Bioethics & Judaism - Some Links for further research
The Rabbinic Assembly (Conservative)
- Jewish Medical Directives for Health Care (PDF)
- Organ and Tissue Donation (PDF, Brochure)
Shaare Zedek Medical Center (Jerusalem - Orthodox)
\- Assia - Jewish Medical Ethics (Journal)
Euthanasia/assisted suicide
- A Responsum from the Conservative Movement's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards
- What does Judaism have to say about suicide? (Conservative)
- Orthodox Union Statement at the US Senate Judiciary Committee (2000)
- Orthodox Union - Director of Public Affairs Statement (Dec. 1999)
- Article in CCAR Journal (Reform)
- Two articles from the Symposium on Physician-Assisted Suicide CCAR Journal, 1997 (Include the position of the C.C.A.R. responsa committee)
- C.C.A.R. Responsa on Funeral Service for a Suicide
- Pain Relief and the Risk of Suicide: A Jewish Perspective by Rabbi Aaron L. Mackler, Ph.D.
Human Cloning
General Introduction to Jewish, Roman Catholic, Protestant and Islamic Perspectives on the matter
Cloning Human Beings - Report and Recommendations of the (US) National Bioethics Advisory Comission (PDF)
- Cloning People and Jewish Law: A Preliminary Analysis by R. Michael J. Broyde
- Playing God. Is Human Cloning Forbidden? An article by Jonathan R. Cohen in Reform Judaism
- Human Cloning - Aish HaTorah (Orthodox Judaism)
- R. Michael Samuel's answer to the question: Is Cloning Permitted according to the Halacha? (He served as a rabbi in Orthodox and Traditional synagogues)
- Israel Faces the Issue of Human Cloning: A Discussion of the Ethical and Social Implications - Yael Weiler EJAIB 8 (1998), 10-12.
- Cloning and the New Ethic: Commentary on Yael Weiler - Frank J. Leavitt EJAIB 8 (1998), 12-3.
- Human Cloning is illegal in Israel