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​Is genetic editing playing God,
​and are these our choices to make?

  • Will genetic engineering permanently change our society?
  • ​Will there be genetic consequences further down the line?
  • Are we seeking the ideal human?
  • Where do we draw the line?
  • Is genetic engineering ethical?
  • Who decides which traits are normal and which constitute a disability or disorder?
Join us and our esteemed speakers for a meaningful and riveting discussion of the ethical ramifications in genetic editing and enhancement for only $36.

In ambiguous environments, the ethical and true decision is not always apparent, especially when our very identities hang in the balance.

Discover one of the most fascinating and contemporary fields of the 21st Century, and understand your ethical obligations with discussion from leaders in genetic modification.

JOIN US REMOTELY, DECEMBER 15TH AT 2:00 PM ET.

WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE


​​Brave New World

Genetic Editing, CRISPR Technology and the Ethics of Human Enhancement
In this riveting 1-hour and a half dialogue with 2020 Nobel Prize Laureate, Dr. Jennifer Doudna, for the Development of CRISPR Gene Editing Technology and subject of bestselling author Walter Isaacon's book CODE BREAKER and world leader in Jewish medical ethics, Rabbi Professor Avraham Steinberg, you will experience and learn:
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  • Learn cutting edge science and contemporary ethics on one of the hottest scientific and moral topics of the 21st Century;
  • Learn how Jewish tradition can inform upon contemporary knotty ethical issues;
  • Transform your understanding on life and the future of the human race;
  • Discover the potential that lies ahead for humanity and medical science;
  • Be intrigued by the story of how an everyday scientist became the leader of the next technological revolution.
  • Become informed on new legal issues barely addressed before; and
  • Feel proud to be a part of a vibrant Jewish tradition of learning.

SPECIAL GIVEAWAY

When you register now, you'll be entered into a giveaway to win one of these publications featuring your esteemed speakers.

MORE ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

Jennifer A. Doudna, PhD

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2020 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry for the Development of CRISPR Gene Editing Technology
Named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2015, Doudna is a professor of molecular and cell biology and chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. Doudna and her colleagues rocked the research world in 2012 by describing a simple way of editing the DNA of any organism using an RNA-guided protein found in bacteria. This technology, called CRISPR-Cas9, has opened the floodgates of possibility for human and non-human applications of gene editing, including assisting researchers in the fight against HIV, sickle cell disease and muscular dystrophy. Doudna is the co-author with Sam Sternberg of “A Crack in Creation”, a personal account of her research and the societal and ethical implications of gene editing. Doudna is an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Inventors and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is also a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, and has received many other honors including the NSF Waterman Award, the FNIH Lurie Prize, the Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research, the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, the Gruber Prize in Genetics, the Massry Prize, the Heineken Award, the Gairdner Award, the Nakasone Award, and the L’Oreal­ UNESCO International Prize for Women in Science. and the Japan Prize. In 2020, she was awarded alongside Emmanuelle Charpentier with the Nobel Prize.

Rabbi Professor Avraham Steinberg

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Director of The Center for Medical Ethics, Hebrew University-Hadassa Medical School, Jerusalem, and Recipient of the Israel Prize for “Encyclopedia of Medicine and Halacha."
Rabbi Professor Avraham Steinberg, MD, is an associate clinical professor of medical ethics at the Hebrew University–Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem. He is the author of The Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics, published in seven volumes in Hebrew (two editions) and three volumes in English (translated by Dr. Fred Rosner), for which he was awarded the Israel Prize in 1999. Professor Steinberg is a senior pediatric neurologist at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. He directs the Medical Ethics Unit at Shaare Zedek. Head of the editorial board of the Talmudic Encyclopedia, he is also director of Yad Harav Herzog, and a member of national and international societies of child neurology, medical ethics, and Jewish medical ethics. In Israel, Professor Steinberg is the co-chairman of the National Bioethics Council, chairman of the National Committee in accordance with the Dying Patient Act, a member of the National Committee in accordance with the Brain-Death Act, a member of the National Committee for Inspection on Mohalim, a member of the Institutional Review Board (“Helsinki Committee”) of Shaare Zedek, and a member of the Ethics Committee of Shaare Zedek. He is the author and editor of 36 books and public reports in 53 volumes, and over 260 articles and chapters in scientific journals and books on Jewish medical ethics, general medical ethics, the history of medicine, medicine and law, and pediatric neurology. He has given over 3,000 expert witness opinions in court cases on pediatric neurology and medical ethics.