(Rabbi Yitz Frank, Ohio Director) The annual dinner of the Columbus Chevra Kadisha – Burial Society this past Sunday featured an important panel discussion arranged by Agudath Israel of America. More than 75 people gathered to hear the expert panel discuss the topic of “Halachic Living Wills: Why every person needs one.”
The panel featured Rabbi A. D. Motzen, national director of state relations for Agudath Israel of America, Dr. Jay Bernstein, MD, MPH, FACEP, an experienced emergency room physician in Cincinnati, and a video presentation by Harry M. Brown, Esq., partner at Benesch Law, longtime Agudath Israel board member, and the drafter of Agudah’s Ohio form. The panel was moderated by Rabbi Chaim Yosef Ackerman of Ahavas Sholom Congregation.