Live Programs
Shabbat Scholar in Residence at Or Chaim Rabbi Dr. Aaron Segal

Date

January 8, 2016

Time

12:00 PM Eastern

Location

Yeshivat Or Chaim

5:00 pm Friday night Being the Chosen People: Polemics, Pesukim, and Philosophy 11:15 am After Kiddush: Maintaining Faith in the Face of Doubts 4:45 pm Seudah Shlesheet The Desire to Live Forever: Indefinite Life extension in Jewish Thought

Topics:

Jewish thought, Medicine, Health, Halacha, Medical Ethics, End of Life, Medical Technology, Tanach, General Tanach Topics

Meet the speaker

Aaron Segal

Aaron Segal is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Yeshiva University. He has published on metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and Jewish philosophy, is a co-editor of the forthcoming volume, Jewish Philosophy Past and Present: Contemporary Responses to Classical Sources (Routledge), and has lectured widely on Talmud, Jewish law, and Jewish thought. Aaron holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame and Rabbinical Ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.

Aaron Segal bio & resources