Devorah Goldman
Fellow
Devorah Goldman is a fellow in EPPC’s Program in Bioethics and American Democracy. Her work focuses primarily on medical policy, culture, and public bioethics.
Devorah Goldman is a fellow in EPPC’s Program in Bioethics and American Democracy. Her work focuses primarily on medical policy, culture, and public bioethics.
She is the co-director and editorial mentor of the Krauthammer Fellowship—a one-year program for young writers run by the Tikvah Fund—as well as a contributing editor at The Public Discourse, American Purpose, Mosaic, and the Solomon Journal. She runs a Substack newsletter, Side Effects, which focuses on medical culture.
Ms. Goldman’s writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BNA, National Affairs, the Weekly Standard, the New Atlantis, and other publications. She previously worked as a legislative staffer in the U.S. Senate and an editor at National Affairs.
Ms. Goldman has also helped spearhead several initiatives at the Tikvah Fund. These include the creation of a curriculum on the role of the Hebrew Bible in American history, which is currently being used as part of a two-year course offered by over 20 Jewish day schools. Together with the Blackstone Legal Fellowship and the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, Ms. Goldman developed Tikvah’s summer legal fellowship, which launched in May 2021.
Gene Editing and Planned Personhood
Devorah Goldman
The future of germline editing includes practical risks, but the question of whether it will happen should hinge not only on whether it can be safely done. Physicians must carefully consider their role in relation to their patients, which is different from that of a scientist working with specimens in a lab.
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Public Discourse / November 12, 2020
The Yeshiva Case: A Legal Path Forward
Devorah Goldman
Jewish organizations and individuals have a necessary and powerful role to play in America’s ongoing discussions regarding religious liberty. Situations such as the conflict over New York’s yeshivas demonstrate how grave the stakes can be.
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Religious Liberty and Education: A Case Study of Yeshivas vs. New York / October 1, 2020
Review of Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement: A Revolution in the Name of…
Devorah Goldman
Sarah Schenirer’s unflinching defense of basic Jewish principles, combined with the lively, youthful and joyous approach she brought to teaching, continue to guide the institution she founded.
Articles
Jewish Action / September 1, 2020
The Story of Ruth
Devorah Goldman
A beautiful exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum explores what this ancient figure can teach us about loyalty and redemption.
Articles
The American Interest / May 24, 2020
When to Leave?
Devorah Goldman
For Jews, this is the perennial question. A new book explores how Jewish communities around the world are navigating it.
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The American Interest / April 4, 2020
Two Orthodox Jewish Approaches to the Coronavirus
Devorah Goldman
The principle of living by religious laws but not dying by them is integral to Jewish practice.
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The Washington Times / March 28, 2020
Recovering Friendship
Devorah Goldman
A friend is more than a form of entertainment. The utilitarian way app designers would have us pick friends off a menu reflects quite the opposite approach. Friendships are viewed as more comfortable and more disposable than Allan Bloom, C.S. Lewis, and the Talmud suggest they ought to be.
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Public Discourse / March 19, 2020