The following articles present halachic and medical perspectives on breast cancer and BRCA testing. Yoetzet Halacha Dr. Deena Zimmerman is the medical supervisor of Nishmat’s Yoatzot websites.
Naomi Englard-Schaffer and Dr. Deena Zimmerman, “Halakhic Issues Presented by Breast Cancer.” Tradition 41, no. 4 (Winter, 2008): 33-53.
Naomi Englard-Schaffer and Deena R Zimmerman, MD, “Halakhic Issues Raised by Reconstructive Breast Surgery.” Jewish Medical Ethics and Halacha 8, no. 1 (December 2011): 43-64.
Sharon Galper Grossman, M.D., M.P.H., “The Angelina Jolie Effect in Jewish Law: Prophylactic Mastectomy and Oophorectomy in BRCA Carriers,” Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal 6, no. 4 (October 2015).
Sharon Galper Grossman, “BRCA Testing for All Ashkenazi Women: A Halakhic Inquiry,” Hakira 28 (Spring 2020).