Since this is a life-and-death topic, every individual case must be referred to a Rabbi. However, the presumption is that a life should be saved and it takes a high level of evidence to rebut that presumption.
Yes, Jeffrey Toobin is Jewish. His personal website used to mention involvement in the Bronfman Center for Jewish Life but has since been removed.
I personally think it is, because you can share a fully Jewish life together.
As long as a machine is pumping blood throughout the body I don't see why not.
Jews believe all forms of speaking in tongues are purely psychological and alien to Jewish life. Any videos of this practice would not change a Jewish person's mind.There is nothing in the Hebrew Bible to support this practice.
can a person move their hands and body on life support and brain dead.
Maintenance of the vital functions of a critically ill or comatose person or a person undergoing surgery: "a life-support machine".
Whether to keep a dying person on life support is a personal or family decision. If the person is suffering it might not be fair to keep them on life support.
This depends on what the patient's pathology is, and how dependent on the life support equipment they are for sustaining life. There have been rare cases where, once removed from the life support equipment, the patient started breathing and eventually recovered to a point where they didn't need the life support equipment to survive. More often, mortality occurs minutes, hours or days after disconnect. Again, it depends on the patient.
Most definitely - the Torah and Talmud are both books, and between them they influence every aspect of a Jewish person's life.
Life support is when the person body is in a really bad shape (like after a really bad car crash or overdose). They put a life support on the person life is supported by the machine- that why it is called a life support; supports life. Sometimes the person ends up relying completely on the machine and will never wake up. The doctor switch off the life support because the person life is dependant on it and they can never come off it- they will never wake up.
Usually, breathing stops and then the heart stops shortly after.
start basic life support