The late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ unpublished works to be digitized
Sefaria, the Jewish digital library, is adding to its online archive of the former UK chief rabbi's teachings
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News Jonathan Sacks, former UK chief rabbi and Jewish ‘intellectual giant,’ dies at 72
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom whose extensive writings and frequent media appearances commanded a global following among Jews and non-Jews alike, has died. Sacks died Saturday morning at age 72, his Twitter account announced. He was in the midst of a third bout of cancer, which he had announced…
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Opinion Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Has Abdicated His Moral Responsibility
I’ve never met Jonathan Sacks. But his writing has had a deeper impact on my life than any other rabbi’s. I first came across it in a London synagogue in November 2010. Stapled together was Sacks’s commentary on the week’s Torah portion, Parshat Vayetzei, in which Jacob — after tricking his brother and father —…
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Fast Forward Pence Got Advice From U.K.’s Former Chief Rabbi To Write Knesset Speech
Listeners to Vice President Mike Pence’s speech to Israel Knesset on Monday were impressed by its biblical references and by the way it played to Jewish sensitivities. Now, the Times of Israel is reporting that this is no coincidence. Pence got help with his speech from one of the most prominent rabbinical voices of modern…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Blames ‘Politics Of Anger’ For Corroding American Public Life
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Accepting the American Enterprise Institute’s annual Irving Kristol award, Jonathan Sacks, Britain’s chief rabbi emeritus, inveighed against a “politics of anger” he said was corroding the fabric of U.S. society. “The politics of anger that’s emerged in our time is full of danger,” Sacks said, speaking Tuesday night at the conservative institute’s…
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The Schmooze Rabbi Jonathan Sacks On How To Face The Future Without Fear
Commenting on the fraught and divided times we live in, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Britain’s Chief Rabbi from 1991 to 2013, recently gave a TED Talk where he discussed how we can best move forward as individuals in a greater society. Rabbi Sacks pinpoints what it is today that we worship: the “selfie,” or as…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Downplays Importance Of Israel’s Western Wall Flip-Flop
(JTA) — Jonathan Sacks, the previous chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, said the existence of an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall means liberal Jews were not defeated by the suspension of a plan to expand that area. Sacks, who is an Orthodox rabbi, discussed the controversy around the Western Wall at a meeting…
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Fast Forward Mayim Bialik Joins Outpouring Of Grief Over Ariana Grande Concert Bombing
Jewish celebrities have joined the outpouring of grief over the deadly terror attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. Twitter has responded to the event with thoughts, prayers, and calls for unity. Sending prayers to the people of Manchester. So incredibly heartbroken for all the families who lost loved ones.❤️ — Lea Michele…
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