Young Israel of St. Louis presents

Sinai Scholars Program

Scholar in Residence Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman

Dedicated by Adinah & Heschel Raskas and Aviva & Moshe Adler

Shabbat, March 30

9 am  Shacharit
11:15 am  Drasha/Shiur after Davening (Kiddush to follow)
Medical Halakha Update 2019: Halakhic Ramifications of the Latest Advances in Medicine
5:45 pm  Pre-Mincha shiur
Pidyon haBen in the 21st Century: The Impact of Medical Advances on the Performance of One Mitzvah
6:55 pm  Mincha
9:15 pm  Melaveh Malkah
Jewish Medical Ethics Book Club: My Sister’s Keeper
This talk will address the topics of preimplantation of genetic diagnosis, organ donation, pediatric consent, and definition of death.

Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Professor of Philosophy and History of Medicine at Yeshiva University’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he teaches Jewish medical ethics. Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman received semikha (rabbinic ordination) from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and writes and lectures widely in the field of Jewish medical ethics. He is the recipient of a Kornfeld Foundation Fellowship and the Rubinstein Prize in Medical Ethics, and was a member of both the board of the Halakhic Organ Donor Society and the advisory board of the Institute for Genetics and Public Policy. His research is devoted to the interface of medical history and Jewish law.

All events take place at Young Israel of St Louis (9101 Delmar Blvd., 63130).

For registration and additional information, contact Young Israel at 314-727-1880 or Info@YoungIsrael-STL.org.

Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series is generously funded by the Lubin-Green Foundation, a Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis.

The Sh’ma: Listen! Speakers Series promotes engagement with a wide spectrum of ideas as a means to deepen our community’s education and commitment to Jewish life. The views expressed by speakers are their own and not necessarily those of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis or the Center for Jewish Learning.

Sh’ma: Listen! Advisory Committee Chair
Rabbi Jeffrey Stiffman

Staff
Rabbi Tracy Nathan, Senior Educator, Center for Jewish Learning
Cyndee Levy, Director, Center for Jewish Learning

Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Gerald P. Greiman, Board Chair
Andrew Rehfeld, President & CEO