Clones, genetically modified foods, frozen embryos, stem cells, gene therapy: these are some of the new discoveries and scientific developments that are guaranteed to change our lives and our society forever. How does Judaism, an ancient religion, come to terms with such dramatic changes? This insightful book explores Jewish reactions to cutting-edge biological issues that continue to dominate the headlines.
Does Jewish law permit production and use of stem cells, gene therapy, and human cloning? Is it permissib le to produce and eat bioengineered foods? How do assisted reproductive technologies affect the definition of parenthood and who is a Jew? Are there "Jewish genes" that define Jews as a unique group? Do Jewish disease genes stigmatize the Jewish people?
Miryam Z. Wahrman addresses these and other questions by examining how Judaism interprets and responds to recent advances in biomedical science. Presenting bioethical principles derived from traditional Judaic sources, she shows how contemporary rabbis and Judaica scholars have interpreted these texts in light of radical new biotechnologies such as infertility treatments, genetic testing, sex selection, and bioengineered food. Taking into account Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform perspectives, she shows that different denominations can react to novel technologies in unpredictable ways. For example, there are numerous instances where Orthodox sources are more accepting of technology than the other branches of Judaism.
Brave New Judaism offers a broad Jewish perspective on compelling issues, showing how Judaism has coped with current scientific inventions and technologies, and how Jewish law has creatively kept pace with the modern world.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

topic: Judaism and science; Bioethics; Cloning; Medicine; Technology and Jewish law

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Bookmarks:
1. (p1) Preface
2. (p2) Acknowledgments
3. (p3) Chapter 1 Introduction: Bioethics and the Jewish Spectrum
4. (p4) Chapter 2 Fruit of the Womb
5. (p5) Chapter 3 Be Fruitful and Multiply: Male Infertility
6. (p6) Chapter 4 Embryonic Stem Cells: When Does Life Begin?
7. (p7) Chapter 5 Bone of My Bones and Flesh of My Flesh: Human Cloning
8. (p8) Chapter 6 The Seven Deadly Diseases
9. (p9) Chapter 7 Designer Genes, Designer Kids
10. (p10) Chapter 8 Chosen Children: Sex Selection
11. (p11) Chapter 9 TAG A CAT: Jewish Genes and Genealogy
12. (p12) Chapter 10 Judging Genes
13. (p13) Chapter 11 Kosher Pork: Brave New Animals
14. (p14) Chapter 12 Treife Tomatoes: Brave New Plants
15. (p15) Chapter 13 When Science and Scripture Collide
16. (p16) Notes
17. (p17) Selected Bibliography
18. (p18) Index

theme: Judaism and science; Bioethics; Cloning; Medicine; Technology and Jewish law

<p><P>An expert looks at how the different denominations of Judaism respond to biotechnological advances.</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>In this courageous and compelling study, Wahrman, a biology professor at William Paterson University in New Jersey, draws on her expertise in both biotechnology and Jewish law to apply the ancient precepts of Judaism to thoroughly modern medical situations. Here she addresses the ethics of cloning, stem cell research, genetic testing and other contemporary issues. Many of the questions, she notes, arose from e-mail queries she has received in her role as a Judaism columnist for America Online. Particularly fascinating are questions of how biological advances reflect on traditional Jewish practices. Can bio-engineered food be regarded as kosher? If a Jewish mother conceived a child using donated eggs of uncertain origin, is the child still considered Jewish? Is it halakhically permissible to use genetic testing to demonstrate who belongs to the ancient priestly lineage? The book's strengths are its balanced perspective (Wahrman actively seeks out the views of Reform, Conservative and Orthodox Jews) and the author's own powerful voice. In the preface, she describes her ambiguous feelings while watching her mother be kept alive for months on end in the intensive care unit, and also relates her personal struggles with infertility in the 1980s. These two drives-to stay alive and to reproduce-are at the heart of bioethics, Wahrman says, and they are endlessly complicated. This book is passionate, engaging and sometimes surprising. (Oct.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.</p>

Cover 1
Title Page 4
Contents 8
Preface 10
Acknowledgments 18
1 | Introduction: Bioethics and the Jewish Spectrum 24
2 | Fruit of the Womb 47
3 | Be Fruitful and Multiply: Male Infertility 60
4 | Embryonic Stem Cells: When Does Life Begin? 76
5 | Bone of My Bones and Flesh of My Flesh: Human Cloning 88
6 | The Seven Deadly Diseases 110
7 | Designer Genes, Designer Kids 132
8 | Chosen Children: Sex Selection 149
9 | TAG A CAT: Jewish Genes and Genealogy 164
10 | Judging Genes 189
11 | Kosher Pork: Brave New Animals 210
12 | Treife Tomatoes: Brave New Plants 232
13 | When Science and Scripture Collide 250
Notes 262
Selected Bibliography 288
Index 300

AS A COLUMNIST for America Online, I have written about issues related to Judaism and science and, in turn, have received e-mail and even phone calls from Jewish and non-Jewish people from all over the world.

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