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: Teshuvah of R. Yosef Meshash regarding cornea transplants
Author: Meshash, R. Yosef
Publication: Mayyim Kedoshim
Year: ~~
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- Title: Brain Death in Children (Editorial)
Author: Wijdicks, Eelco F. M., MD, PhD; Smith, Wade S, MD, PhD
Publication: American Neurological Association
Year: 2012~~
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- Title: Really Dead, The Israeli Brain-Death Controversy, 1967-1986
Author: Naftali Moses
Publication: Really Dead (Book)
Year: 2011~~
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- Title: “Lamut Kehalacha” – To die according to Halacha
Author: Vered Kelner
Publication: Globe
Year: 2012~~
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- Title: Organ Donation
Author: Rabbi Moshe Edelmann
Publication: Vows in Halachic Literature & Responsa
Year: 5766
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Self-Published~~ - Title: Bioethics of the Refusal of blood by Jehovah’s Witnesses
Author: Muramoto, Osamu
Publication: Journal of Medical Ethics
Year: 1998
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Note correction on last page of article.~~ - Title: The Question of the Kidneys Counsel
Author: Slifkin, Rabbi Natan
Publication: RationalistJudaism.com
Year: 2010~~
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- Title: Refrigeration, Resuscitation, and the Resurection
Author: Rosenfeld, Rabbi Azriel
Publication: Tradition – A Journal of Orthodox Thought
Year: ~~
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