Robert Berman
Halachic Organ Donor Society
Telephone: 212-213-5087
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Robert Berman received an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government, at Harvard University, an MBA from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, and his BA from Yeshiva University. He is also a graduate of Gruss Kollel and Yeshivat Hakotel. Mr. Berman has been a social activist for many Jewish causes, and was previously a freelance journalist published in New York Magazine, The Jerusalem Post, The Jewish Week, Moment Magazine, and The Jerusalem Report. He is founder and the director of the Halachic Organ Donor Society.
Trafficking in Human Organs – an Audience Debate
It is illegal, but is it immoral?
- Friday 9:10PM–10:25PM Empire Room 3
Identity and Responsibility, Text and Thought
This is not a lecture but a facilitated debate among the audience. More than 6,000 Americans die every year waiting for organs. Buying organs is their last chance for life. Should they be prevented from exploiting poor people to sell their organs? Would your position be different if you were dying to get an organ?
Organ Donation & Halacha (Jewish Law)
Yes? No? Sometimes?
- Saturday 4:35PM–5:50PM Tower Board Room
Identity and Responsibility
Learn the facts about Jews, halacha (Jewish law) and organ donation, autopsy, resurrection of the dead, the brain death controversy, etc.
The Brain Death Controversy: When Is a Person Dead?
Simple Question; Complicated Answer
- Sunday 11:45AM–1:00PM Embassy Room 2
Identity and Responsibility, Text and Thought
Most organs are donated from a brain dead patient. If you wait until you are in the hospital being asked “the question,” most likely you will not be in the emotional state of mind to learn about the medical and halachic (Jewish legal) issues surrounding brain death. Learn about it now!
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