A new course exploring Jewish medical ethics will be offered in Sarasota starting this Fall. Jewish Medical Ethics: A 21st Century Discussion will explore how traditional Jewish principles apply to contemporary medical issues, such as passive euthanasia, artificial reproductive technologies, cloning and more. Rabbi Jennifer Singer will lead the 10-session course, which is designed to provide participants with a range of perspectives on these multi-layered topics.

"This program is designed to give people a broad idea, not to have one perspective, but to provide several different perspectives," Singer said.

The course was developed by Rabbi Elliot Dorff, PhD, a rabbi and author of Matters of Life and Death: A Jewish Approach to Modern Medical Ethics. He created the curriculum for the Melto

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