009 Five Towns Jewish Times The Halachah of Kidneys view webpage
7/30/2009 NPR The International Organ Trafficking Market view webpage
7/30/2009 Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life Organ Donation’s Legality: Jewish and Otherwise view webpage
7/29/2009 The Jewish Week New Light on Organ Trafficking view webpage
7/29/2009 The Jewish Daily Forward How Kidneys are Bought and Sold on Black Market view webpage
7/27/2009 Vos Iz Neias Does Jewish Law Permit Donating a Kidney? What about Selling One? view webpage
7/24/2009 Slate Organ Failure view webpage
7/24/2009 Failed Messiah Background: Ultra-Orthodox Jews and Organ Donation view webpage
7/17/2009 New York Times Letters: A Long Line for Transplants: Is it Fair view webpage
7/11/2009 New York Times A Better Way to Get Kidney view webpage
7/8/2009 THIRTEEN WNET Heart of Jenin – Does Your Religion Allow Organ Donation? (Video) view webpage
6/27/2009 CityNews – Toronto’s News Province to Harvest Organs from Heart Attack Victims view webpage
6/23/2009 New York Times Liver Transplant for Steven Jobs is Raising Questions view webpage
6/10/2009 Chicago Sun Times North Korea -a joke until it isn’t (organ donation discussion) view webpage
6/10/2009 New York Daily News What prospective kidney donors need to know view webpage
6/4/2009 Judische Allgemeine Nr. Herz zu Verschenken (Take my Heart) view webpage
6/2/2009 HODS Press Release Israeli Flees Israel N/A
5/28/2009 Riverdale Press Riverdalian seeks kidney for transplant view webpage
5/4/2009 ynetnews.com Litzman seeks rabbi’s advice on health issues (See webpage for talkbacks) view webpage
3/14/2009 The greatest Gift Foundation’s Blog Halachic organ donation: the viewpoint of Rabbis view webpage
3/12/2009 Vos Iz Neias Donation of Organs has Support of rabbis (see Talkbacks on Web Page) view webpage
3/12/2009 The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles Donation of organs has support of most Rabbis view webpage
1/30/2009 Internet Video HODS Football Team Video at Kraft Stadium view webpage
1/29/2009 ynetnews.com Heart Recipient’s Father_ We’ll never donate organs (For talkbacks, see Web Page) view webpage
1/28/2009 ynet.com (Hebrew) Father of Recipient: To Receive, Yes; To Donate, No (Hebrew) N/A
1/28/2009 cbsnews.com Kidney Donors Do Fine, No Long-Term Issues view webpage
11/27/2008 Lohud.com Stephen Flatow, father of terror victim and anti-terror advocate speaks at RCC view webpage
10/6/2008 Jewish Week Blog Kaddish for J.J. Greenberg view webpage
9/30/2008 Washington Post Reconciling Relgious Tenets to Save Lives view webpage
9/28/2008 Haaretz Did Rabbi Raichik have to die view webpage
9/22/2008 The Jerusalem Post Chabad rabbi who aided Chernobyl children dies view webpage
9/21/2008 Chabad Online Rabbi Raichik Dies of Organ Failure view webpage
9/18/2008 ynetnews.com Kidney Recipient Dies Brain Death and Family Refuses to Donate her Organs view webpage
9/1/2008 Philadelphia Jewish voice Judaism’s Perspectives on Organ Donation after death view webpage
8/31/2008 The Jerusalem Post Rabbis:New Life-Support tech ‘Murder’ view webpage
8/18/2008 CNN Survey: Many Believe in Divine Intervention view webpage
8/15/2008 Agudat ADI The Importance of Organ Donation According to Halacha (Hebrew) N/A
8/15/2008 Slate Battling for Organs Against the National Kidney Foundation view webpage
8/11/2008 HaNa’aseh ve’HaNishmah A Law-Abiding Jew Can Sign An Organ Donor Card in Agreement With One’s Rabbi (Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg) view webpage
8/6/2008 Haaretz (Hebrew) The Haredi Response to the ADI Organ Donor Card N/A
8/6/2008 The Jerusalem Post Edah Haredit Develops ‘Anti-Donor’ Card view webpage
