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Vol. IV, No. 1 February 2001

Lo Ta'amod 'al Dam Re'ekha: Lo Ta'amod 'al Dam Re'ekha Law, 5758-1998
Explanatory Notes: Lo Ta'amod 'al Dam Re'ekha Bill, 5753-1992 / Hanan Porat, Knesset Member
Halakhic Guidelines for Physicians in Intensive Care Units / Avraham Steinberg, M.D.
Unilateral Nephrectomy: The Adverse Effects of Live Kidney Donation / Alfred (Aharon) Drukker, M.D., Ph.D.
Post-Mortem Sperm Retrieval / Mordechai Halperin, M.D.

Siamese Twins
The Surgery: an Agonizing Choice / Donald C. Drake
So One May Live / Rabbi Moshe Dovid Tendler, Ph.D.
Siamese Twins: Rav Feinstein's Ruling and the Subsequent Controversy / Mordechai Halperin, M.D.
Conjoined twins: 2000 Version / British Supreme Court, Presented by Leora Rosen

Halakhic Sensitivity to the Psychotic Individual: the Shoteh / Rael Strous, M.D.
An "Unorthodox" Treatment of an Ultra-Orthodox Adolescent / Sarah Zippora BatKohen, Ph.D.; Leah Gavriel
Medical Error and Malpractice / Rabbi Zvi Ilani; Rabbi Yaakov Weinberger
Healthcare Reform, Rationing, and Equity: a Societal Challenge / Shimon M. Glick, M.D.
Halachot for the Physician on the Sabbath and Festivals / Abraham S. Abraham, M.D., F.R.C.P.
An Halakhic Reconsideration of Victim Identification / Jay Levinson, Ph.D.


Vol. III, No. 2 September 1998

Reproduction by Cloning: a New Ethical Challenge / Michel Revel, Ph.D
Human Cloning: Scientific, Ethical and Jewish Perspectives / Avraham Steinberg, M.D. & John Loike, M.D.
Human Genome Project: Goals and Perspectives / Yossi Segal, Ph.D.
Human Genome Mapping: a Jewish Perspective / Mordechai Halperin, M.D.
For Everything a Blessing / Kenneth M. Prager, M.D.
Against Medical Advice / David Fink, Ph.D.
Halachot for the Physician on the Sabbath and Festivals / A. S. Abraham, M.D., F.R.C.P.
The "Good Samaritan" and Jewish Law / Aharon Kirschenbaum, J.D.
The Obligation to Save Life / Eliezer ben Shlomo, J.D.


THE LAWS OF EVOLUTION AND JUDAISM Lack of Communication / Rabbi Mordechai Halperin M.D.