PAST PROGRAMS
A Commitment to Preserve Human Dignity in Health Care 1/29/18
The Center for Human Dignity in Bioethics, Medicine, and Health is pleased to join with the Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust, the Department of Bioethics and the Holocaust of the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics (Haifa) and CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center to present, "A Commitment to Preserve Human Dignity In Health Care."
This full day event includes lectures, workshops and interactive presentations led by internationally renowned scholars in the fields of Holocaust education, health care, health policy, and human rights endeavors. The featured event will introduce the "Pledge to Preserve Human Dignity in Health Care," which will be live-streamed and presented in an online version that can be signed by supporters. This program will launch a worldwide collaborative movement emphasizing the importance of medical ethics, human dignity, equality and justice within health care.
International Conference for Education and the Holocaust 12/4/17
The International Conference for Education and the Holocaust (ICEH) is co-sponsored by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the United National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with the goal to promote Holocaust and genocide education around the world and to prevent future mass atrocities. ICEH is a bi-annual event that brings teams from eight countries to a week-long conference at the US Holocaust Museum in Washington DC. During this week, teams participate in sessions with Museum staff and other experts in Holocaust history, project development, & strategies for Holocaust and genocide education. Teams will develop on-the-ground projects to advance teaching and learning about the Holocaust in their particular national or regional context.
MIMEH and the UNESCO Department of Bioethics and the Holocaust of the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics (Haifa) will be presenting a workshop on teaching medicine,ethics and the Holocaust.
70 Years after the Nuremberg Code: What Have We Learned? 11/9/17
Please join the Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust, the Department of Bioethics and the Holocaust of the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics (Haifa) and the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust as we bring together internationally acclaimed scholars and practitioners for a presentation and panel discussion regarding the relevance of bioethics and the Holocaust for modern medical practice, health law, public policy, and human rights efforts. We will reflect upon what we have learned in the 70 years since the Doctors' Trial and the publication of the Nuremberg Code and identify areas that still need to be addressed in order to fulfill our obligation to those who lost their lives at the hands of Nazi medicine.
2017 Advancing Ethical Research (AER) Conference: The “Nuremberg Code” After 70 Years: Foundational or Forgotten? 11/8/17
In August 1947, a tribunal of three American judges, sitting in Nuremberg, Germany, rendered judgment in the “The Doctors’ Trial” of 23 physicians and their colleagues who had carried out horrific experiments on inmates in the Nazi concentration camps. The judges distinguished what the Nazi doctors had done from experimentation conducted in accord with 10 principles that characterize ethical research with human beings. The 70th anniversary of those principles—known as the Nuremberg Code, the first international statement on research ethics—provides an occasion to ask some basic questions: What is the Code, and how was it created? Why, over the next 25 years, did organized medicine not only fail to adhere to the Code, but actively sought to replace it? The often-quoted Declaration of Helsinki, adopted by the World Medical Association in 1964, was actually a retreat from the Code, based on the medical paternalism and scientific triumphalism of that era. What part did the Code’s uncompromising demand for informed consent and its focus on biomedical research play in making it seem inapplicable for pediatric and psychiatric studies or socio-behavioral research? The session will explore how recent revelations of post-War research abuses have underlined the Code’s importance as a foundation for research ethics—for example, in shaping the standards for ethical research in such documents as the Council of Europe’s Oviedo Convention—and ask whether it is still relevant when evaluating the ethics of research proposals in an era of biobanks, big data, and epidemiological studies of emerging diseases.
Join MIMEH's Co-Chair, Dr. Tessa Chelouche, and MIMEH's Advisory Board Members, Dr. Susan Miller and Dr. Sheldon Rubenfeld, along with other scholars in the field as they discuss the relevance of the Nuremberg Code for modern bioethics.
2017 World Bioethics Day 10/19/17
UNESCO Chair in Bioethics (Haifa) announces the celebration of the second World Bioethics Day globally on Thursday, 19th October 2017. As last year, all the Units across the World (165 Units as of now) will celebrate the “Common Program” as suggested by Hon’ble Chair and WBD Committee. The theme for this year’s celebration shall be ‘Equality, Justice and Equity’ (Article 10 of Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights).
Triumph of the Human Spirit, from Auschwitz to Forgiveness 9/12/17
Eva Mozes Kor will be presenting the final program of the Deadly Medicine Speaker Series, a collaborative project offered by Misericordia University's Medical and Health Humanities and the Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust. The Deadly Medicine Speaker Series ran from January through March 14th, in conjunction with MU's presentation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race" exhibition. The series featured eight special presentations from experts in the fields of Holocaust education, history, medicine, bioethics, Judaism, and more.
