Posts Tagged: jonathan sacks
Parshat Vayechi: If We Truly Change, Our Mistakes Can Become Our Merits
The scene that brings the book of Genesis to a close is intensely significant. Joseph’s brothers were terrified that, after the death of their father...
Parshat Vayigash: Does My Father Love Me?
It is one of the great questions we naturally ask each time we read the story of Joseph: Why did he not, at some time...
Parshat Mikketz: Talking to Non-Jews About God
The story of Joseph is one of those rare narratives in the Tanach in which a Jew comes to play a prominent part in a...
Parshat Vayetse: When the ‘I’ Is Silent
This week’s parsha relates a powerful, primal vision of prayer: Jacob, alone and far from home, lies down for the night, with only stones for a pillow....
Parshat Vayera: Sometimes We Must Put Humans Before God
God appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. He...
Parshat Noach: A Drama in Four Acts
The parsha of Noach brings to a close the 11 chapters that precede the call to Abraham, and the beginning of the special relationship between him, his descendants, and...
Corbyn Denounces Former UK Chief Rabbi as Poll Shows Antisemitism Eroding His Support
UK Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn slammed Britain's former chief rabbi on Sunday, calling his comments on Labour's and his own antisemitism "beyond excessive" and...
Poll: Overwhelming 85% of British Jews Consider Corbyn Antisemitic
A huge majority -- 85.9% -- of British Jews believe Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is an antisemite, a poll conducted by The Jewish Chronicle revealed. Only...
Parshat Nitzavim: The World Is Waiting for You to Act
Something remarkable happens in this week’s parsha, almost without our noticing it, which changed the very terms of Jewish existence and has life-changing implications for...
London Police Reportedly Investigating 21 Allegations of Antisemitism in UK Labour Party
The London Metropolitan Police are reportedly investigating 21 instances of antisemitism in the UK Labour Party that may be criminal in nature. The cases stem from...
The Story We Tell
The setting: Jerusalem some 20 centuries ago. The occasion: bringing first fruits to the Temple. Here is the scene as the Mishnah describes it: Throughout...
Parsha Devarim: The Effective Critic
The first verse of Devarim, the fifth and culminating book of the Torah, sounds prosaic: “These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel...
Parshat Matot-Masei: Miles to Go Before I Sleep
“To be elsewhere -- the great vice of this race, its great and secret virtue, the great vocation of this people.” So wrote the French...
Parsha Balak: Assimilation Won’t Solve Antisemitism
This is an extraordinary moment in Jewish history for good and not-so-good reasons. For the first time in almost 4,000 years, we have simultaneously sovereignty and...
