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1st Annual Jewish Medical Ethics Lecture a Success! 

On December 16th 2008, Avraham Steinberg, M.D. and Reverend John Tuohey provided practical insights from a Jewish and Catholic perspective in bioethics in relation to defining the moment of death and the transplantation of organs. Despite the snowy conditions, more than 100 guests with interests in the health care industry braved the weather to hear the lecture.

The event was jointly sponsored by The Maimonides Society of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland and Portland Kollel.

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The Maimonides Society is committed to offering a balance of topics each year that feed our minds, our souls, and our needs for socializing and sheer entertainment.

The Maimonides Society of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland
is committed to providing social, educational, philanthropic and networking opportunities for all allied healthcare professionals. The society is named after famed Jewish scholar and physician Maimonides.

Maimonides is considered one of the most original and influential Jewish thinkers in pre-modern times. Born in Cordoba, Spain, he is also known in Jewish literature as Rambam, from the initials of the words Rabbi Moses ben Maimon. He lived most of his life in Egypt where he served as physician to the Jewish community and to the Muslim court. His writings have composed much of the central body of Jewish legal and philosophical writings over the centuries.

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Maimonides Steering Committee

 

Dr. Larry Veltman

 Committee Chair

Dr. Stephen Bookin
Dr. George Drasin
Dr. Laurie Forrest
Dr. Esther Freemen

Dr. Lindsey Horenblas

Dr. Daniel Janoff

Dr. Dana Kostiner

Dr. Howard Lazarus
Dr. Derek Lipman

Dr. Bob Mendelson

Dr. Allan Pike
Dr. Rodger Sleven
Dr. Lee Jay Stone

Dr. David Weil

 

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