Mordechai Halperin
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Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Halperin is a doctor, scientist, and author currently residing in Israel. He is Chief Officer of Medical Ethics for the Israeli Ministry of Health, director of The Dr. Falk Schlesinger Institute for Medical-Halachic Research, Jerusalem, Israel,[1] and a member of the Bioethics Advisory Committee of The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.[2]
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Born in Jerusalem, Halperin studied, and then received, Rabbinical ordination from Ponevezh yeshiva in 1966.[2] He then received a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics from Hebrew University in 1974.[2] He then taught at several rabbinical academies including the Rabbinical College of the Golan Heights, where he served as a Dean.[2]
He then turned to medicine, and completed an M.D. in 1987 from Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical School.[2] Between 1986 and 2000, Halperin served at various medical centers throughout Israel. Between 1986 and 2000, Halperin was the director of the Jerusalem Medical Center for Impotence & Infertility,[1]
Dr. Halperin is one of the founding members of the Israeli medical ethics society and a member of numerous other ethics committees.[2] He is the chief editor of Assia, the Hebrew quarterly review of medical ethics and Jewish law,[3] and the chief editor of Assia-Jewish Medical Ethics, the English international journal.[4] He is a member of the Academic Coalition for Jewish Bioethics,[5] and has authored more than 200 articles.[1]
Dr. Halperin has serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Israeli Defence Force Reserves.[1] Dr. Halperin lives in Jerusalem with his wife and six children[2]
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- ^ a b c d Authors. Dr. Falk Schlesinger Institute for Medical-Halachic Research at Shaarei Zedek hospital. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g Mordechai Halperin, Dr.. Bioethics Advisory Committee of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities & Department of Science (2002). Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
- ^ אסיא (Hebrew (English translation of articles). Da'at. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
- ^ Assia - Jewish Medical Ethics. Shaarei Zedek Medical Center. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
- ^ FACULTY. Academic Coalition for Jewish Bioethics (2004). Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
