Mar 17, 2020 By: lberlinger
On Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, over 250 people attended the 13th Annual Medical Ethics Society (MES) Conference presented by the YU Student Medical Ethics Society and the Center for the Jewish Future (CJF). “Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die?” examined Jewish perspectives on patient autonomy and decision-making in modern medicine.
The conference opened with remarks by the co-presidents of MES, Bailey Frohlich ’20S and Tzvi Cantor ’21YC, who welcomed the audience. Rabbi Yaakov Glasser ’99YC, ’01R, ’05A, the David Mitzner Dean of CJF, addressed the audience and was followed by the conference chairman, Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman ’86YC, ’90E, ’97R, who introduced the honoree of the conference, Rabbi Dr. Moshe D. Tendler ’48R, the Rabbi Isaac and Bella Tendler Professor of Jewish Medical Ethics, a professor of biology at YU and a rosh yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS). The conference, sponsored by the Community Synagogue of Monsey, was in honor of Rabbi Tendler, who spoke about risk and patient autonomy in Talmudic law.