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rabbi 05 smallsf badge lgRabbi Joel Landau  (rabbi@adathisraelsf.org) has been the Rabbi of Adath Israel since May 2013. He was ordained by the Chief Rabbinate in Jerusalem and has served previously as a congregational Rabbi in Charleston, South Carolina and Irvine, California. A full biography of Rabbi Landau is available here.


A few weeks ago, Adath Israel participated together with 600 synagogues in T.E.A.M. Shabbat which seeks to educate the Jewish community about end-of-life issues. However, the topic is way too broad to be adequately addressed over just one weekend. Therefore, from time to time I think it’s important to raise different aspects pertaining to end-of-life that we need to seriously consider. For example, one of the big issues of our time for contemporary society is legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide.