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YU Medical Ethics Presents "Partners in Creation"
Chana Wiznitzer
Issue date: 10/8/07 Section: Science & Technology
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Back by popular demand, the YU Student Medical Ethics Society is working to hold its second annual conference entitled "Partners in Creation: Fertility, Modern Medicine and Jewish Law." Once again, the issues are complex, the speakers renowned and the subject matter broad. This time, though, the society hopes to improve their technology.
Striving to make the conference as accessible as possible, the society has turned itself into a cross between the United Nations and upper-tier business environs. "Partners" will feature videoconferencing, allowing students and professionals in various cities around the world to watch the speakers present in real time. The conference will also be equipped to translate from Hebrew to English, increasing its versatility. Rabbi Menachem Burshtein, the founder and director of Machon Puah, will give his presentation in Hebrew, and UN style translation via headphones will be available. By indicating their preference for a headset upon registration, any attendee can hear the English translation.
Moreover, there is a wide variety of names attached to this conference. The keynote speaker is the celebrated Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth, Sir Jonathan Sacks. An eloquent and learned orator, Rabbi Sacks has had a distinguished career in both secular and Judaic studies and holds honorary doctorates from numerous universities, including Yeshiva.
Also present will be Dr. Richard Grazi, the man who "wrote the book on infertility" according to the society's executive director Yonah Bardos (YC '08). Grazi is the Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology at Maimonides Medical Center and the founder of Genesis Fertility & Reproductive Medicine. His expertise and understanding of the delicate issues at hand will lend additional credibility to the conference. "Partners" is geared toward a mixed audience of laypeople and professionals and will explore in-vitro fertilization, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, and sperm injection, among other topics, from both a medical and halakhic standpoints.
The varied speakers and breakout sessions allow for coverage that is as broad and layered as possible.
The event will take place on Sunday, October 14 at Lamport Auditorium in the Wilf Campus' Zysman Hall, and is scheduled for the hours of 9:30 to 5:00. Pre-registration is required and is available online; there are discounted rates available for different groups, including one for Yeshiva students. The YU Student Medical Ethics' society's website, www.yu.edu/medicalethics has additional information about the conference.
Striving to make the conference as accessible as possible, the society has turned itself into a cross between the United Nations and upper-tier business environs. "Partners" will feature videoconferencing, allowing students and professionals in various cities around the world to watch the speakers present in real time. The conference will also be equipped to translate from Hebrew to English, increasing its versatility. Rabbi Menachem Burshtein, the founder and director of Machon Puah, will give his presentation in Hebrew, and UN style translation via headphones will be available. By indicating their preference for a headset upon registration, any attendee can hear the English translation.
Moreover, there is a wide variety of names attached to this conference. The keynote speaker is the celebrated Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth, Sir Jonathan Sacks. An eloquent and learned orator, Rabbi Sacks has had a distinguished career in both secular and Judaic studies and holds honorary doctorates from numerous universities, including Yeshiva.
Also present will be Dr. Richard Grazi, the man who "wrote the book on infertility" according to the society's executive director Yonah Bardos (YC '08). Grazi is the Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology at Maimonides Medical Center and the founder of Genesis Fertility & Reproductive Medicine. His expertise and understanding of the delicate issues at hand will lend additional credibility to the conference. "Partners" is geared toward a mixed audience of laypeople and professionals and will explore in-vitro fertilization, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, and sperm injection, among other topics, from both a medical and halakhic standpoints.
The varied speakers and breakout sessions allow for coverage that is as broad and layered as possible.
The event will take place on Sunday, October 14 at Lamport Auditorium in the Wilf Campus' Zysman Hall, and is scheduled for the hours of 9:30 to 5:00. Pre-registration is required and is available online; there are discounted rates available for different groups, including one for Yeshiva students. The YU Student Medical Ethics' society's website, www.yu.edu/medicalethics has additional information about the conference.
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