Rabbi jonathan sacks

Israel needs new leadership: Could covenantal politics be the answer? - opinion

Israel’s significant integration into the world economy, our population growth, and economic progress made it possible for us to pick up some bad habits of the countries it wanted to emulate.

People at polling station during the Likud party internal elections in Tel Aviv, July 27, 2026.
AN ISRAEL Day event on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan takes place last June. There is a significant increase in the number of Diaspora Jews who identify with Israel and show increased involvement in Jewish activity in their community, according to a JPPI survey cited by the writer.

Diaspora Jewry is not dying, it is changing - opinion

CHABAD ‘SHLUCHIM’ gather in front of 770 Eastern Parkway, New York, in 2022.

'Engaging the Essence': The Lubavitcher Rebbe as philosopher - review

Rabbi Sacks program reaches 70,000 Israeli students in second year.

Wounded 'Amazing Race' star brings Rabbi Sacks’ message to Israeli students


National Library receives personal archives of late UK Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

The archive was acquired with support from the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe. Once the files are cataloged, the library intends to provide extensive access to researchers.

 Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, 1948-2020.

Now, as throughout Jewish history, we must be a people of hope - opinion

But right now, as I write these words with the tears in my eyes obscuring the keyboard, it doesn’t feel like there is any hope.

 People hold banners as they take part in a rally calling for the release of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza and for support from the U.S., outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel March 10, 2024.

Mental health teachings in Jewish tradition - opinion

Even in the midst of the greatest darkness, we are given the capacity and the Divine providence to find hope in our situation for a better future.

 People take cover inside a public bomb shelter after a siren is sounded, in October, in Kiryat Shmona, a city now nearly totallly evacuated due to attacks from Hezbollah in Lebanon. After October 7, and amid the ongoing military action, we know how much our mental health as been impacted.

Messages from late Chief Rabbi Sacks distributed to soldiers on the frontlines

 IDF soldiers holding special booklet by Rabbi Sacks

Rabbi Sacks’s daughter in an emotional video: 'Despair is not a Jewish emotion'

In a heartfelt address, Sacks reflected on the recent terrorist attacks in Israel and pondered what her father would have said about the ongoing challenges.

Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: 'His output was astonishing and we were the beneficiaries.'

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks' avatar is teaching Israeli students in Hebrew

In the coming months, students will engage with the core teachings of Sacks, encompassing topics like Jewish identity, gratitude in prayer, and the broader purpose of life.

Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: 'His output was astonishing and we were the beneficiaries.'

Sacks Scholars program kicks off in 4-day Jerusalem retreat

The four-day retreat, June 27-July 1, served as the launching point for a year-long initiative to cultivate a network of Sacks-inspired scholars.

 The opening session of the Sacks Scholars retreat at Confederation House.

Rabbi Sacks scholars debate the use of Hebrew to teach communal values

Following in her father, Rabbi Sacks’ footsteps, Isaacs first insisted on only speaking in Hebrew to a primarily English-speaking audience.

 THE FORMER Chief Rabbi of England, Lord Jonathan Sacks.

Jews must free Judaism from Israeli politics - opinion

Over 3,335 years ago, the Jews were freed by God from Egypt. In 2023, the Jews must free Judaism itself from the bondage of Israeli politics.

 THEN-CHIEF RABBI of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth Lord Jonathan Sacks sings a prayer at a rally held in solidarity with Israel, in London, in 2006.

Rabbi Sacks's last book: His words – his memorial

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: ‘Serenity in the face of death came from profound tranquility in the face of life’

 British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks speaking at the Jewish Free School in London in 2006.