8/6/2008 Haaretz Ultra-Orthodox Community Issues Anti-Organ Donor Cards view webpage
8/5/2008 Haaretz (Hebrew) National Transplant Center: 62% Increase in Organ Donation N/A
8/4/2008 The Jerusalem Post Organ Transplants and Potential Donors Rise view webpage
7/31/2008 CrownHeights.info ORA Honours Rabbi Feldman view webpage
7/22/2008 Yeshiva World News New Law in NJ (Comments) view webpage
7/17/2008 The Jewish Press Halachic Support for Heart Transplants N/A
7/17/2008 The New York Times For Some Jews, It Only Sounds Like ‘Taboo’ view webpage
7/17/2008 The Associated Press Surgeons Taking Kidneys Through The Navel view webpage
7/16/2008 Canadian Jewish Congress Op-Eds Destroying Jewish Myths About Organ Donation view webpage
7/4/2008 The Jewish Week An ‘Angel’ From Alabama view webpage
7/1/2008 Agudat Adi The Importance of Organ Donation According to Halacha view webpage
7/1/2008 Hirhurim Blog Comments on Organ Donation N/A
6/27/2008 The Jewish Press End of Life Issues From A Jewish Perspective N/A
6/23/2008 Yeshivah World News Dayan Goldberg Shlita Supports Adi Organ Donor Cards view webpage
6/22/2008 Yidiot Achronot (Hebrew) Dayan Goldberg Shlita Supports Adi Organ Donor Cards N/A
6/1/2008 Community Magazine New Israeli Law Encourages Donation view webpage
5/26/2008 The Jerusalem Report Difficult Donation- The Solution is Education (Letter) view webpage
5/20/2008 The Jerusalem Post Letters – Peress and Berman view webpage
4/28/2008 The Jerusalem Report Difficult Donationes view webpage
4/9/2008 The Jewish Week Organ Donation: Legal, But Still Controversial N/A
4/7/2008 Haaretz Letter to the Editor view webpage
4/7/2008 ynetnews.co.il (Hebrew) ynet – Health N/A
4/5/2008 Haaretz Mitzvah, Not Murder view webpage
4/3/2008 Haaretz Encourage Organ Donation view webpage
4/2/2008 Maariv Rav Amar (in Hebrew) N/A
4/1/2008 Maariv Transplant law: The Rabbis folded (in Hebrew) N/A
3/28/2008 Yeshiva World News Eretz Yisroel: 16 Transplants in 48 Hours view webpage
3/27/2008 Yeshiva World News Leading Chareidi Rabbonim Oppose Brain Death Law view webpage
3/27/2008 ynetnews.com Ultra-Orthodox rabbis slam organ donation bill view webpage
3/27/2008 Haaretz If the heart is beating, its murder view webpage
3/26/2008 South Jerusalem: Gershom Gorenberg and Haim Watzman Organ Donation and the Rabbis view webpage
3/26/2008 Failed Messiah Haredim and Organ Donation, part 2 view webpage
3/25/2008 Failed Messiah Haredim and Organ Donation (Part One) view webpage
3/25/2008 intelive.tv Knesset approves organ donation law view webpage
3/25/2008 Haaretz What will the Rabbis do? view webpage
3/25/2008 Haaretz With top Rabbi’s blessing,Knesset approves organ donation law N/A
3/25/2008 Arutz Sheva Brain-Death definition bill on way to passage view webpage
3/25/2008 The Jerusalem Post MK: Hundreds of organ transplants may lose funding view webpage
3/25/2008 ynetnews.com Rabbi’s divided on organ donation law view webpage
3/25/2008 Yeshiva World News Brain Death is Death According to New Organ Donation Law view webpage
3/25/2008 Arutz Sheva New Legislation Encourges Organ Donation view webpage
3/25/2008 Arutz Sheva Compromise Found on Kidney-Donor Benefits view webpage
3/25/2008 The Jerusalem Post Analyze This: Vital organs view webpage
3/24/2008 ynetnews.com Brain death – death for all purposes (in Hebrew) N/A
3/24/2008 MSNBC ‘Dead’ man recovering after ATV accident view webpage
3/24/2008 The Jerusalem Post Knesset approves organ donation law view webpage
3/24/2008 ynetnews.com Knesset approves compensation for organ donors view webpage
3/22/2008 The Jerusalem Post Transplants of toddler’s organs save lives of four children view webpage
