B'OR HA'TORAH Volume 8 (1993)

Rabbi Professor Avraham Steinberg, MD, is an associate clinical professor of medical ethics at the Hebrew University–Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem. He is the author of The Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics, published in seven volumes in Hebrew (two editions) and three volumes in English (translated by Dr. Fred Rosner), for which he was awarded the Israel Prize in 1999. Professor Steinberg is a senior pediatric neurologist at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. He directs the Medical Ethics Unit at Shaare Zedek. Head of the editorial board of the Talmudic Encyclopedia, and Editor-in-Chief of the Talmudic Micropedia, he is also director of Yad Harav Herzog, and a member of national and international societies of child neurology, medical ethics, and Jewish medical ethics.

In Israel, Professor Steinberg is the co-chairman of the National Bioethics Council, chairman of the Dying Patient Committee, chairman of the Organ Transplantation Committee, chairman of the Altruistic Live-Organ Donations Committee, member of the Brain-Death Criteria Committee, member of the Status of the Fetus and Pre-Embryo Committee, and chairman of the Pathological Specimens Committee.

He is the author and editor of 40 books and public reports in 59 volumes, and over 280 articles and chapters in scientific journals and books on Jewish medical ethics, general medical ethics, the history of medicine, medicine and law, and pediatric neurology. He has given over 4,000 expert witness opinions in court cases on pediatric neurology and medical ethics. 

steinberg@szmc.org.il

Rabbi Professor Avraham Steinberg, MD, is an associate clinical professor of medical ethics at the Hebrew University–Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem. He is the author of The Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics, published in seven volumes in Hebrew (two editions) and three volumes in English (translated by Dr. Fred Rosner), for which he was awarded the Israel Prize in 1999. Professor Steinberg is a senior pediatric neurologist at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. He directs the Medical Ethics Unit at Shaare Zedek. Head of the editorial board of the Talmudic Encyclopedia, and Editor-in-Chief of the Talmudic Micropedia, he is also director of Yad Harav Herzog, and a member of national and international societies of child neurology, medical ethics, and Jewish medical ethics.

In Israel, Professor Steinberg is the co-chairman of the National Bioethics Council, chairman of the Dying Patient Committee, chairman of the Organ Transplantation Committee, chairman of the Altruistic Live-Organ Donations Committee, member of the Brain-Death Criteria Committee, member of the Status of the Fetus and Pre-Embryo Committee, and chairman of the Pathological Specimens Committee.

He is the author and editor of 40 books and public reports in 59 volumes, and over 280 articles and chapters in scientific journals and books on Jewish medical ethics, general medical ethics, the history of medicine, medicine and law, and pediatric neurology. He has given over 4,000 expert witness opinions in court cases on pediatric neurology and medical ethics. 

steinberg@szmc.org.il

The Torah entrusts us to manage the world. Its command "do not destroy" applies to all of God's property, including the human body. The Commandments regulate city planning and the urban and rural populations. Talmudic injunctions prevent urban residents from causing physical or psychological damage to their neighbors and from polluting their cities. Only Torah observance can reshape human nature and limit the selfishness which is the major cause of environmental destruction today.

The Torah entrusts us to manage the world. Its command "do not destroy" applies to all of God's property, including the human body. The Commandments regulate city planning and the urban and rural populations. Talmudic injunctions prevent urban residents from causing physical or psychological damage to their neighbors and from polluting their cities. Only Torah observance can reshape human nature and limit the selfishness which is the major cause of environmental destruction today.

Professor Avraham M. Hasofer held the chair of mathematical statistics at the University of New South Wales in Sydney from 1969 until 1991, when he moved to Melbourne. There he was a professor of statistics at LaTrobe University until he retired a year ago.

In his more than 80 scientific papers Professor Hasofer’s main interest is the application of statistics to civil engineering. He is the co-inventor of the Hasofer-Lind Reliability Index, which is widely used in civil engineering design.

The founding president of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists in Australia, Hasofer maintains a close connection with the Habad movement and lectures widely on Jewish subjects.

In B’Or Ha’Torah 3 Professor Hasofer published “A Statistician Looks at Neo-Darwinism.” In 8E he published “Codes in the Torah: A Rejoinder.” This rejoinder was followed by further discussion in issue 9E.