Jewish Medical Ethics

Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz was born in Jahannesburg, South Africa and has had extended studies in medicine and in Yeshiva and Talmudic thought and in medical ethics. Rabbi Tatz is also the founder and director of the Jerusalem Medical Ethics Forum whose purpose is to promote knowledge of Jewish medical ethics internationally, giving Torah lectures worldwide in Jewish Torah thought and Jewish medical ethics, as well as on modern Torah applications in medicine. Shabbat is central to Torah and Jewish living, providing an inspired beginning, a week of work and an inspired end to the week. Learn about Shabbat from Rabbi Tatz along with the different concerns of Jewish medical ethics with the JLE.

Dr. Tatz is an international lecturer and author of note. He has written five highly acclaimed works on the deeper aspects of Judaism, some of which have been translated into Russian, Spanish, French and Portuguese. After practicing medicine and studying in Yeshiva concurrently for some time, Dr. Tatz undertook a number of years of Talmudic study and later teaching in Jewish thought and medical ethics in Jerusalem. Afterwards, he founded the Jerusalem Medical Ethics Forum for the purpose of teaching and promoting knowledge of Jewish medical ethics in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Katz currently gives lectures on Jewish thought and Jewish medical ethics at the Jewish Learning Exchange in London and internationally. The Jewish Learning Exchange is a meeting point where the modern world meets an age old tradition. It is a point of exchange where interested Jews can investigate their own culture and history and where thoughts and ideas can be exchanged. If you would like to attend one of his lectures on Jewish medical ethics, go to www.tatz.cc and check the schedule for Rabbi Tatz. He offers a variety of topics for his lectures as well as those in-depth lectures on Jewish thought.

If you are unavailable to attend one of Rabbi Dr. Tatz' lectures on Jewish medical ethics and Jewish thought, then the next best thing is accessing his online audio/video lectures or from his CDs, tapes, and books. His book "Dangerous Disease & Dangerous Therapy in Jewish Medical Ethics" offers a two part detailed approach to dangerous disease and therapy in Jewish law. You can also go to www.tatz.cc and order CDs and tapes about a wide variety of topics including life relationships, Chanuka, end of days, the ten commandments, journey to self and many others.

You can access all of the different CDs, books, cassettes and lecture schedule about Jewish thought and Jewish medical ethics at www.tatz.cc and also you will have the opportunity to learn more about Rabbi Tatz and the studies in his life that have brought him to be a renowned lecturer and author for his wisdom and knowledge of Jewish thought. Rabbi Tatz gives lectures internationally to Jewish students who want to learn the depth of thought that he can provide. Regardless of your knowledge or questions about Judaism, you will find these products enlightening as have many other Jews who have enjoyed his work.