Posts Tagged: jonathan sacks
Jewish 100: Jonathan Sacks – Religion
Jonathan Sacks Commonwealth Chief Rabbi As the Commonwealth Chief Rabbi since 1991, Jonathan Sacks has been the voice of British Jewry for 22 years. Eloquent...
Between Destiny and Chance
The third book of the Torah is known in English as "Leviticus", a word deriving from Greek and Latin, meaning, "pertaining to the ...
Three Types of Community
A long drama had taken place. Moses had led the people from slavery to the beginning of the road to freedom. The people themselves...
Two Types of Religious Encounter
Framing the epic events of this week's sedra (Bible portion) are two objects - the two sets of tablets, the first given before, the...
UK’s Chief Rabbi: New Anti-Semitism is Number One Threat (VIDEO)
As part of his farewell tour, the chief rabbi of the UK, Lord Jonathan Sacks, visited Israel recently. During his visit he gave a lecture...
UK’s Chief Rabbi Praises Rupert Murdoch, Warns of Spreading Antisemitism in Europe
Making his last official visit to Israel this week, the UK's Chief Rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, praised media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, declaring that Israel did not...
The Building of the Tabernacle and the Jewish Ethnogenesis
As soon as we read the opening lines of Terumah we begin the massive shift from the intense drama of the exodus with its...
In The Details
On the opening phrase of Mishpatim [Judgements]- "And these are the laws you are to set before them" - Rashi comments: "And these are the...
Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and the British Chief Rabbinate
The centrist orthodox Jewish community of Britain, known as "The United Synagogue," (established by Act of Parliament in 1870 as the Jewish equivalent of The...
The Jewish Refusal to be Comforted
The deception has taken place. Joseph has been sold into slavery. His brothers have dipped his coat in blood. They bring it back to their...
Encountering G-d
It is one of the great visions of the Torah. Jacob, alone at night, fleeing from the wrath of Esau, lies down to rest,...
Faith Does Not Mean Passivity
The sedra (bible portion) of Chayei Sarah focuses on two episodes, both narrated at length and in intricate detail. Abraham buys a field with a...
True Morality and the Story of Noah
Is there such a thing as an objective basis of morality? For some time, in secular circles, the idea has seemed absurd. Morality is what...
UK Chief Rabbi Says Dawkins’ Atheist Philosophy is Anti-Jewish
Atheist evolutionist Richard Dawkins denied making an anti-Semitic remark in his book The God Delusion after he was accused of that by Lord Jonathan Sacks, the...