3/20/2008 The Riverdale Press Jewish law can complicate organ donors’ task view webpage
3/19/2008 Rishon LeTzion Press A Program for Life (in Hebrew) N/A
3/9/2008 The Boston Globe Fatal Flaw view webpage
3/4/2008 The New York Times A Donor Match Over Small Talk and Coffee view webpage
2/27/2008 The New York Times Surgeon Accused of Speeding a Death to Get Organs view webpage
2/26/2008 The Jerusalem Post The Life You Save view webpage
2/17/2008 The Jerusalem Post Ask the Rabbi: Organ donation view webpage
2/17/2008 Aish A Different Olympic Torch view webpage
2/13/2008 The Jerusalem Post Canadian campaigner warns of illegal organ harvesting view webpage
2/11/2008 Aish A Kidney To Give view webpage
2/5/2008 ynetnews.com Knesset passes bill to boost organ donations view webpage
2/5/2008 ynetnews.com ynet Health N/A
1/31/2008 Arutz Sheva Rabbis: Jews Must Lead Condemnation of China view webpage
1/30/2008 The Jerusalem Post Bowling: Moshiko AFI Playoffs begin this Weekend view webpage
1/28/2008 amednews.com Economists’ Study says paying for organs would reduce wait lists view webpage
1/18/2008 This American Life Matchmakers view webpage
1/3/2008 New Jersey Jewish News Transplant Debate: Bill raises conflicts among Orthodox on permissibility of organ donation view webpage
12/24/2007 Yeshiva Ateret Yerushalayim It is a great Mitzvah to Donate Organs view webpage
12/23/2007 Israel Hayom Correct Legislation N/A
12/21/2007 Maariv Impact on Life N/A
12/16/2007 New York Times Magazine Desperately Seeking a Kidney view webpage
12/11/2007 Health News Digest Paying for Donor Organs Could Drastically Increase Availability view webpage
12/2/2007 Haaretz Organs of IDF soldier donated to five people in Israel, Germany view webpage
12/2/2007 Haaretz Compensation for organ donation view webpage
11/12/2007 Maariv Meirav Can Begin to Smile Again N/A
11/1/2007 Israeli Media Tzoed Kadima N/A
10/28/2007 HaZofe Rabbi Avraham Elkana Shapira zt”l and His Contribution to the Issue of Brain Death (Hebrew) N/A
10/26/2007 The Jewish Week Small Organ-Donor Pool Imperils Israelis N/A
10/19/2007 Haaretz Turn the ADI Card Into a Binding Will view webpage
10/17/2007 Haaretz Consensus found on bill to define brain death as rabbis reach breakthrough view webpage
10/15/2007 Wall Street Journal One Surgeon’s Twist On Organ Donation view webpage
10/15/2007 Wall Street Journal Kidney Swaps Seen As Way To Ease Shortage view webpage
10/15/2007 Haaretz Israel Medical Association says proposal before Knesset would encourage organ-trafficking view webpage
10/11/2007 The Jerusalem Post Schneller bills seeks doctor training view webpage
10/10/2007 Slate Kidney Picking view webpage
10/6/2007 ynetnews.com A Mitzva called organ donation view webpage
10/3/2007 Yidiot Achronot Meshi-Zahav on Organ Donation (in Hebrew) N/A
10/1/2007 Yidiot Achronot Letting Sick People Die N/A
9/25/2007 Haaretz Pulse Normal; Brain Dead view webpage
9/23/2007 Yidiot Achronot Organ Donation – Are the Religious for or against it? (In Hebrew) N/A
9/21/2007 The Jewish Journal Finding Our Fourth view webpage
9/20/2007 ynetnews.com ADI, Reform Movement launch ‘book of life’ project view webpage
9/19/2007 Yidiot Achronot Rav Aviner on Organ Donation (in Hebrew) N/A
9/16/2007 T.V English IBA News TV Interview with Robby Berman view webpage
8/30/2007 The New York Post That’s Using Old Kidneys view webpage
8/28/2007 Yidiot Achronot The Honor of the Doctors (in Hebrew) N/A
8/14/2007 TV English Ch. 33 News TV Interview with Robby Berman view webpage
8/13/2007 Yidiot Achronot A kidney transplant in Eilat is from an American donor (Hebrew) N/A
