You know, I'd expect members of an academic list to be able to
distinguish between the modern actions of the Israeli state and the
historical practice of Jewish ritual. That you find the announcement
ironic I'd prefer not to chalk up to anti-Semitism, but I'm having a
hard time around that. In any event, please do not derail the apposite
threads of this group with political commentary.
Thanks,
Ken
Hermes Lapis wrote:
> A somewhat ironic announcement in the light of present news reports.
>
> "Earlier in the day, Israeli tanks reportedly shelled a hospital in Gaza, killing at least four people and wounding 60, half of whom were medical staff.
>
> A Palestinian health official said that 12 shells had been fired at the Al Aqsa hospital in the town of Deir el-Balah, striking parts of the building that included the intensive care unit and the surgery department." - The Telegraph
>
> "Wafa Hospital in Gaza’s Shujaiyya district has already been hit by drone strikes, but staff say 16 elderly and terminally ill patients are too frail to move despite Israeli warnings of further attacks." - The Independent
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> Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Fw: CONFERENCES: Defining Jewish Medicine (London, 27th - 29th)
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> I n t e r n a t i o n a l S u m m e r C o n f e r e n c e
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> O r g a n i s e d j o i n t l y b y t h e
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> Institute of Jewish Studies , UCL
> a n d t h e
> Jewish Medical Association ( UK)
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> Defining Jewish Medicine
> 27th - 29th July 2014
>
> UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
>
> The association between Jewish doctors and their calling has roots which go back to the Babylonian Talmud and proceed throughout the Middle Ages into modernity, with major contributions to medicine being made by Jewish practitioners. A fundamental aspect of this question is how to define 'Jewish medicine' throughout its long history. Developing a clear profile will have considerable influence on the way we view the connection between Jews and medicine.
> This conference will
> present different aspects of research on Jewish medicine - its origins, its historical context, how medicine could be influenced by Jewish law and custom (halachah) and how the role of the Jewish doctor has evolved over the centuries.
>
> This conference is funded by a grant from the Wellcome Trust
>
> P R O G R A M M E
>
> Monday 28th July
> Medicine in the Talmud and Middle Ages
>
> Venue: J.Z Young lecture theatre, Anatomy Building
> 09.45 Mark Geller (UCL / Freie Universität Berlin) - Welcome and Introduction
>
> 10.15 Ulrike STEINERT (Freie Universität Berlin) - Concepts of the female body in Mesopotamian gynaecological texts
>
> 11.00 Coffee
>
> 11.30 Tzvi LANGERMANN (Bar-Ilan University) -Nu'man al-Isra'ili's unstudied commentary on Abu Sahl al-Masihi's Kitab al-Mi'a
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>
> 12.15 Gerrit BOS (University of Cologne) and Guido Mensching (University of Göttingen) - Jewish multilingualism in medieval medical lexicography and translations
>
> 13.00 Lunch break (lunch not provided)
>
> 15.15 Lennart LEHMHAUS (Freie Universität Berlin) - On the medical
> discourse(s) in the two
> Talmudim
>
> 16.00 Tea
>
> 16.30 Gad FREUDENTHAL (University of Geneva) - Philosophy and Medicine in Jewish Provence, Anno 1199: Samuel Ibn Tibbon and Doeg the Edomite Translating Galen’s Tegni
>
> 17.15 Justine ISSERLES (UCL) -Bloodletting and medical astrology in Hebrew manuscripts from medieval Western Europe (13th-15th c.)
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>
> Tuesday 29th July
> Medicine, Jewish Medical Ethics and Jews
>
> Venue: J.Z Young lecture theatre, Anatomy Building
> 9.45 Samuel KOTTEK (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) - The Physician in Bible and Talmud:
> Between the Lord and the Ailing.
>
> 10.30 Alan JOTKOWITZ (Ben Gurion University of the Negev) -The role of Talmudic Narratives in the Development of Jewish Medical Ethics
>
> 11.15 Coffee
>
> 11.45 Shimon GLICK (Ben Gurion University of the Negev) - 20th century Jewish medical ethics -a historic overview
>
> 12.30 Lunch break (lunch not provided)
>
> 14.00 Avraham STEINBERG (Hebrew University and Shaarei Zedek Hospital,
> Jerusalem) - “Nature has
> changed" – Talmudic and modern medicine re halakhic decisions
>
> 14.45 Kenneth COLLINS (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of
> Glasgow) - The Entry of Jews
> to the Medical Schools of Early Modern Europe
>
> 15.30 Tea
>
>
> 16.00 Gerry BLACK (Past President, Jewish Historical Society of
> England) - Lord Rothschild and the
> Barber. The struggle to establish the London Jewish Hospital.
>
> 16.45 Paul WEINDLING (Oxford Brookes University) - Jewish Victims of Nazi Medical and Racial Research, and their Responses
>
> 17.30 David R Katz (UCL) - Concluding remarks
>
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