Decisions of Fate
A new course from the jewish learning institute
Your Jewish compass for navigating questions of Medical Ethics
IN PERSON & VIA ZOOM
Explore the guiding Jewish values that help inform choices on common medical questions.
This course will equip you with the tools to chart a path through four areas of medical ethics:
Experimental treatments
Extending life
Pregnancy questions
and caring for a body.
Gain an enriching perspective on how the Jewish ethical tradition helps us confidently navigate fateful decisions.
How: In person recommended (Zoom option also available)
When: 4 Mondays, May 20 - June 10 2024
8-9:20pm
Refreshments will be served.
Where: Address in W2 provided upon registration.
Cost: £65 (Includes course book)
Couples & Bring a friend: £50 per person (Includes course book).
Not sure it’s for you? Try the first lesson for free!
Full & part scholarships available. Please see registration page or be in touch for more info.
Course author: This course is developed by JLI, the world’s preeminent provider of Jewish learning.
Each lesson is well researched, highly engaging, interactive and includes cutting edge media.
Course Instructor: Rabbi Shneur Wineberg, Director, Chabad of Notting Hill
See below for the full course outline
COURSE OUTLINE
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.