Jewish Medical Ethics 2016 - Panel on Infertility (session 7)
Infertility 2016 9:00 –10:30 –Psychological & social challenges for the infertile couple - Rabbi Dr. R. Bulka 9:30- 10:00 – Halachik Infertility – Laurie Novick 10:00-10:30 – Difficult infertility cases: Questions for the Rabbi - Paul Claman MD 10:30- 11:00 –Halachik analysis & discussion of cases - Rabbi A. Steinberg MD 11:00 -11:30 –Q & A panel discussion
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Meet the speakers
Rabbi Dr. Reuven P. Bulka
Rabbi Dr. Reuven P. Bulka has been the spiritual leader of Congregation Machzikei Hadas in Ottawa since 1967. In addition to being an accomplished author of more than 30 books and countless articles in the fields of religion, health, and psychology, he is also host of Sunday Night with Rabbi Bulka on CFRA and regular contributor to "Ask the Religion Experts" in the Ottawa Citizen. A dedicated grass-roots volunteer, he is renowned for his tireless commitment to the Ottawa community through service on charitable and civic boards and regular participation in charity…
Yoetzet Halacha Laurie Novick
Laurie Novick is Director and Head Writer of Deracheha: womenandmitzvot.org, a project of Yeshivat Har Etzion in partnership with the Stella K. Abraham Beit Midrash for Women (Migdal Oz) and the Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash. Laurie has worked as a Yoetzet Halacha for nineteen years, chiefly as a Senior Responder for yoatzot.org. Laurie is also certified as a Fertility Counselor and as a Sharsheret Breast Cancer Educator, guiding women on the intersection of health and halacha. Laurie also taught at Nishmat for many years and…
Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg
Prof. Steinberg was born in Hoff, Germany. He studied in the Rabbinic Academy of Yeshivat Harav Kook, Jerusalem after which he studied medicine and completed his internship in the Hebrew-University Hadassa Medical School, Jerusalem.Prof. Steinberg served as a Medical Officer in the Israeli Air Force. He was a resident in the department of Pediatrics, Shaare Zedek, and the department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Hospital Medical Center, Bronx, New York, after which he became a fellow…