Contemporary Issues in Jewish Bioethics, Rabbi Dr. Allan Kensky — SP25

Tuesdays 6:00 – 7:30 PM CT

In this course we will study and reflect on major contemporary issues in bioethics from a Jewish lens. Topics to be studied will include pikkuach nefesh; abortion; infertility, surrogacy and reproductive technologies; genetic engineering; terminal illness, end-of-life care; and medical aid in dying. We will include a unit on Bikkur Cholim. A major focus will be the study of Halakhic sources that bear on these questions. We will also examine the differing views on these questions in the larger society and will bring a pastoral lens to our discussions of the real-life situations that lie at the heart of these questions.