
← Shtark Tank24 aug · 44 min
"The Doctors Told Us to Say Goodbye" ft. Rabbi Jason Weiner
<p>Emotional support at the end of life. Thorny halachic questions about scientific medical breakthoughs. AI and the end of work.</p><p>These are all part of the Rabbi Jason Weiner's daily routine.</p><p>Rabbi Weiner is the senior rabbi and executive director of spiritual care at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles. In this episode we cover:</p><ul><li>What a healthcare chaplain actually does, and how Rabbi Weiner fell into the role with almost no training</li><li>The hardest moments of sitting with grieving families, including an uplifting story that took nearly 20 years to find its ending</li><li>How Torah sources think about medical breakthroughs like CRISPR and GLP-1 drugs</li><li>His essay on AI and the end of work: if a machine takes your job, does it take your identity too?</li></ul><p><br></p><p>To read the full Tradition Online essay about AI and the end of work, <a href="https://traditiononline.org/ai-automation-unemployment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">click here</a></p><p>Find more from Rabbi Weiner at rabbiweiner.com, on YUTorah, on LinkedIn, or on Instagram at @rabbi_JW.</p><p><strong>Sign up for our newsletter</strong> to recieve unfiltered takes on work, Torah, family and more. Go to <a href="shtarktank.org" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">ShtarkTank.org</a> and subscribe today.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>