Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Halperin is a physician, director of the Falk Schlesinger Institute of Medical-Halachic Research in Jerusalem, and editor of the magazine Assia – Jewish Medical Ethics. Halperin is an expert in the field of medical ethics and served as the director of ethics at Israel’s Ministry of Health. Additionally, Halperin is a member of the Bioethics Advisory Committee of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.