Articles
Below you will find articles by rabbis, doctors and scholars about the halachic and medical issues surrounding brain-stem death and organ donation. Some articles are pro organ donation and some are con. We believe by showing all positions, we can allow the public to judge for themselves where they stand on these issues.
- Title: Pakistan’s Kidney Bazaar
Author: Jan, Sadaqat
Publication: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Year: 2006
Download: English
HOD Comment: - Title: The Transplant Connection (Hebrew)
Author: Sarit Rosenblum
Publication: Journal Jediot Achronot
Year: 2013
Download: Hebrew
HOD Comment: - Title: Donating in good faith or getting into trouble? Religion and organ donation revisited
Author: Oliver, Mike; Ahmed, Aimun; Woywodt, Alexander
Publication: World Journal of Transplantation
Year: 2012
Download: English
HOD Comment: - Title: Life Insurance in the United States
Author: unknown
Publication: Hunts Merchants Magazine
Year: 1843
Download: English
HOD Comment: - Title: Determining Death and Heart Transplant
Author: David, Rabbi Shmuel
Publication: Hunts Merchants Magazine
Year:
Download: Hebrew
HOD Comment: - Title: Through its paces
Author: Daniela Breitbar
Publication: Juedische Allgemeine
Year: 2015
Download: English
HOD Comment:The Halachic Organ Donor Society addresses a taboo in Judaism
- Title: Organ Transplantation from Living Donors
Author: Yisraeli, Rabbi Shaul
Publication: ASSIA - Volume 9
Year: 2003
Download: Hebrew
HOD Comment:Publisher: The Dr. Falk Schlesinger Institute of Medical-Halachic Research at the Sha’are Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem
- Title: Compulsory Donation of Bone Marrow and Endangering Minors for Organ Transplantation
Author: Bar-Ilan, Rabbi Naftali
Publication: ASSIA - Volume 10
Year: 2007
Download: Hebrew
HOD Comment:Publisher: The Dr. Falk Schlesinger Institute of Medical-Halachic Research at the Sha’are Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem
- Title: A Note on Legalizing the Compensation Procedure for Organ Donors
Author: Halperin, Dr. Mordechai
Publication: ASSIA - Volume 9
Year: 2003
Download: Hebrew
HOD Comment:Publisher: The Dr. Falk Schlesinger Institute of Medical-Halachic Research at the Sha’are Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem
- Title: Murder of the Donor: Introduction to the Medical Discussion
Author: Halperin, Dr. Mordechai
Publication: Establishing the Moment of Death
Year: 2007
Download: Hebrew
HOD Comment:Publisher: The Dr. Falk Schlesinger Institute of Medical-Halachic Research at the Sha’are Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem
- Title: Organ Transplant: Soon It May Be a Routine Part of the Jewish Death Ritual
Author: Unknown
Publication: Jewish Voice, The
Year: 1996, December
Download: English
HOD Comment: - Title: Transplantation of Brain Tissue
Author: Raiskin, Shlomy
Publication: ASSIA - Volume 13
Year: 2010
Download: Hebrew
HOD Comment:Publisher: The Dr. Falk Schlesinger Institute of Medical-Halachi Research at the Sha’are Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem
- Title: Ovadiah Yosef Rules Kidney Donations Permissible, Even Obligatory
Author: Unknown
Publication: News Report
Year: Unknown
Download: English
HOD Comment: - Title: How A Rabbi Decides A Medical Halacha Issue
Author: Breitowitz, Rabbi Yitzchok
Publication: Synopsis of Presentation, Conference on Jewish Medical Ethics, San Francisco, CA
Year: 1996, February 18-20
Download: English
HOD Comment: - Title: Halachic Aspects of Organ Transplantation
Author: Fink, Rabbi Reuven
Publication: Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society/V, The
Year: 1983, Spring
Download: English
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