Speaker: Rabbi Edward Reichman, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine and of Bioethics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
Edward Reichman is an Attending Physician in the Emergency Department of Montefiore Medical Centre. He received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University. He teaches, writes and lectures internationally on Jewish medical ethics. His research is devoted to the interface between medical history and Jewish law.
Rabbis across the globe are addressing an array of complex Jewish legal questions spawned by the Covid 19 pandemic. He will discuss the rabbinic responses to pandemic in previous centuries, addressing issues including masking, social distancing, modified prayers and mourning. This current pandemic is unprecedented in many ways, but there are striking commonalities with issues faced in the past.
You can watch a recording of the event here.