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Women's Health Symposium

New Realities in Women's Health:
Choices and Challenges for Young Jewish Women

On June 1, the Chicago Center for Jewish Genetic Disorders sponsored a symposium, "New Realities in Women's Health: Choices and Challenges for Young Jewish Women," which explored issues integral to the health of Jewish women between the ages of 20-40. The symposium featured a panel on bioethics and workshops on the issues of infertility, hereditary cancer, and Jewish genetic disorders.

Over 125 attendees listened as keynote speaker Lt. Gov. Corinne Wood (ret.) spoke on her first hand experience as both a breast cancer survivor and an advocate for women's health. A panel on Jewish tradition and "high tech" health care presented different perspectives on how the traditions of Judaism interface with contemporary medicine. Closing speaker Rochelle Shoretz, a breast cancer survivor and the creator of Sharsheret, a breast cancer support group for young Jewish women, spoke on the importance of providing support to other young Jewish women with similar concerns during times of health crises.

Read more about the symposium:

Health Symposium Views Modern Women's Health Choices Through Jewish Lens and Jewish Law Looks at Assisted Reproduction (Halachic issues of assisted reproduction and abortion) both from JUF News, July 2003
http://www.juf.org/news_public_affairs/article.asp?key=4239

View photos from the symposium

Topics
Keynote Speaker Lt. Gov. Corinne Wood (Ret.) on Women's Health
Jewish Tradition and "High Tech" Health Care Choices Panel
Breakout Sessions: Infertility, Jewish Genetic Disorders, Hereditary Cancers in Young Women
Advocating for Women's Health Issues

Speakers

Featuring Keynote Speaker, Lt. Gov. Corinne Wood (Ret.)

Rabbi Heather Altman
Susan Davies, MD
Nanette Elster, JD, MPH
Rabbi James Gordon, JD
Tracey Lipsig, LCSW
Scott Moses, MD
Rabbi Dr. Joseph Ozarowski
Stephanie Ross, PhD
Wendy Rubinstein, MD, PhD, FACMG
Robyn Seidman, LCSW
Rochelle Shoretz, JD
Lee Shulman, MD
Scott Weissman, MS, CGC
Carin Yates, MS, CGC
Suzanne Yellen, PhD

Co-Sponsoring Organizations
Anshe Emet Synagogue Sisterhood, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Hillels of Illinois, Jewish Children's Bureau, Jewish Community Centers of Chicago, Jewish Family and Community Service, Jewish Healing Network of Chicago, North Shore Hadassah, Sidney N. Shure Kehilla Program, JUF TOV Volunteer Network, Young Leadership Division JUF, Young Women's Board JUF

Read the closing remarks, Advocating for Women's Health by Rochelle Shoretz.