Clalit pulls its sponsorship, Hadassah Medical Center cancels participation, Israeli Medical Association calls event 'slap in the face' to half the medical community

Unlike simpler forms of testing used in IVF today, screening for polygenic diseases doesn't offer a clear diagnosis but rather a 'risk score' for a Pandora's box full of conditions

When former airline exec Eli Timoner started putting his affairs in order decades after being felled by a stroke, his daughters chronicled it. Now their film opens in NY and LA

Organizations providing fertility services must navigate carefully when Jewish law seeks to protect the mother's life but contravenes local statutes prohibiting abortion

The Tzohar organization pairs rabbis and social workers with terminally ill patients and their families, to help plan ahead and make informed choices during difficult times

After his terminally ill wife had to fly to Switzerland to end her suffering, Yoskeh Marmurstein is challenging a society that resists the burial of suicides in Jewish cemeteries

While Judaism sanctions the giving of organs to save lives, Jewish communities worldwide rank among the lowest by percentage of donors – both living and posthumous