Holocaust, Genocide and Contemporary Bioethics Public Program 9/10/17
Learn to recognize and stop genocide strategies from being used again anywhere in the world. Join our panelists who will discuss the strategies used by the Nazi party to justify criminal medical research and genocide through the public health propaganda.
When Physicians Failed Humanity 8/2/17
This lecture is being presented as part of Pace University's PA course, "Professionalism and Biomedical Ethics." Dr. Stacy Gallin, Director of MIMEH, and Dr. Ellen Mandel, Pace University Clinical Professor, will be discussing the ways in which the participation of the healthcare community in the ethical transgressions that took place during the Holocaust can be used to inform modern medical practice and public policy.
UNESCO Chair in Bioethics 12th World Conference: Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law 3/21/17
Tessa Chelouche, Co-Director of MIMEH will be presenting, "The UNESCO Casebook on Bioethics and the Holocaust:" Reflecting on the Past to Protect the Future. "The UNESCO Casebook on Bioethics and the Holocaust: Reflecting on the Past to Protect the Future."
When reflecting upon medicine in the context of the Third Reich and the Holocaust, we encounter some of the most difficult and profound choices of our humanity. Medical practice during this era provided the basis for the present bioethical doctrine. Consequently, it is safe to state that this subject does not belong to history but rather, to the future.
The Casebook on Bioethics and the Holocaust uses casebook uses examples from the Holocaust on various bioethical issues that are relevant and pertinent to today's bioethical discussion. The different aspects of medicine during the Third Reich are demonstrated, reflecting both the perpetrators and the victims. Each case is accompanied by an historical background to provide the correct context and is followed by an ethical discussion aiming to provide a tool for reflection and dialogue on bioethical issues relevant to both the Holocaust and the present.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Live Ceremony 1/27/17
As part of a series of events commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 70th anniversary of the Doctors' Trial and the publication of the Nuremberg Code, Dr. Stacy Gallin, Founder and Director of MIMEH, will lead an intefaith ceremony broadcast live from the "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race" exhibit at Misericordia University.
The Center for Human Dignity in Bioethics, Medicine, and Health is pleased to join with the Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust, the Department of Bioethics and the Holocaust of the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics (Haifa) and CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center to present, "A Commitment to Preserve Human Dignity In Health Care."
This full day event includes lectures, workshops and interactive presentations led by internationally renowned scholars in the fields of Holocaust education, health care, health policy, and human rights endeavors. The featured event will introduce the "Pledge to Preserve Human Dignity in Health Care," which will be live-streamed and presented in an online version that can be signed by supporters. This program will launch a worldwide collaborative movement emphasizing the importance of medical ethics, human dignity, equality and justice within health care.
International Conference for Education and the Holocaust 12/4/17
The International Conference for Education and the Holocaust (ICEH) is co-sponsored by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the United National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with the goal to promote Holocaust and genocide education around the world and to prevent future mass atrocities. ICEH is a bi-annual event that brings teams from eight countries to a week-long conference at the US Holocaust Museum in Washington DC. During this week, teams participate in sessions with Museum staff and other experts in Holocaust history, project development, & strategies for Holocaust and genocide education. Teams will develop on-the-ground projects to advance teaching and learning about the Holocaust in their particular national or regional context.
MIMEH and the UNESCO Department of Bioethics and the Holocaust of the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics (Haifa) will be presenting a workshop on teaching medicine,ethics and the Holocaust.
70 Years after the Nuremberg Code: What Have We Learned? 11/9/17
Please join the Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust, the Department of Bioethics and the Holocaust of the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics (Haifa) and the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust as we bring together internationally acclaimed scholars and practitioners for a presentation and panel discussion regarding the relevance of bioethics and the Holocaust for modern medical practice, health law, public policy, and human rights efforts. We will reflect upon what we have learned in the 70 years since the Doctors' Trial and the publication of the Nuremberg Code and identify areas that still need to be addressed in order to fulfill our obligation to those who lost their lives at the hands of Nazi medicine.
