Posts Tagged: Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Marking the Yahrzeit of Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
The passing of former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks was a shock that occurs rarely in one’s life. It was like seeing a picture of a...
Remembering Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
This week, we all grieve the loss of a very great man, scholar, and teacher, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Zeicher Tzadik Livracha. Many have spoken and...
Former Chief Rabbi Sacks of United Kingdom is Diagnosed With Cancer
JNS.org - Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom from 1991 to 2013, has been diagnosed with cancer, announced a spokesperson on...
Judaism’s Life-Changing Ideas
What is Judaism? A religion? A faith? A way of life? A set of beliefs? A collection of commands? A culture? A civilization? It is all...
New York Times Column Ignores Rabbi Sacks Role in Trinity School Overhaul
A British rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, has inspired the head of one of Manhattan’s oldest, fanciest, and best historically Christian private schools to overhaul its school...
Oxford Alum on ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’: Campus Anti-Zionism ‘Fig Leaf for Ugly Jew-Baiting’
"Anti-Zionism has become a fig leaf for ugly Jew-baiting," a recent graduate of the University of Oxford wrote on Thursday. In an op-ed in the UK’s The Telegraph, Richard Black attributed the “barrage...
UK’s Former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Releases Animated Video to Equip Jewish Students With Tools to Counter ‘Vicious’ BDS Activity on Campus
An animated video written and narrated by Britain’s former chief rabbi -- to arm students with the tools to confront hostility on campus -- was...
Former UK Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks Says Only Time During Tenure He Felt ‘Genuinely Afraid’ as a Jew Was Lecturing at Oxford
The former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth revealed that the only time during his tenure that he felt "genuinely afraid" was when he...
Israeli, British-Jewish Leaders In Uproar After UK Labour Leader Compares Jewish State to ISIS on Heels of Antisemitism Inquiry
Israeli and UK Jewish leaders expressed outrage on Thursday after the head of Britain’s Labour Party drew a parallel between the Jewish state and the bloodthirsty...
We Must Have Retribution, But Not Revenge
Near the end of Bemidbar, we encounter the law of the cities of refuge: three cities to the east of the Jordan and, later, three...
The Jewish People Need Not Dwell Alone
In the course of blessing the Jewish people, Bilaam uttered words that have come to be seem by many as an encapsulation Jewish history: How can I curse...
Former UK Chief Rabbi Calls for ‘Strong Religious Voice’ to Combat Extremism (VIDEO)
The former chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth said a uniting, “strong religious voice” was necessary to combat the rampant antisemitism...
The Jewish Leader’s Call to Responsibility: Celebrate Life
In the year that we recently parted with, 5774, it became dangerous once again to be a Jew. Israel, subject to sustained missile attack, discovered...
The High Price of Free Speech
Hannah Smith was a fourteen-year-old schoolgirl living in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Bright and outgoing, she enjoyed an active social life and seemed to have an exciting...