8/13/2007 Channel 7 News -WSVN Family fights to keep their 4-year-old on life support view webpage
8/12/2007 TV Channel 1 News HODS Finds Living Kidney Donor for Israeli Soldier N/A
8/12/2007 TV English IBA News HODS Finds Living Kidney Donor for Israeli Soldier view webpage
8/10/2007 The Jewish Chronicle My Internet Kidney Gift N/A
8/8/2007 ynetnews.com A Kidney from the Heart view webpage
8/7/2007 Yidiot Achronot Thanks to Mom, Dad and Eric who saved my life (in Hebrew) N/A
8/6/2007 TV Channel 1 News Moshiko’s Bar Mitzvah view webpage
8/6/2007 TV Channel 10 News Moshiko’s Bar Mitzvah view webpage
8/5/2007 TV Channel 2 News Moshiko’s Bar Mitzvah view webpage
8/2/2007 TV English IBA News Moshiko Bar Mitzvah view webpage
8/2/2007 Yidiot Achronot A Kidney from the Heart (in Hebrew) N/A
8/2/2007 Yidiot Achronot Happy Ending view webpage
7/20/2007 The Jerusalem Post American Man’s Kidney to give Soldier New Lease on Life view webpage
7/7/2007 Lower Hudson On Line Spring Valley Man does Mitzvah by Donating Kidney N/A
7/1/2007 614 HBI eZINE By The Book view webpage
7/1/2007 614 HBI eZINE Behind Closed Doors view webpage
7/1/2007 614 HBI eZINE Thoughts of a Donor view webpage
5/25/2007 The Jewish Chronicle The LifeSaver N/A
5/1/2007 The Jerusalem Post Israeli Suspected of Organ Trafficking view webpage
4/14/2007 Slate Shopped Liver- The worldwide market in human organs. view webpage
4/1/2007 Lincoln Square Synagouge Light Mais Mitzvah- and Organ Donation N/A
3/22/2007 The Jerusalem Post Lung lobe transplants from live donors to be performed at the Rabin Medical Center view webpage
3/16/2007 The Wall Street Journal Doing Well By Doing Good view webpage
3/15/2007 Yidiot Achronot A chain was given in memory of Nati (Hebrew) N/A
3/11/2007 AP 22 Die in China Coal Mine Accident view webpage
3/8/2007 CBS News Wanna Cut Your Jail Time? view webpage
3/8/2007 SFgate.com S.C. May Cut Jail Time for Organ Donors view webpage
2/4/2007 Yidiot Achronot Ruling: Obligation to sign Organ Donor Cards (Hebrew) N/A
1/28/2007 The Jewish Advocate Understanding Organ Donation N/A
1/26/2007 The Jerusalem Post Talk Back N/A
1/17/2007 The Jerusalem Post Transplant Shortage? Get radical view webpage
1/3/2007 The Jerusalem Post Massive Organ Donor Campaign Launched view webpage
1/1/2007 Wikipedia Pikuach Nefesh view webpage
12/26/2006 Slate Hands Off My Kidney! view webpage
12/20/2006 The Jerusalem Post New Liver New Lease on Life view webpage
12/12/2006 Al Jazeera.net Pakistan Organ Trade to be Examined view webpage
12/8/2006 Cross Currents Winter Harvest view webpage
12/1/2006 Jewish Action HODS Advertisement N/A
12/1/2006 The American Organs For Sale view webpage
12/1/2006 The Jewish Star What is Death? N/A
11/27/2006 The Jerusalem Post MKs to Oppose Chinese Death Row Transplants view webpage
11/26/2006 Philadelphia Inquirer Pakistan’s ‘kidney baazar’ N/A
11/24/2006 The Jewish Star Brain-Stem Death and the Halachic Organ Donor Society N/A
11/18/2006 The Economist Your Part or Mine? view webpage
11/18/2006 The Economist Psst, Wanna Buy a Kidney? view webpage
11/18/2006 New York Times Medicine Meets Religion in Organ Donation Debate view webpage
11/16/2006 WABC Channel 7 TV HODS Seminar: A Push for Organ Donation in the Jewish Community view webpage
11/16/2006 CH 7 Online Website A Push for Organ Donation in the Jewish Community view webpage
11/13/2006 New York Times Need for Transplants is Acute Among Blacks view webpage
11/11/2006 The Jerusalem Post MKs to Oppose Chinese Death Row Transplants view webpage
11/10/2006 The Jewish Star Organ Donation: Gift or Halachic Obligation N/A
11/8/2006 Yahoo News Organ Donation Raises Religious Debate in Israel view webpage
