By JLNJ Staff | March 04, 2021 (Courtesy of Touro College) More than 600 medical professionals and medical students tuned in last month to hear a special Zoom shiur presented by HaGaon Harav Asher Weiss shlita, focused on halachic guidance and inspiration for those on the front lines during COVID-19. HaRav Weiss is the inaugural recipient of the Rabbi Raphael Zalman HaCohen Levine Distinguished Talmudic Scholar Award, presented by Touro and generously endowed by Joel Margolis of Albany, New York. Dr. Alan Kadish, Touro president, opened the program by noting that the date was the 11th yahrzeit of Touro founder, Dr. Bernard Lander, and the program was a fitting tribute. “Dr. Lander’s dream was to see Touro emerge as the destination of choice for frum students seeking a superior education in the sciences and medicine, without ever having to compromise on their religious observance,” Kadish said. “This is a culmination of that vision.