2017 Advancing Ethical Research (AER) Conference: The “Nuremberg Code” After 70 Years: Foundational or Forgotten? 11/8/17
In August 1947, a tribunal of three American judges, sitting in Nuremberg, Germany, rendered judgment in the “The Doctors’ Trial” of 23 physicians and their colleagues who had carried out horrific experiments on inmates in the Nazi concentration camps. The judges distinguished what the Nazi doctors had done from experimentation conducted in accord with 10 principles that characterize ethical research with human beings. The 70th anniversary of those principles—known as the Nuremberg Code, the first international statement on research ethics—provides an occasion to ask some basic questions: What is the Code, and how was it created? Why, over the next 25 years, did organized medicine not only fail to adhere to the Code, but actively sought to replace it? The often-quoted Declaration of Helsinki, adopted by the World Medical Association in 1964, was actually a retreat from the Code, based on the medical paternalism and scientific triumphalism of that era. What part did the Code’s uncompromising demand for informed consent and its focus on biomedical research play in making it seem inapplicable for pediatric and psychiatric studies or socio-behavioral research? The session will explore how recent revelations of post-War research abuses have underlined the Code’s importance as a foundation for research ethics—for example, in shaping the standards for ethical research in such documents as the Council of Europe’s Oviedo Convention—and ask whether it is still relevant when evaluating the ethics of research proposals in an era of biobanks, big data, and epidemiological studies of emerging diseases.
Join MIMEH's Co-Chair, Dr. Tessa Chelouche, and MIMEH's Advisory Board Members, Dr. Susan Miller and Dr. Sheldon Rubenfeld, along with other scholars in the field as they discuss the relevance of the Nuremberg Code for modern bioethics.
2017 World Bioethics Day 10/19/17
UNESCO Chair in Bioethics (Haifa) announces the celebration of the second World Bioethics Day globally on Thursday, 19th October 2017. As last year, all the Units across the World (165 Units as of now) will celebrate the “Common Program” as suggested by Hon’ble Chair and WBD Committee. The theme for this year’s celebration shall be ‘Equality, Justice and Equity’ (Article 10 of Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights).
Triumph of the Human Spirit, from Auschwitz to Forgiveness 9/12/17
Eva Mozes Kor will be presenting the final program of the Deadly Medicine Speaker Series, a collaborative project offered by Misericordia University's Medical and Health Humanities and the Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust. The Deadly Medicine Speaker Series ran from January through March 14th, in conjunction with MU's presentation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race" exhibition. The series featured eight special presentations from experts in the fields of Holocaust education, history, medicine, bioethics, Judaism, and more.
Holocaust, Genocide and Contemporary Bioethics Public Program 9/10/17
Learn to recognize and stop genocide strategies from being used again anywhere in the world. Join our panelists who will discuss the strategies used by the Nazi party to justify criminal medical research and genocide through the public health propaganda.
When Physicians Failed Humanity 8/2/17
This lecture is being presented as part of Pace University's PA course, "Professionalism and Biomedical Ethics." Dr. Stacy Gallin, Director of MIMEH, and Dr. Ellen Mandel, Pace University Clinical Professor, will be discussing the ways in which the participation of the healthcare community in the ethical transgressions that took place during the Holocaust can be used to inform modern medical practice and public policy.
UNESCO Chair in Bioethics 12th World Conference: Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law 3/21/17
Tessa Chelouche, Co-Director of MIMEH will be presenting, "The UNESCO Casebook on Bioethics and the Holocaust:" Reflecting on the Past to Protect the Future. "The UNESCO Casebook on Bioethics and the Holocaust: Reflecting on the Past to Protect the Future."
When reflecting upon medicine in the context of the Third Reich and the Holocaust, we encounter some of the most difficult and profound choices of our humanity. Medical practice during this era provided the basis for the present bioethical doctrine. Consequently, it is safe to state that this subject does not belong to history but rather, to the future.
The Casebook on Bioethics and the Holocaust uses casebook uses examples from the Holocaust on various bioethical issues that are relevant and pertinent to today's bioethical discussion. The different aspects of medicine during the Third Reich are demonstrated, reflecting both the perpetrators and the victims. Each case is accompanied by an historical background to provide the correct context and is followed by an ethical discussion aiming to provide a tool for reflection and dialogue on bioethical issues relevant to both the Holocaust and the present.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Live Ceremony 1/27/17
As part of a series of events commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 70th anniversary of the Doctors' Trial and the publication of the Nuremberg Code, Dr. Stacy Gallin, Founder and Director of MIMEH, will lead an intefaith ceremony broadcast live from the "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race" exhibit at Misericordia University.
How Healers Became Killers: Nazi Doctors and Modern Medical Ethics 1/26/17
Dr. Patricia Heberer-Rice, Director of the Office of the Senior Historian at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Dr. Matthew Wynia, Director of the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, will present a lecture entitled, "How Healers Became Killers: Nazi Doctors and Modern Medical Ethics." This program is part of a series of events sponsored by MIMEH and Misericordia University commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This lecture will explore the historical significance and modern relevance of the "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race" exhibit, which will be housed at Misericordia University from January through March.
