Navah Harlow

Navah Harlow to Discuss Halacha & Medical Ethics
Saturday, October 1
9:30 a.m.

We’re excited to welcome Navah Harlow, the founding director of the Center for Ethics in Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City as our special speaker during Shabbat services on Saturday, October 1, 9:30 a.m. Navah will discuss “Who Shall Live, Who Shall Die, Who Decides? Halachic Dilemmas in Medical Ethics.”

Her groundbreaking work in end-of-life care, medical advance directives, and the right to self-determination has been prominently featured in The New York Times, The Today Show, and National Public Radio, as well as professional journals both here and abroad. She was instrumental in the establishment of the Jacob Perlow Hospice, the first hospice under Jewish auspices in Manhattan. Through a research grant, Navah developed a curriculum guide for medical residents, Speaking with Families of Seriously Ill Patients, which was distributed to medical centers throughout the United States. For many years she cochaired The International Congress of Ethics in Medicine, sponsored by Beth Israel Medical Center, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, and Ben Gurion Medical Center in Beer Sheva.

Her overriding concern has been to humanize and personalize the hospital experience in a culturally sensitive manner. Her interest in and sensitivity to diverse cultures, as well as her fluency in five languages, have proven to be a major asset in her work.

We look forward to Navah’s presentation, and hope you’ll plan to attend what is sure to be an interesting, thought-provoking morning.