Lecture & Presentation Topics

Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner offers engaging, thought-provoking presentations that explore the intersection of Jewish law, modern bioethics, and compassionate care. Drawing from extensive frontline experience as a hospital chaplain, author, and bioethicist, his lectures address cutting-edge technological advancements, complex ethical dilemmas, and practical spiritual guidance for contemporary healthcare and daily life.

Emerging Medical Technology & Modern Innovation

  • CRISPR Gene Editing & Artificial Intelligence: Jewish Values in Confronting the Brave New World

  • AI in Medicine: Jewish & Bioethical Approaches to Rapidly Emerging Technology

  • Anti-Aging Longevity Drugs: What Will Halakhah Say?

  • The Most Cutting-Edge Medical and Scientific Advances of the Past Year: Halakhic and Pastoral Approaches to Navigating a Rapidly Changing World

Bioethics, Jewish Law & Healthcare Policy

  • The Status of an Embryo & Abortion Pills in Halakhah: A Jewish Approach to Recent Supreme Court Rulings

  • Organ Donation and Judaism: Rarely Considered Factors

  • Universal Healthcare: A Jewish Perspective

  • Conscientious Objection & Involvement with Halakhically Problematic Interventions

  • Jewish Values in Caring for and Making Medical Decisions on Behalf of Unrepresented, Unidentified, and Homeless Patients

Frontline Stories, Spiritual Care & Pastoral Insights

  • Incredible Stories from the Front Lines: Confronting Complex Ethical Scenarios and Dilemmas in the Hospital

  • Miraculous Stories and Kiddush Hashem in the Halls of Medicine

  • My Kidney Donation Experience: Personal and Halakhic Factors

  • COVID: Lessons Learned from the Front Lines

  • Cremation in Jewish History and Jewish Law: A Chaplain’s Approach

Spiritual Resilience, Faith & Wellness

  • Jewish Sources of Spiritual Resilience

  • Is Prayer Ever Futile? Efficacy of Prayer for the Terminally Ill

  • Alternative Medicine, Reiki & Energy Healing

  • Self-Care and Limits of Healthcare Providers’ Responsibilities

  • Advance Directive / Ethical Will Writing Workshops

He also frequently speaks on...

Facilitating Shared Decision-Making
  1. Understanding Terminology: Key Concepts to Facilitate Collaborative Decision-Making
  2. Truth-Telling: When Painful Medical Information Should and Should Not Be Revealed
  3. Mental Illness: Capacity and Proper Treatment in Accordance with Jewish Law
How Much Treatment?
  • Pediatrics and Jewish Law
  • Palliative Care and Hospice in Jewish Law and Thought
At the End of Life
  • Guide to Filling out an Advance Directive or POLST Form
  • Withholding vs. Withdrawing: Deactivating a Ventilator, Cessation of Dialysis, ECMO, Cardiac Defibrillators and Artificial Hearts at the End of Life
  • Patients who request Physician-Assisted Suicide: Towards a Nuanced Approach
  • Essential Jewish Principles of End-of-Life Decision Making
After Death
  • Definition of Death in Jewish Law & Strategies for Conflict Mitigation 
  • Jewish Customs at the End of Life and After Death
  • Jewish Guidance on the Loss of a Baby or Fetus
  • Autopsy and Jewish Law
  • Burial in a Mausoleum and Jewish Law
  • Jewish Ethical Issues in the Sale of Organs 
Reproductive Questions
  • Genetic Testing, Disclosure of Results, and PGD
  • Assisted Reproductive Technology: Fertility Issues, Artificial Insemination, IVF, Surrogacy & Egg Donation 
Chaplaincy Related
  • Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? A Chaplains Approach
  • Where’s My Miracle? On Miracles and Judaism
  • Bikkur Cholim: Pointers and Insights for visiting the sick
  • Bikkur Cholim and geriatrics: supporting our elders when they are not well
Additional
  • Running a Jewish Organization in the 21st Century – What does it mean to be a Jewish Hospital
  • Running an Interfaith Department in a Jewish Way
  • Achieving and maintaining spiritual well-being/wholeness
  • Halakhic and philosophical issues related to using an interfaith chapel
  • Halakhic issues related to people who are transgender in the Orthodox community
  • Finding and cultivating your purpose in life