Students, faculty, community members and experts in the field are invited to come together to learn and discuss various topics involving Judaism and the world in which we live. For our inaugural series at Towson, we will discuss Judaism?s commitment to environmentalism, Israel?s survival and its role on the world stage, and Judaism’s take on the various proposals for healthcare reform.
Health Care in Jewish History and Law
Jewish communities have delivered health care to their constituents for over two millennia, and Jewish law has attempted to deal with the issues raised by such care for just as long. What Judaic lessons can be applied to the contemporary health care debate in the United States? Learn about historical solutions and what might still be appropriate in 21st-century America.
Thursday, December 3, 11 a.m.?12:15 p.m., LA 3150
Speaker: Dr. Barry Freundel
Dr. Freundel is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department of Towson University and a noted Rabbinic scholar. He has taught seminars on government ethics on Capitol Hill and on medical ethics at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and served on the Theological Commission of the Human Genome Project. He is author of Contemporary Orthodox Judaism’s Response to Modernity. His latest book is Why We Pray What We Pray; the Remarkable History of Jewish Prayer.