11/8/2006 WorldWide Religious News Organ donation raises religious doubts in Israel view webpage
11/8/2006 The Jewish Press Hooked Up and Waiting for my Angel view webpage
11/4/2006 Jewish Standard Organ Donation Called a Mitzvah view webpage
10/26/2006 The Jerusalem Post Transplant Center Head Urges Payment for Live Donors N/A
10/8/2006 U.S News and World Report Mix, Match and Switch view webpage
10/1/2006 News First Class Dad Died Waiting for a Transplant N/A
9/13/2006 Jewish Press Community Profile N/A
9/10/2006 YU Torah Online Time of Death: Cardiac Death in Jewish Law (audio) view webpage
9/3/2006 Nature Vegative patient shows sign of conscious thought view webpage
8/21/2006 New York Times An Orthodox Jewish Woman, and Soon, a Spiritual Leader view webpage
7/5/2006 Maariv Kibbutz Hadati Urge People to Sign ADI Organ Donor Cards N/A
6/27/2006 Toronto’s City News Province to harvest organs from heart attack victims view webpage
6/16/2006 Haaretz Seminar Urges Anglos to Sign Organ Donor Cards N/A
6/15/2006 The Jerusalem Post Flip Side: A change of heart. view webpage
6/14/2006 The Jerusalem Post Christian Allies Caucus takes up organ donations view webpage
6/9/2006 The Jewish Daily Forward Beating the Organ Donor Taboo view webpage
5/12/2006 Cleveland Jewish News Boning up on halachah and organ donations view webpage
5/10/2006 Canadian Jewish News Organ donation can be a ‘posthumous mitzvah’ view webpage
2/15/2006 The Jewish Press Letters To The Editor: Organ Donation N/A
2/11/2006 Aish Live Organ Donation view webpage
2/10/2006 Cleveland Jewish News Give life in death N/A
2/1/2006 Pittsburgh Jewish Chron. Speaker makes controversial proposals to increase organ donations N/A
1/1/2006 Lilith What’s in Your Wallet? That Ominous Organ-Donation Card view webpage
12/20/2005 Slate Love Match: Couples Who Cross-Donate Kidneys view webpage
11/14/2005 The Jerusalem Report Letters: Organ Sales N/A
11/1/2005 Kennedy School Review Volume VI: Lethal Legislation view webpage
10/27/2005 ynetnews.com Jewish Heart in China (in Hebrew) N/A
10/17/2005 The Jerusalem Report Buying kidneys is only odious to those who don’t need them view webpage
10/9/2005 Yidiot Achronot We searched the whole country to find organ donors (in Hebrew) N/A
8/26/2005 Australian Jewish News Letters: Chevra’s Anti-Halacha Policy N/A
8/26/2005 Australian Jewish News Chevra retreats on organ donors N/A
8/19/2005 Australian Jewish News Sydney chevra: organ donors ‘not permitted’ N/A
8/10/2005 The Jerusalem Post Selling organs should be legal view webpage
8/1/2005 Kennedy School Bulletin It’s All in the Cards view webpage
8/1/2005 Kennedy School Bulletin It’s All in the Cards view webpage
7/29/2005 The Jewish Daily Forward Live Donation Of Organs Stirs a Debate Over Ethics view webpage
7/1/2005 New Voices Lending a Hand, Literally and Jewishly N/A
7/1/2005 The Jewish Week Longtime Healer Needs Transplant view webpage
5/26/2005 ynetnews.com Waiting for a Heart & a Rav (in Hebrew) N/A
4/15/2005 Australian Jewish News When can Jews donate organs? N/A
12/1/2004 Wall Street Journal A Tax Break for Your Kidney view webpage
11/28/2004 The Jerusalem Post Letter to the Editor: Where’s the incentive? view webpage
11/25/2004 The Jerusalem Post Letter to the Editor: I was not enticed to donate a kidney view webpage
11/23/2004 The Jerusalem Post Letter to the Editor: Brave donors view webpage
11/21/2004 The Jerusalem Post Health Ministry refuses to finance expenses for US kidney donors who want to save Israelis view webpage
10/20/2004 LJWordld.com KU alumnus travels to Israel to give kidney to 10-year old boy view webpage
10/20/2004 Citizen Online Edition Kansas man donates kidney to boy in Israel view webpage
