Physicians' Initiative
Ongoing
The Kalsman Institute is working intimately with partner Dr. Howard Silverman of Phoenix's Temple Chai Shalom Center, to create and foster a program of Jewish learning for Jewish doctors and other healthcare professionals.

Previous Initiatives & Events
The Politics of Health: When Jewish Ideals Meet American Economic Realities
April 10, 2005
150 Los Angeles residents heard from four leaders and experts in their fields talk about the challenges of providing healthcare to our community.
Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility - Focus on Healthcare
February 2003
In February 2003, Sh'ma partnered with the Kalsman Institute to publish an issue focusing on increasing the humanity in healthcare.
Caring for our Nation: Jews and America's Healthcare Crisis
January 19, 2003
Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, joined the Kalsman Institute and the USC Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life to bring the attention of the Jewish community to the health crisis that faces the broad American public and to ponder the responsibility of Jews and the organized Jewish community.
Complementary Medicine Roundtable
August 7, 2001
Experts from the fields of complementary and alternative healthcare met to address the pressing issues of their community.