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 in 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 at the Ponevezh yeshiva. He received his rabbinical ordination in 1966.[2] Halperin has taught at several rabbinical academies including the Rabbinical College of the Golan Heights, where he served as a Dean.[2] He received a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1974.[2] In 1987, he received a degree in medicine from the Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical School.[2] In 1986-2000, Halperin worked at various medical centers throughout Israel and served as 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 many 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]

Halperin served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Israeli army.[1] He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and six children[2]

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  1. ^ a b c d Authors. Dr. Falk Schlesinger Institute for Medical-Halachic Research at Shaarei Zedek Medical Center. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ אסיא (Hebrew (English translation of articles). Da'at. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
  4. ^ Assia - Jewish Medical Ethics. Shaarei Zedek Medical Center. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
  5. ^ FACULTY. Academic Coalition for Jewish Bioethics (2004). Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
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