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Halachic Challenges Emerging From Stem Cell Research

Halachic Challenges Emerging From Stem Cell Research

January 27, 2010 | Dr. John D. Loike, Prof. Moshe D. Tendler
As a partner with God in the creation process,[1] human beings have developed innovative technologies to treat and cure disease, to enhance human living conditions, and to protect or improve the environment. In concert with the development of new technologies, the halachic (Jewish legal) process has elaborated specific mechanisms to incorporate and integrate these emerging technologies. As such, leading rabbinical authorities have evaluated and analyzed the halachic parameters surrounding the ap
Halachic Challenges Emerging From Stem Cell Research

Halachic Challenges Emerging From Stem Cell Research

October 24, 2009 | Prof. Moshe D. Tendler, Dr. John D. Loike
As a partner with God in the creation process,[1] human beings have developed innovative technologies to treat and cure disease, to enhance human living conditions, and to protect or improve the environment. In concert with the development of new technologies, the halachic (Jewish legal) process has elaborated specific mechanisms to incorporate and integrate these emerging technologies.
The Supreme Court, Jewishness, and Democracy: Suggestions for a More Effective Balance

The Supreme Court, Jewishness, and Democracy: Suggestions for a More Effective Balance

June 21, 2009 | Prof. Julien Bauer
Under the leadership of Aharon Barak, the Israeli Supreme Court experienced a constitutional revolution, giving it the right to judge whether various public decisions respect the Jewish and democratic values of the state. This paper emphasizes that the Supreme Court is ill equipped to judge according to Jewish values, without reference to mishpat ivri, Jewish law.
Concurrent Jurisdictions in Jewish Law (The Practical Criminal Procedure as Posited by the Medieval Authorities in General and by Maimonides in Particular) (In Hebrew)

Concurrent Jurisdictions in Jewish Law (The Practical Criminal Procedure as Posited by the Medieval Authorities in General and by Maimonides in Particular) (In Hebrew)

October 30, 1998
Halakhah – The Governing Norm

Halakhah – The Governing Norm

April 20, 1996
The Contribution of Spanish Jewry to the World of Jewish Law

The Contribution of Spanish Jewry to the World of Jewish Law

October 27, 1993 | Menachem Elon