Jewish Learning Institute Course - Chabad of Dollard
- 4 Wednesdays evenings. 7:30-9:00 P.M. May 22, 29 - June 5, 19.
- Instructor: Rabbi Leibel Fine
- This course is being offered for both online and in-person attendees
- Chabad of Dollard, 5 Sunnydale
Decisions of Fate: Your Jewish Compass for Navigating Questions of Medical Ethics
LESSON ONE Experimental Treatments
When emerging treatments offer hope of recovery, when is the risk justified? Discover the Jewish ethics of risking your life in the hope of extending your long-term prospects.
LESSON TWO Extending Life
How does Judaism balance the desire to preserve life with concerns of reducing suffering? See how Jewish values inform a dignified approach to end-of-life care and advance medical directives.
LESSON THREE Pregnancy Questions
Explore questions of pregnancy through the lens of Jewish texts. Is a fetus a human life, or a part of the mother’s body? When pregnancy endangers a woman’s life, may she, in good conscience, carry the pregnancy to term?
LESSON FOUR A Body’s Dignity
Might autopsy violate the dignity of the human body? Learn the Jewish view on the respect to which the deceased is entitled and how the sanctity of human life continues after death.