Rabbbi Moshe David Tendler is the rabbi of The community Synagogue of Monsey. He is a senior Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva Universtiy's RIETS and the Rabbi Isaac and Bella Tendler Professor of Jewish Medical Ethics and Professor of Biology at Yeshiva college. He has a P.H.D. in Microbiology and is one of the world's leading experts on Jewish medical ethics.
Medical ethics
Rabbi Tendler is the leading expert on medical ethics as it pertains to Jewish law, and is the chairman of the RCA's Bioethical Commission, and chair of the Medical Ethics Task Force, UJA-Federation of Greater New York. He has written extensively in the field, including works on euthenasia, infertility, end of life issues, organ donation, and brit milah.
Brit Milah
Following a controvery in New York where two children supposedly contracted herpes from a Mohel,[1] Rabbi Tendler claimed that metzitzah violated Jewish law as it put a child's life in danger.[2]
Selected article by Rabbi Dr. Tendler
- So One May Live - Article on the separation of Siamese twins.
- dental emergencies on the sabbath written with Dr. Fred Rosner.
- Halakhic death means brain death, an article explaining rabbi Tendler's position on the Jewish definition of death.
- Rav Moshe on Organ donation. Rabbi Tendler's analysis of Moshe Feinstein's positions on organ donation.
Books
External links
- YU biography
- Community Synagogue of Monsey
- YU's online list of shiurim given by Rb. Tendler
- discussion of the Jewish views on brain death, including Rabbi Tendler's position
- Moshe Tendler honored at OU award ceremony
- NY Times article on brit milah controversy, that includes quotes from Rabbi Tendler