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| Organ donation in Jewish Law |
| 21/1/2011 |
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The controversy over organ donations in Jewish law may have left some people confused, so I want to set out the position as clearly as possible.
First, are organ donations a good thing, and does Judaism approve of them? The answer in general is yes to both questions. Saving a life is a fundamental imperative in Judaism and, if we can do so without endangering our own lives, we should.
There are two kinds of organ donations that do not pose problems in Jewish law. There ... |
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| Chief Rabbi on Campus Tour |
| 11/11/2010 |
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I’ve just completed a tour of Jewish Societies at some of our larger student centres – Birmingham, Nottingham, Leeds, Manchester and London. I went firstly because Jewish students on campus should be one of our highest priorities. These are our future leaders at a critical stage in their lives and it’s immensely important that they stay connected with Jewish life.
But for some years now I have had a second concern. University campuses have become a battleground in ... |
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| Happiness |
| 8/9/2010 |
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It was an invitation I could not refuse. Next month I will be joining the Dalai Lama at Emory University for a seminar on happiness. It appealed to me first because the Dalai Lama is, like Nelson Mandela, one of those rare figures who has led his people through suffering by forgiveness.
Elaine and I spent several days with him and other religious leaders two years ago in Amritsar as guests of the Elijah Foundation, an interfaith organisation based in Israel. We... |
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| Yom Hashoah: Hope out of Grief - Jewish Chronicle 9 April 2010 |
| 9/4/2010 |
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The echoing irony of the Holocaust is that we have still not found an adequate way of giving its remembrance religious expression, in the way we do for the exodus on Pesach, or the destruction of the Temples on Tisha be-Av.
Almost everything else that can be said or done, has been said or done. There are Holocaust histories, conferences, seminars, university courses, exhibitions, museums, memorials, documentaries and films. There was a time ... |
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