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What is the role of religion if humans have the technology to replace body parts with artificial ones, test for and terminate problematic pregnancies and choose when to die? We tackle these contentious topics and more in our six-week series about medical ethics viewed through a Jewish cultural and traditional lens. This is the second series under our new partnership with Jewish Renaissance.

Can a religious Jew accept a pig’s organs to save their life? And where does it leave God if we can replace body parts with artificial ones designed by humans? In this session, we’re joined by Professor Anthony Warrens, a consultant transplant physician who is both dean for education at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry as well as a former chair of the London School of Jewish Studies, and Dr Graham Lipkin, a consultant physician and nephrologist who is president of the Renal Association. They will discuss new possibilities in organ transplantation – human, animal and artificial – and consider the ethical implications in relationship to halacha (Jewish law).

For more information and to book:

https://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/events/jewish-medical-ethics