Oct 4, 2004 -- An analysis of how Jewish law and ethics affect scientific advances and research will highlight an Oct. 24 discussion sponsored by Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women. The lecture, “When Man Creates Man: Assisted Reproduction, Cloning, and Stem Cell Research through the Prism of Halacha and Ethics” will take place at 7:30 pm in the Leo and Julia Forchheimer Auditorium at the Yeshiva University Museum, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street in Manhattan. Prior to the lecture, at 6 pm, Stern College alumnae are invited to a wine and cheese reception and private tour of Stern’s jubilee museum exhibition “Stern at 50: Five Decades - One Dream.” The event is the fourth in a seven-part lecture series celebrating Stern College’s 50th anniversary. Discussion participants are: Rabbi J. David Bleich, PhD, Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Jewish Law and Ethics at YU’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and rosh yeshiva at YU’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary; Nancy N. Dubler, LLB, director of bioethics at Montefiore Medical Center and co-director of the Program in Bioethics and Medical Humanities at YU’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine; and Zev Rosenwaks, MD, director of the Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Discussion moderator is Rabbi Edward I. Reichman, MD, assistant professor in the department of emergency medicine at Montefiore Medical Center and assistant professor in the department of epidemiology and population health at Einstein. Upcoming lectures are “Human Freedom and Responsibility: An Analysis from Traditional and Contemporary Sources” on Nov. 14 at the Long Island home of Anita, a 1989 Stern College graduate, and Richard Grossman, and “Challenges and Opportunities: Orthodox Families Confront a Changing World” on Dec. 5 at Yeshiva University’s Geraldine Schottenstein Cultural Center, 239-241 East 34th Street, Manhattan. Co-chairs of the lecture series are Stern College alumnae Debbie Niderberg and Cali Orenbuch. Sharon Herzfeld, MD, and Susan Ungar-Mero, MD, also Stern graduates, are co-chairing the college’s yearlong jubilee celebration. For more information on this and other Stern-at-50 events, call 212-340-7862, or e-mail rentas@yu.edu. Admission to the lectures is free, although advanced reservations are required. Online registration is also available at www.yu.edu/sternjubilee.