Posts Tagged: Lord Sacks
UK House of Lords Pays Tribute to 1917 Balfour Declaration That Promised Jewish ‘National Home’ in Palestine
British peers in the House of Lords, the UK's upper parliamentary chamber, paid tribute to the November 1917 Balfour Declaration in a debate on Wednesday. In...
Lord Sacks Reveals British Police Thwarted Terror Plot Against Manchester Jews
Lord Jonathan Sacks, the former British Chief Rabbi, has told the BBC that the greatest threat currently facing British Jews comes from radical Islamists. "I think...
Judaism Teaches Long-Term Thinking
In last week's parsha and this there are two quite similar commands, both of which have to do with counting time. Last week we read...
Real Leaders Focus on the Future and Education
To gain insight into the unique leadership lesson of this week's parsha, I often ask an audience to perform a thought-experiment. Imagine you are the...
The Lesson of Reuben: Don’t Underestimate the Power of Praise
Reuben is the leader who might have been but never was. He was Jacob's firstborn. Jacob says of him on his deathbed, "Reuben, you are...
Beginning the Journey
A while back, a British newspaper, The Times, interviewed a prominent member of the Jewish community - let's call him Lord X - on his 92nd...
Interpreting the First Commandment: Philosophy or Prophecy
One of the most profound disagreements in Judaism is that between Moses Maimonides and Judah Halevi on the meaning of the first of the Ten...
The Life Free of Suspicion
It is a fascinating story and from it comes one of the great principles of Judaism. Two of the tribes, Reuben and Gad, see that...
Prime Ministers, Archbishops Heap Praise on Departing Chief Rabbi Sacks (VIDEO)
Outgoing Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks was honored at a dinner earlier this week for his 22 years in service. During the celebration a video...
Prince Charles Expresses Anxiety Over Rise of Anti-Semitism in Britain
Britain's Prince Charles expressed Monday his "mounting anxiety, at the apparent rise in anti-Semitism, along with other poisonous and debilitating forms of intolerance,"...
British MP Apologizes for Calling IDF Soldier a ‘Bloody Jew’
A former British Shadow Minister who was caught on camera describing an IDF soldier as a "bloody Jew" has apologized for his remarks, the UK's...
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...
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...