10/20/2004 CBS Kansas Man Donates Kidney Overseas view webpage
10/19/2004 AP Kansas man travels to Israel to give kidney to 10-year-old Jewish boy view webpage
10/4/2004 New York Post Arab Child Saves 5 Israelis In Death N/A
10/1/2004 The Capital Journal Sojourn Saves Boy’s Life view webpage
9/29/2004 CNN HODS: Moshiko view webpage
9/21/2004 Yidiot Achronot The Operation is Successful: Moshiko, Aged 10, Got a New Life N/A
9/15/2004 Maariv Moshe: You’re a hero! Sharon has given me a brother (in Hebrew) N/A
8/17/2004 Baltimore Jewish Times Comment: Donate Organs N/A
7/30/2004 The Jewish Daily Forward EAST VILLAGE MAMELE: The Gift That Keeps On Living view webpage
6/4/2004 The Jewish Week Letters: “Organ Donations” N/A
5/28/2004 The Jewish Chronicle Letters – Orman, Sandman N/A
5/28/2004 The Jewish Week Letters: “Organ Donations” N/A
5/23/2004 The New York Times The Organ Trade: On a Path of Poverty and Hope view webpage
5/21/2004 The Jewish Chronicle Letters – Berman, Bravo, Rivlin N/A
5/21/2004 The Jewish Week Letters to the Editor: “Organ Transplants” N/A
5/14/2004 The Jewish Chronicle 4 Letters to the Editor N/A
5/14/2004 The Jewish Chronicle Organ Recital Ended by Abrupt Silence view webpage
5/14/2004 Jewish Week “New Front in Fight Over Organ Donor” view webpage
5/7/2004 The Jewish Chronicle Immanuel withdraws invitation to organ donor campaigner N/A
4/1/2004 Jewish Action On Organ Donation: Point Counterpoint view webpage
3/19/2004 Intermountain Jewish News “Does Jewish law prohibit, or require, donation of organs upon death?” N/A
3/19/2004 Jewish Journal.com Q & A with Robby Berman view webpage
3/1/2004 IMAJ “Jewish Medical Ethics: Monetary Compensation for Donating Kidneys” view webpage
1/30/2004 The Jewish Week “Waiting for ‘a Good Neshama'” view webpage
1/23/2004 New York Times Wisconsin Senate Approves Tax Reduction for Organ Donors view webpage
1/1/2004 Emuna Magazine “Jewish Law and Organ Transplantation” N/A
9/1/2003 Jewish Action What Does Halachah Say About Organ Donation? N/A
8/13/2003 Jewish Colorado Pikuach Nefesh: Giving Back Life view webpage
8/3/2003 New York Post Jews and the ‘Gift of Life’ N/A
3/28/2003 The Jewish Press More on Organ Donation Debate N/A
3/21/2003 The Jewish Press The Arguement over Organ Donation and Brain Stem Death N/A
2/14/2003 Jewish World A Unique Donation-You Don’t have to be Rich to Give the Gift of Life N/A
2/10/2003 New York Times An Organ Donor Campaign Targets Jews view webpage
2/1/2003 Moment The Gift of Life N/A
12/6/2002 The Jewish Press Organ Donation and Halacha N/A
11/8/2002 The Jerusalem Post Sanctity or Desecration N/A
10/25/2002 The Jewish Week Organ Recipients N/A
10/11/2002 The Jewish Week The Final Gift view webpage
10/1/2002 The Jerusalem Post Organs Sans Borders N/A
6/3/2002 Crain’s New York Business Striking a chord with Hispanics in Quest for Organs view webpage
3/24/2002 The Jerusalem Post The Last Mitzvah of your Life N/A
2/15/2002 The Jewish Week Orthodox Organ Donors view webpage
5/27/2001 New York Times Complications view webpage
7/1/1998 Slate Organ Peddling view webpage
11/15/1996 Hypermail Torah-Forum Archive Ovadia Yosef Rules Kidney Donations Permissible, Even Obligatory view webpage
8/7/1992 Yated Neeman Prohibition on Organ Donation by Rav Auerbach and Rav Elyashiv N/A
12/11/1989 People The Widow of An Israeli Soldier Gives His Heart—and the Gift of Life—to An Arab, Hanna Khader view webpage
12/28/1988 YU Torah.org/lectures Rabbi Hershel Schachter at Yeshiva University (Audio) view webpage
4/14/1969 Chabad On Donating Organs view webpage
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