Controversies in Brit Mila: Panel Discussion, 4th Annual Jewish Medical Ethics Conference 2012
Panel discussion at the 4th Annual Jewish Medical Ethics Conference, held in Southbury, CT, August 16-19, 2012.
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Dr. Beni Gesundheit
Dr. Beni Gesundheit studied for five years at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut, Israel. He attended medical school in Switzerland, and did his residency in pediatrics at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Dr. Gesundheit completed a fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. He received his Ph.D. in bioethics from the University of Toronto (2004), with a dissertation on Jewish medical ethics. Dr. Gesundheit has been employed by Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva, Hadassah Hospital…
Dr. Daniel Berman
Dr. Daniel Berman is the head of infectious diseases at Westchester Square Hospital. He is a vocal proponent of the continuation of the practice of Metzitzah B'Peh.
Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt
Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA is the Associate Rabbi at Congregation Anshei Chesed and Assistant Rabbi at the Young Israel of Woodmere. He has been giving a Daf Yomi shiur for over 25 years and gives a weekly gemara be’iyun shiur, daily halacha shiurim, and many other classes including a daily on-line Dirshu Mishnah Brurah yomi shiur on OU Torah. Board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Rabbi Dr. Glatt is currently Chairman of Medicine and Hospital Epidemiologist at South Nassau Communities Hospital,…