Posts Tagged: jonathan sacks
Thoughts from the Chief Rabbi for Rosh Hashanah 5773
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is a kind of clarion call, a summons to the Ten Days of Penitence which culminate in the Day...
The Torah: Listening and Law
It would be reasonable to assume that a language that contains the verb "to command" must also contain the verb "to obey." The...
The Morality of Love
Something implicit in the Torah from the very beginning becomes explicit in the book of Devarim. God is the God of love. More than we...
Profits and Prophets
There are few more blazing passages in the whole of religious literature than the first chapter of the book of Isaiah, the great "vision," chazon,...
Chief Rabbi and Athiest Dawkins to Take Part in BBC Religion Debate
A leading Jewish voice will take part in a September debate on religion with famed atheist Richard Dawkings, and it will be televised on the...
The Prophetic Voice
During the three weeks between 17 Tammuz and Tisha b'Av, as we recall the destruction of the Temples, we read three of the most searing...
Leaders Acting as Servants
Korach had a point. "You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is with...
What G-d Says About Truly Great Leaders
It was the emotional low of Moses' life. After the drama at Sinai, the revelation, the golden calf, the forgiveness, the building of the...
The Limits of the Free Market
As I was writing this essay a newspaper headline caught my eye. It read, "The UK's richest people have defied the double-dip recession to become...
A Call to Remember From the Depths of Our Souls
Yom HaShoah, the day set aside in the Jewish calendar for Holocaust remembrance. During the nightmare years of the Shoah one moment stands out for what...
Steve Jobs and the Next British Chief Rabbi
The criticism by Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks of Apple founder Steve Jobs as having created a selfish consumer culture that ultimately magnified ...
Israel’s Open University Hosts New York Gala
Over 270 guests attended a glitzy New York gala at the Pierre Hotel benefiting Israel's Open University Foundation. A total of $620,000 was raised at...
EXCLUSIVE: Britain’s Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks on Shalit Release, Occupy Wall Street
DE: If the great cause of the last century was Zionism as a focal point for...
Should Jews Support the Debt Bill?
The 'debt ceiling debate,' described by the Wall Street Journal as one of the most 'ferocious fights ever over government spending,' is nearing a close....
