Feb 22, 2012 By: wpadmin
Dr. David Shabtai, adjunct instructor in Jewish Studies at ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½â€™s Isaac Breuer College, recently published a book with Shoresh Press. Titled the book critically examines rabbinic and medical debate around the concept of brain death, a discussion especially relevant to the question of whether and when organ donation is permissible according to Jewish law. Shabtai is a fellow of the Wexner Kollel Elyon at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and teaches medical halakha at YU.
