Jewish+Medical+Ethics

Welcome to the Jewish Medical Ethics page. Below you will find your guidelines in designing your own Jewish Medical Ethic. Please follow instructions carefully and post any questions you have on the CJI Discussion Board. Attached is the PPT I taught you on Surrogate Motherhood. Your final date of submission of this data is Monday, March 7, 2011.Thanks, Mrs. Goldstein. :).

Here is a copy of your Jewish Medical Ethics Evaluative Exp. Please complete and email me by11pm your time, Sunday. April 3, 2011. Thanks!

Your Submissions: Annie-Autopsy ... Danielle-Assisted Suicide ...Eric-Stem Cell Research...Kaili-Assisted Suicide...Liat-Organ Donation from Non-kosher Animals...Matthew-Pulling the Plug...Mira-Plastic Surgery...Sarah-Pulling the Plug...Scotty-Abortion...Sophie-Abortion...Hannah-Surrogacy...Jennie-Surrogacy...Talya-Brain Death...Tamar-Abortion...

Link to Evaluative Experience

=**Please read the following stories in Tanach before the EE on Thurs. Email or text me with any questions and I will do my best to answer you in real time.**= = Themes: Resurrection/ Pulling the Plug/ Never Giving up Hope =

1. Elisha and the Shunamite Woman's Son: Melachim Bet, פרק ד, פסוקים ח-לז:
Themes: Suicide/Assisted Suicide 2. Achitophel: Shmuel Bet Perek 17 3. Shaul's Demise: Shmuel Aleph, 31:4 4. Masada History 5. Bait Yaakov girls during the Holocaust. See this article and poem for more information: [] 6. Bat Yiftach: Shoftim 11 (towards the end of the perek) 7. Shimshon's Demise: Shoftim 16 Themes: Surrogate Motherhood and Halachic IVF 8. Bilha and Zilpa: Bereshit 30 9. Yehuda's Sons: Bereshit 38 10. בראשית ט:ו ** שֹׁפֵךְ דַּם הָאָדָם - בָּאָדָם דָּמוֹ יִשָּׁפֵךְ .** 11. פרו ורבו ומלאו את הארץ וכבשוה - בראשית א:כח


 * My Topic: Surrogate Motherhood**



Below are guidelines on your JME (Jewish Medical Ethics) project. **PROVIDE ALL THIS INFORMATION ON YOUR OWN HOMEPAGE OF THE CJI WIKI.**

HOW ?


 * GO TO 'NEW PAGE' ON THE TOP LEFT OF THE CJI WIKI. WRITE YOUR NAME AND YOUR DILEMMA IN THE 'CREATE NEW PAGE' BOX. CLICK 'CREATE.'**

1. ** Choose a subject in Medical Ethics that appeals to you. ** Some examples are Eugenics, IVF, Surrogate Motherhood, Abortion from Rape or other undesirable circumstances, Organ Donation, End of Life issues/Assisted Suicide/Pulling the Plug, Brain Death, or your own idea. See this site for ideas and articles: [].

2 . **State the Jewish Medical Ethical dilemma and raise three relevant questions**. For example, SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD: A woman has trouble getting pregnant and would like to use a surrogate mother. Is this acceptable according to Jewish law? If the sperm and the egg come from Jewish donors, but the surrogate mother is not-Jewish, is the child Jewish? What if the father is a Cohen? How does that affect the child's status?

3. ** State two halachot that are discussed in your ethical dilemma. **For example, in the Surrogate Motherhood example, the halacha brings down that the surrogate mother must be single, otherwise carrying the child of another man would be considered adultery. Another Halachic problem is הוצאת זרע לבטלה based on the story of Er and Onan (Genesis 38) where God's displeasure with this practice is expressed. Often, halachic rulings permit the collection of semen for fertility purposes, but the method must be examined and a Rabbi with medical background must be consulted.

4. **Insert a link of a Jewish article discussing your Ethical dilemma.** Some experts in the field are Rabbi Dr. Moshe Tendler, Rav Moshe Feinstein zt"l, Dr. Avraham Steinberg, and RAFAEL organization in Israel. For example, for surrogate motherhood, consult the Nishmat site []. Other discussions can be found here: []. Israel has the leading medical and halachic centers for family and fertility issues. Check out this site, the Puah Institute, for information on halachic guidance for IVF and surrogate motherhood: []. 5. ** State conflicting Rabbinic opinions, if that exists, and then state your OWN OPINION! **

6. A** dd a photo (not-gory) of your dilemma! **

=** 7. ** Research Medical breakthroughs, dialogues, discussions or organizations in Israel that discuss your medical ethic. Post question and response to your wiki ; Explain the purpose of this organization, dialogue, or research and how it affects Jews around the world.=


 * I will be available during office hours on Google chat, Skype chat, or the wiki from 8-9pm Thurs eve for questions. Post any question on the CJI Discussion board.**