Holocaust Educational Foundation Lessons and Legacies XIV Conference - The Holocaust in the 21st Century: Relevance and Challenges in the Digital Age 11/3/16 - 11/6/16
The Fourteenth Biennial Lessons and Legacies Conference, sponsored by the Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University and Claremont McKenna College, will consist of two plenary addresses, roundtables, multiple panels, workshops, and colloquia relating to recent issues and advances in scholarship on all aspects of Holocaust Studies. MIMEH will be leading a workshop along with representatives from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Center for Medicine after the Holocaust.
Yom Hashoah Program: Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust 5/5/16
The Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust (MIMEH) and Temple Shaari Emeth are pleased to present,"Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust: Reflecting on the Past to Protect the Future." Please join Dr. Stacy Perlstein Gallin, Founder and Director of MIMEH, for a Yom Hashoah program exploring the pivotal role played by science and medicine in the labeling, persecution, experimentation, and eventual mass murder of those deemed "unfit" in Nazi Germany and the ramifications for modern medical practice, healthcare policy, and human rights endeavors. Physicians, nurses, and pharmacists can earn Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit for participating. Sponsored by the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey.
Medicine After the Holocaust in the Ukraine 4/29/16 - 4/30/16
Dr. Stacy Gallin will be presenting a lecture entitled, "The Ethical Implications of Nazi Medicine for Current Medical Practice, Healthcare Policy, and Human Rights Endeavors" as part of an international Conference on Medicine After the Holocaust in the Ukraine. Sponsored by the Center for Medicine After the Holocaust (CMATH), the Claims Conference, and the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), this program will include an art exhibit as well as an academic conference. Participants will include the National Bioethics Committee of Ukraine, members of the Ukrainian Association of Jews, former prisoners of Nazi ghettos and concentration camps, and those interested in the fields of medicine, medical law, and art. The conference will commemorate the 75th anniversary of Babi Yar and serve as the foundation for the development of long-term programming on this topic in the Ukraine.
Dr. Patricia Heberer-Rice, Director of the Office of the Senior Historian at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Dr. Matthew Wynia, Director of the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, will present a lecture entitled, "How Healers Became Killers: Nazi Doctors and Modern Medical Ethics." This program is part of a series of events sponsored by MIMEH and Misericordia University commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This lecture will explore the historical significance and modern relevance of the "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race" exhibit, which will be housed at Misericordia University from January through March.
Holocaust Educational Foundation Lessons and Legacies XIV Conference - The Holocaust in the 21st Century: Relevance and Challenges in the Digital Age 11/3/16 - 11/6/16
The Fourteenth Biennial Lessons and Legacies Conference, sponsored by the Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University and Claremont McKenna College, will consist of two plenary addresses, roundtables, multiple panels, workshops, and colloquia relating to recent issues and advances in scholarship on all aspects of Holocaust Studies. MIMEH will be leading a workshop along with representatives from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Center for Medicine after the Holocaust.
Yom Hashoah Program: Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust 5/5/16
The Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust (MIMEH) and Temple Shaari Emeth are pleased to present,"Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust: Reflecting on the Past to Protect the Future." Please join Dr. Stacy Perlstein Gallin, Founder and Director of MIMEH, for a Yom Hashoah program exploring the pivotal role played by science and medicine in the labeling, persecution, experimentation, and eventual mass murder of those deemed "unfit" in Nazi Germany and the ramifications for modern medical practice, healthcare policy, and human rights endeavors. Physicians, nurses, and pharmacists can earn Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit for participating. Sponsored by the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey.
Medicine After the Holocaust in the Ukraine 4/29/16 - 4/30/16
Dr. Stacy Gallin will be presenting a lecture entitled, "The Ethical Implications of Nazi Medicine for Current Medical Practice, Healthcare Policy, and Human Rights Endeavors" as part of an international Conference on Medicine After the Holocaust in the Ukraine. Sponsored by the Center for Medicine After the Holocaust (CMATH), the Claims Conference, and the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), this program will include an art exhibit as well as an academic conference. Participants will include the National Bioethics Committee of Ukraine, members of the Ukrainian Association of Jews, former prisoners of Nazi ghettos and concentration camps, and those interested in the fields of medicine, medical law, and art. The conference will commemorate the 75th anniversary of Babi Yar and serve as the foundation for the development of long-term programming on this topic in the Ukraine.