Tag: Kidney Donation

A video featuring an interview with Rachel Smoller discussing her decision to donate her kidney, part of the "Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories" series hosted by Chana Weisberg.
The Renewal movement, an organization that facilitates kidney transplants within the frum (Orthodox Jewish) community, celebrates its 1,000th lifesaving procedure.
Gitti Allman, an administrative liaison at a girls yeshivah and cake decorator, decided to donate her kidney to Anthony Sonny Silver, a police officer who had been undergoing dialysis treatments and needed a kidney transplant.
The essay discusses the evolution of kidney donation in Jewish law, highlighting the historical context and halachic considerations surrounding living kidney donation.