Program

Sunday, March 20, 2005
16:00 Arrival and Registration
20:00 Shalom Cocktail Get-together
 

Monday, March 21, 2005

09:00 - 11:00

Opening Ceremony:

        09:00 - 09:30 Greetings
        09:30 - 10:15 Keynote Presentation:
MAIMONIDES: PROFILE OF A GIANT
Samuel S. Kottek, Israel
        10:15 - 11:15 Keynote Presentation:
THE RAMBAM: HEALTH AND HEALTHFUL LIVING
Moshe Dovid Tendler, USA
11:15 - 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 - 13:30 MAIMONIDES APPROACH ON LIFE STYLE AND HEALTH I
        11:45 - 12:15 MAIMONIDES (1138-1204): RABBI, PHYSICIAN AND PHILOSOPHER
Benjamin Gesundheit, Eli Hadad & Samuel S. Kottek, Israel
        12:15 - 12:45 RAMBAM AND HEALTH ASPECTS OF THE TORAH COMMANDMENTS
Avraham Abrahami, UK
        12:45 - 13:30 MAIMONIDES' MEDICAL TRAINING
Paul Fenton, France
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 - 16:40 MAIMONIDES APPROACH ON LIFE STYLE AND HEALTH II
        14:30 - 15:00 LE SERMENT D’HIPPOCRATE VERSUS LA PRIERE MEDICALE DE MAIMONIDE
Elie Botbol, France
        15:00 - 15:20 RAMBAM FATHERED HOLISTIC MEDICINE
Jesse Yishai Lachter, David Freeman, Edgar Nof, Israel & USA
        15:20 - 15:40 MEDICAL ASPECTS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN CAIRO DURING MAIMONIDES TIMES
Efraim Lev, Israel
        15:40 - 16:00 SCIENCE IN RAMBAM'S MISHNAH COMMENTARY
Aaron Adler, Israel
        16:00 - 16:20 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING IN MAIMONIDES'WRITINGS
Avraham-Gilles Morali, Israel
        16:20 - 16:40 MAIMONIDES, PACIFISM, WAR, GENOCIDE, AND GENOCIDAL TERROR
Elihu D. Richter, Tamar Berman, Israel
17:00 - 19:00 INTRODUCTION TO 'JEWISH HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL' AND SOME DISCUSSION OF CROSS CULTURAL PROBLEMS FOR HEALTH CARE ACCESS
20:00 The Jewish Agency is pleased to host you for Dinner and Entertainment
 

Tuesday, March 22, 2005

08:30 - 10:00

MEDICAL ASPECTS OF MAIMONIDES WORK AND IDEAS I

        08:30 - 09:30 THE MEDICAL LEGACY OF MOSES MAIMONIDES
Fred Rosner, USA
        09:30 - 10:00 MAIMONIDES: A PHYSICIAN AND NEPHROLOGIST
Shaul G. Massry, USA
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 13:00 MEDICAL ASPECTS OF MAIMONIDES WORK AND IDEAS II
        10:30 - 11:00 RAMBAM AND GENETIC ENGINEERING
Avraham Abrahami, UK
        11:00 - 12:20 MAIMONIDES ON ANGER AND HAUGHTINESS: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL ASPECTS
Samuel S. Kottek, Israel
        11:20 - 11:40 PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS IN MAIMONIDES' REGIMEN SANITATIS AND DE CAUSIS ACCIDENTIUM
Helena Paavilainen, Israel
        11:40 - 12:00 THE RAMBAM’S KEYS TO WELL-BEING AND THEIR MODERN DAY APPLICATION
Chaya Greenberger, Shoshana Riba, Israel
        12:00 - 12:20 RAMBAM AND COGNITIVE - SYNESTHIC PSYCHOLOGY
Avraham Abrahami, UK
        12:20 - 12:40 MODERN PHARMACOLOGY AND MEDICAL USES OF HERBS USED BY MOSHE BEN MAIMON
Eli Fischer, Israel
        12:40 - 13:00 THE RAMBAM APPROACH TO MEDICAL CONSULTATION
Nathan Roguin, Israel
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 18:00
Conference Tour to Hamat, the site of the ancient synagogue with its magnificent mosaic floor. Continue up the mountain to a stunning observation point of the Galilee, Golan mountains, Mt. Hermon and Sea of Galilee. Proceed to Kibbutz Ginossar and view its ancient fishing boat, an amazing discovery from the1st century CE.
20:00 Gala Dinner
 

Wednesday, March 23, 2005

09:00 - 10:30 ETHICS, HALACHA AND MEDICINE ACCORDING TO MAIMONIDES I
        09:00 - 10:00 MEDICO - ETHICAL ASPECTS IN MAIMONIDES WRITING
Yigal Shafran, Israel
        10:00 - 10:30 MAIMONIDES AND MEDICAL ETHICS - A DATABASE OF ONLINE RESOURCES WITHIN EJEWISH.INFO
Rachel P. Cohen, Israel
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00 ETHICS, HALACHA AND MEDICINE ACCORDING TO MAIMONIDES II
        11:00 - 11:30 DID HIS CLINICAL EXPERIENCE AFFECT MAIMONIDES' ETHICAL VALUES?
Michael. A. Weingarten, Israel
        11:30 - 12:00 THE MEDICAL APHORISMS OF MAIMONIDES AND OF THE HIPPOCRATIC SCHOOL
Steven H. Miles, USA
        12:00 - 12:30 MAIMONIDES AND CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH ETHICS
Jeffrey Kahn, USA
        12:30 - 13:00 IS INCEST IMMORAL?
Berel Dov Lerner, Israel
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 ETHICS, HALACHA AND MEDICINE ACCORDING TO MAIMONIDES III
        14:00 - 14:30 ETHICS IN PSYCHIATRY: MAIMONIDES AND THE APA
Robert J. Alpern, USA
        14:30 - 15:00 ETHICS OF HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION IN THE LIGHT OF MAIMOMIDES' PHILOSOPHY
Bernard Kabakow, USA
        15:00 - 15:30 MAIMONIDES AS THE “IDEAL" PHYSICIAN - A ROLE MODEL FOR MODERN MEDICAL PRACTICE
Kenneth Collins, Scotland
        15:30 Closing Remarks by: Fred Rosner, Shaul M. Shasha
Ceremony at the Maimonides Tomb
Evening Dine-around at Tiberias various Restaurants
 

Thursday, March 24, 2005
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