CTI is excited to announce that Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody is the 2025 CTI Scholar in Residence! He will be speaking on Sunday, September 14, from 4:00PM to 7:00PM in the Zimmerman Family Multipurpose Room at the Dell JCC.

Rabbi Brody is the executive director of Ematai, an organization dedicated to helping Jews navigate aging, end-of-life care, and organ donation by providing educational resources, halachic guidance, and advance planning tools. He is also an award-winning columnist for The Jerusalem Post. His writings have appeared in many popular and scholarly publications and were cited in Israeli Supreme Court decisions. 

He is the author of two award-winning books, Ethics of Our Fighters: A Jewish View on War and Morality (Maggid) and A Guide to the Complex: Contemporary Halakhic Debates (Maggid). A graduate of Harvard College, he received semicha from the Israeli Chief Rabbinate, an MA in Jewish philosophy at the Hebrew University, and his PhD from Bar Ilan University Law School.

Rabbi Brody plans to deliver two talks:

• Unsolved Medical Ethics Mysteries: A Tale of Two Rabbinic Debates
• Civilian Casualties and Israel’s Dilemma: A Tale of Two Sieges

There will be a break in between talks for a light dairy buffet catered by Shevet, at $10 per person for members and $15 per person for guests.  

Due to the subject matter, this event is not recommended for young children. 

Thank you to our generous Program Sponsors as of August 15:

• Tayler and Joe Lonsdale
• Bernie Groveman and Barbara Ancona
• Camille and Sandy Kress
• Myles Shaftel
• Barb and Arthur Altman