Things Judaism Has Taught Me About Life
Wisdom is free, yet it is also the most expensive thing there is, for we tend acquire it through failure or disappointment or grief. That is why we try to share our wisdom, so that others will not...
View ArticleThings Life Has Taught Me About Judaism
Over the course of my life I often spoke about things I learned from Judaism about life. But I want to do something different – I want to share some things I have learned from life about Judaism....
View ArticleA society, or for that matter a political party, that tolerates antisemitism,...
My Lords, I am exceptionally grateful to the noble Baroness Berridge for tabling this debate, and to the many speakers who have conveyed to Jewish communities here and elsewhere that we are not alone,...
View ArticleThose who love life, stay young (Thought for the Day)
There was a fascinating diary piece in the press this week, about Sir David Attenborough and his fellow naturalist Desmond Morris, both of whom are in their 90s and still going strong. They were...
View ArticleKeynote remarks at the Religion and Media Conference
Friends, it’s an enormous privilege to be able to share some thoughts with you and to congratulate you and thank you for all you do. It is so important, and I just wanted to say that. I just wanted to...
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Rabbi Sacks completes the Covenant & Conversation series with “Deuteronomy:...
Maggid Books, the division of contemporary Jewish thought of Koren Publishers Jerusalem, is proud to announce the completion of Covenant & Conversation: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible by...
View ArticleRabbi Sacks reflects on the legacy of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem...
This Shabbat (3rd Tammuz) is the 25th yartzeit of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. He was a man who inspired me and left a legacy that impacted the Jewish world. Below is a...
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Extract from “Deuteronomy: The Renewal of the Sinai Covenant”
Below is an extract from the introduction of “Deuteronomy: The Renewal of the Sinai Covenant”, the fifth instalment of Rabbi Sacks’ Covenant & Conversation book series on the weekly parsha. To...
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Archive of images from Rabbi Sacks’ Elul WhatsApp / Telegram messages
Below are the images which accompany Rabbi Sacks’ WhatsApp / Telegram Elul message series. The post Archive of images from Rabbi Sacks’ Elul WhatsApp / Telegram messages appeared first on Rabbi...
View ArticleRabbi Sacks in conversation with Siva Rahav Meir, hosted by Mizrachi UK
We are delighted to bring you a Facebook Live pre-Rosh Hashanah conversation between Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks and Israeli journalist, Torah teacher and author Sivan Rahav Meir, moderated by Rabbi...
View Article“An Unforgiving Age”– Watch Rabbi Sacks’ pre-Selichot address
Below is a video of Rabbi Sacks’ pre-Selichot address, delivered in Hampstead Synagogue in London on 21st September 2019. Film courtesy of Promo TV/Whammy Productions The post “An Unforgiving Age” –...
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End Without an Ending (V’zot HaBracha 5780)
What an extraordinary way to end a book: not just any book but the Book of books – with Moses seeing the Promised Land from Mount Nebo, tantalisingly near, yet so far away that he knows he will never...
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“I Believe”– An Introduction to Covenant & Conversation 5780
When I was Chief Rabbi, I had wonderful friendships with other religious leaders, not least the two Archbishops of Canterbury during my time. This was part of a profound healing that has taken place...
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The Genesis of Love – Bereishit 5780, Family Edition
Click on the image below to download this week’s Family Edition of Covenant & Conversation for Bereishit. The Family Edition is an accompaniment to the main Covenant & Conversation and is aimed...
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The Light in the Ark – Noach 5780, Family Edition
Click on the image below to download this week’s Family Edition of Covenant & Conversation for Noach. The Family Edition is an accompaniment to the main Covenant & Conversation and is aimed at...
View ArticleRabbi Sacks in conversation with John Anderson, former Deputy PM of Australia
In July 2019. Rabbi Sacks was interviewed by John Anderson, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia. During the hour long discussion, they spoke about the concepts of freedom, morality, religion,...
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A Palace in Flames – Lech Lecha 5780, Family Edition
Click on the image below to download this week’s Family Edition of Covenant & Conversation for Noach. The Family Edition is an accompaniment to the main Covenant & Conversation and is aimed at...
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Being honest to others is the best way of being honest to ourselves (Thought...
Click on the image above to download the full survey findings. This morning a ComRes survey for the BBC was published into “What We Think is Right and Wrong” in Britain in 2019, based on interviews...
View ArticleChoose not to be a bystander but to confront racism head on (Thought for the...
A few days ago, two Jewish children were sitting with their parents in a train on the London Underground when a man came up to them and for almost twenty minutes harangued them with antisemitic abuse....
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Chanukah in Hindsight
History itself has a history. Our perspectives shift over time, and some moments may only seem meaningful in retrospect. We don’t always understand the real significance of an event until many...
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