10JS Euthanasia: Home

Chabad Rabbi Dr. Yitzchok Breitowitz discusses the halachic approach to teh concept of euthanasia (11:45)

A panel of experts explores the reality of euthanasia in relation to Jewish beliefs surrounding the preservation of life, end of life, burial and mourning. Speakers: Rabbi Danny Rich, former chief executive of Liberal Judaism; Dr Harrie Cedar, healthcare chaplain and Rabbi Dr Michael Harris, author of Divine Command Ethics and rabbi of an Orthodox synagogue. (1:31)

Euthanasia raises agonising moral questions. At the heart of the ethical and religious arguments over euthanasia are the different ideas that people have of the meaning and value of human existence, and of whether human beings have the right to decide issues of life and death for themselves.

When Victoria passed voluntary assisted dying laws in 2017, it was the first state in Australia to allow the sick and dying to leave this world at a time of their own choosing.

Explores the euthanasia controversy, with reference to the Australian law

Once a national leader with its "groundbreaking" VAD legislation, Victoria is now trailing all other Australian states, euthanasia advocates say

Current articles from The Age and Peer Reviewed Journals

By Simon Jackson, Legal Advisor to Torah MiTzion, which was founded in 1996 to establish a global network of community-based Torah Learning Centers

by Simon Jackson

by Simon Jackson

From Rabbi Raymond Apple at OzTorah

From Rabbi Lila Kagedan

Research from leading Israeli scientists

Highlights Orthodox, Conservative and Reform opinions on euthansia and shows how from one traditional Jewish source diverse, even contradictory, opinions emerge through different interpretations.

The 2005 Israeli Dying Patient Act was designed to strike balance between enhancing patient autonomy in endof-life decision making and cultural/religious norms that are in opposition to active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide