The Centenary of the Balfour Declaration (House of Lords)
On 5th July 2017, Rabbi Lord Sacks participated in a House of Lords debate on the centenary of the Balfour … Read more
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Children at Risk
In Britain, in today’s newspapers, there is an account of yesterday’s report of the Children’s Commissioner for England and it … Read more
A People That Dwells Alone (Balak 5777)
One of the most profound and influential comments ever made about Jewish destiny was made by the pagan prophet Bilaam … Read more
You can handle change because you have a map of values that don’t change (Thought for the Day)
I’ve just come back from the trip of a lifetime, from the Galapagos Islands where the young Charles Darwin had … Read more
“We can face any future without fear so long as we know that we won’t face it alone.”
On 24th April 2017, Rabbi Sacks spoke at TED2017 in Vancouver, Canada. The theme of the talk was “The Future … Read more
Finding a Moral Compass in Challenging Times
On 21st March 2017, prominent New York Times columnist David Brooks and Rabbi Sacks held a public conversation at 92nd St … Read more
The Birth of the World’s Oldest Hate (Vayetse 5777)
“Go and learn what Laban the Aramean sought to do to our father Jacob. Pharaoh made his decree only about … Read more
Rabbi Sacks’ keynote address at the 2016 JFNA General Assembly
On Sunday 13th November 2016, Rabbi Sacks delivered the opening plenary keynote address at the Jewish Federations of North America’s … Read more
A Journey of a Thousand Miles (Chayei Sarah 5777)
Our parsha contains the most serene description of old age and dying anywhere in the Torah: “Then Abraham breathed his … Read more
Beyond the Politics of Anger (The Daily Telegraph)
This is not politics as usual. The American Presidential election, the Brexit vote and the rise of extremism in the … Read more