How to Draw Guidance from a Heritage: Jewish Approaches to Mortal Choices

David H. Ellenson

1990

The progress made by medical science over the last half century has been astounding. In the area of therapeutic medicine alone, developments have been nothing short of miraculous. […] Life-support systems are now capable of maintaining the respiratory and circulatory functions of terminally ill patients indefinitely, while the invention of the…

Please login or register for free access to Posen Library
Register
Already have an account?
Engage with this Source

Creator Bio

David H. Ellenson

b. 1947

Born in Massachusetts and brought up in Virginia, David H. Ellenson is a leading Reform rabbi. Ellenson is president of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and Anna Grancell Professor of Jewish Religious Thought. He also holds a doctorate from Columbia University. Ellenson’s numerous works have addressed Jewish thought, ethics, and modern Jewish history.

You may also like

Mekor Barukh—My Memoirs

In general, the power of the influence exerted by the Master, R. Mendele, on my revered father over many years since his return from (studying with) him, was very great. […
View Source

Day Grows Darker

Day grows darker And darker. Mobs are advancing on the town, Mobs clotted with blood, Made remorseless by killing children, Lustfully they advance, To rip off heads, Feeble, melancholy heads. They…
View Source