The Brain Death Debate: A Methodological Analysis – Part 1 (Yoma Passage) by Daniel Reifman

At the end of last year, the Halakha Committee (Vaad Halakha) of the Rabbinical Council of America released an educational paper which opposed the halakhic recognition of brain death, bringing the long-simmering debate over this issue to a boil once again.  The paper is most directly a belated response to the RCA Executive Committee’s acceptance [...]

New Tradition

Tradition
Vol. 42, No. 4, Winter 2009
Editor’s Note: Fear of Flesh and Blood by Shalom Carmy
Jewish Philanthropy – Whither? by Aharon Lichtenstein
Is Courage a Jewish Value by Yitzchak Blau
From the Pages of Tradition: Benzion Katz: Mrs. Baba Bathra by Shnayer Z. Leiman
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Medical and Cosmetic Tattooing by J. David Bleich
Book Review: [...]