The Coronavirus Pandemic

How should doctors ration ventilators during a pandemic — who gets priority? How to perform circumcision during the pandemic? Can one inform authorities about his neighbor who is violating a social-­distancing ordinance? What are the parameters of fasting on Yom Kippur and Tishah B’Av during a pandemic? Does a marriage during a lockdown require a minyan? The Coronavirus Pandemic presents the Jewish reader with critical knowledge and perspectives about COVID-­19 and its impact. Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg, one of the foremost medical ethicists in the world, puts the coronavirus pandemic into historical perspective and explores a long list of halachic dilemmas that the pandemic has created. Dr. Ari Ciment, a pulmonary and critical care front-­line physician, shares some real-­life experiences, bringing the challenges and conundrums of the pandemic to life. In addition, Dr. Ciment asks and Rabbi Dr. Steinberg answers actual questions that arose during the coronavirus pandemic.