The keys to understanding American anti-Semitism — and fighting back...
The last two festivals to be added to the Jewish calendar prior to modern times — Purim and Hanukkah — are both about anti-Semitism. There is one obvious difference between them: Haman, of the Purim...
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Morality: Why we need it and how to find it
Morality: Why we need it and how to find it A new book by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Coming out in the UK on 12.03.20 Pre-Order Your Copy Now!! “One of the great public intellectuals of the age.” – The...
View ArticleMemory of the evils of the past is the best way of avoiding evils in the...
This video was made for International Holocaust Memorial Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz which takes place on 27th January 2020. Transcript Time and again the Bible uses the...
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Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times – UK launch events
Rabbi Sacks’ new book Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times is out on 12th March 2020 in the UK. It comes out on 1st September 2020 in the United States. If you want to come and listen...
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Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times
Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times The new book by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Order in the UK (available from 12th March) Order in the US/Canada (available from 1st September) Order in...
View ArticleRabbi Sacks: ‘We live in an age of armchair morality’ (published in The...
Lord Sacks says the West is in ‘dark’ times, but has faith that young people – Generation Z – will turn things around By Peter Stanford; first published in The Sunday Telegraph on 8 March 2020 It...
View ArticleRabbi Sacks on the coronavirus pandemic (Extended Newsnight interview)
On Tuesday 17th March, Rabbi Sacks was interviewed by Emily Maitlis on BBC Newsnight about how the themes of his new book Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times* relate to the current...
View ArticleA D’var Torah by Rabbi Sacks on Vayakhel-Pekudei in the age of the...
TRANSCRIPT – Click here to download as a PDF Friends throughout the world, This is an extraordinary moment for the world, when a virus is sweeping across humanity, bringing it to its knees in a way...
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Rabbi Sacks and The Forever Project
Dear Friends, On Pesach, four children open the Seder service by asking four big questions about Judaism and Jewish identity. This Pesach, I want you to ask a lot more. Let me explain… Together with...
View ArticleWe’ve been through too much simply to go back to where we were (Thought for...
When the worst of the pandemic is over, what kind of future will we seek? Will we try as far as possible to go back to the way things were? Or will we try to create a more just and caring society?...
View ArticleLifting others, we ourselves are lifted (Thought for the Day)
This is Mental Health Awareness Week, and its theme this year is kindness. Next week is the Jewish festival of Shavuot, Pentecost, when we read the biblical book of Ruth, whose theme is kindness....
View ArticleA Life of Vertical & Horizontal Responsibility: Shavuot During the...
On 24th May 2020, Rabbi Sacks and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis delivered shiurim that looked at “A Life of Vertical & Horizontal Responsibility: Shavuot During the Coronavirus Pandemic”. You can...
View ArticleWe are the people that build – A d’var Torah on Tisha B’Av during the...
Here is a short message as we head towards Tisha B’Av – which begins this evening – and will be marked in strange and difficult circumstances because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In addition, I...
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Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times (US edition)
I’m delighted and excited that my new book Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times is being published in the United States by Basic Books on September 1st. You can learn a little more...
View ArticleHespeidim (eulogies) for Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, HaRav Ya’akov Zvi ben...
Baruch Dayan Ha’Emet. It is with the deepest sadness that we regret to inform you that Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (HaRav Ya’akov Zvi ben David Arieh zt’’l) passed away early on Saturday morning 7th...
View ArticleShare your thoughts about Rabbi Sacks zt”l
We would like to encourage anyone who wishes to share messages of comfort, stories, video reflections, or photographs with the Sacks family, to do so by sending them to tributes@rabbisacks.org (unless...
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Chanukah – Ceremony & Celebration: Family Edition
As part of our continuing Ceremony & Celebration series to highlight the teachings of Rabbi Sacks zt”l, we are delighted to share with you this NEW 8-part series for Chanukah. This educational...
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Tu BiShvat – Ceremony & Celebration: Family Edition
As part of our continuing Ceremony & Celebration series to highlight the teachings of Rabbi Sacks zt”l, we are delighted to share with you this NEW 8-page resource for Tu BiShvat, with key ideas...
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Purim – Ceremony & Celebration: Family Edition
As part of our continuing Ceremony & Celebration series to highlight the teachings of Rabbi Sacks zt”l, we are delighted to share with you this NEW 7-page resource for the festival of Purim, with...
View ArticleRabbi Sacks addresses the Kyiv Jewish Forum
Rabbi Sacks was interviewed at The Kyiv Jewish Forum 2020, co-organized by the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine and the Jerusalem Post Group. The Forum brings prominent Jewish leaders from Israel and...
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