A conference in Jerusalem in early January 2011 debated the brain-versus-breathing parameter. The issue has been in the news in Israel since Israeli soccer legend Avi Cohen was left brain dead after a December motorcycle accident. His bodily functions ceased after eight days, and his family retreated from a previous commitment to donate his organs despite being given approval to do so by Israel’s chief Sephardic rabbi. Read about it in a Jan. 5, 2011, article from The Jerusalem Post.
| Website | http://www.jpost.com/printarticle.aspx?id=202260 |
| Author | Jonah Mandel |
| Publication | The Jerusalem Post |
| Date | 01/05/2011 |
| Categories | Beliefs & practices, Death, Ethics, Medical ethics, Science & health, Society & culture |
| Locations | Israel |
| Faiths | Judaism |
| Languages | English |