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Ethical Dilemmas in Fighting Terrorism

November 25, 2004 | Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin

When the IDF updated its military doctrine in 2003, Prof. Asa Kasher, Professor of Professional Ethics at Tel Aviv University, joined me on an ethics committee to craft principles on how to make moral and ethical decisions in Israel's operational campaign against terror. As we sought to formulate how to fight terror, we understood that the main asymmetry is in the values of the two societies involved in the conflict - in the rules they obey.

Jewish Perspectives on Genetic Engineering

October 1, 2001 | Akiva Wolff

One of the technological marvels of the modern age is genetic engineering -- the manipulation of genetic material, and the transference of genetic material between different types of organisms, to create transgenic or genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) with modified traits.

Jewish Environmental Studies: A New Field

April 1, 2001 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

Jewish environmental studies do not yet exist as an academic field. There are no chairs or regular university courses in this discipline.