Within the Israeli religious-Zionist community, we strongly encourage organ donation and signing an Israeli organ donation card. Many haredim, however, disagree and Diaspora rabbis are divided.
Jewish bioethicists significantly disagree regarding “passive euthanasia,” which can constitute either the withholding or withdrawing of treatment from the terminally ill.
Although pro-Trump voices currently dominate American Orthodox discourse, Jews and rabbis in all segments of American Orthodoxy actively support Vice President Biden for president, including Rabbis Menachem Genack and Moshe Lichtenstein. Prevented by professional considerations from expressing political views, many of my colleagues at the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) and beyond are pleased that I am publishing this column. Of course, the views expressed are mine only. VOTING AS AMERICAN (ORTHODOX) JEWS Voting in a democracy is a great privilege and responsibility. To wisely cast our votes before God and fellow citizens, we must educate ourselves, balance competing concerns, and consider the future. Rarely do we agree with a candidate on everything or even everything important to us. As members of a small, long-persecuted group, Jews rightly consider whether a given matter is “good for the Jews” or “good for Is