Focus of the Commitment in the German Ethics Council
- Medical Ethics
- Ethical questions from a Jewish perspective
Born in 1954
Professional Background
- Since 1988 Internist with medical practice in Würzburg
- 1980 PhD as Dr. med.
- 1973-1979 Studies of medicine at the University of Würzburg
Memberships
- Since April 2020 Member of the German Ethics Council
- Since 2014 President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany
- Since 2014 Vice President of the World Jewish Congress
- Since 2014 Vice President of the European Jewish Congress
- Since 2002 President of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Bavaria (Landesverband Israelitischer Kultusgemeinden in Bayern)
- Since 1998 President of the Jewish Communities in Würzburg and Lower Franconia
- 2002-2017 Member of the Commission for Bioethics of the Bavarian State Government
- 2001-2016 Member of the Central Ethics Committee of the German Medical Association
- 2010-2014 Vice President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany
- 1999-2010 Member of the Executive Committee of the Central Council of Jews in Germany
Distinctions
- 2021 Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2021 German Cultural Policy Award (Deutscher Kulturpolitikpreis) of the German Cultural Council
- 2010 Bavarian Order of Merit
- 2006 Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Bavarian Constitutional Medal in Gold