1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="goiuGoGWI0"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/israels-chief-rabbis-issue-statement-against-postmortem-dissections">Israel’s Chief Rabbis Issue Statement Against Postmortem Dissections</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/israels-chief-rabbis-issue-statement-against-postmortem-dissections/embed#?secret=goiuGoGWI0" width="600" height="338" title="“Israel’s Chief Rabbis Issue Statement Against Postmortem Dissections” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="goiuGoGWI0" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> A statement declaring that postmortem dissections are “forbidden by the Torah in any manner whatsoever,” was issued here today by Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Isser Unterman, Chief Sephardi Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim, members of the Chief Rabbinate Council and fifty other Israeli religious leaders. Another statement signed by 15 doctors called on the Knesset to prevent passage […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315