Tag: religious freedom

Mount Sinai and the Birth of Freedom (Yitro 5779)

21st January 2019

The revelation at Mount Sinai – the central episode not only of the parsha of Yitro, but of Judaism … Read more

20th April 2018

I’ve been doing Thought for the Day for thirty years but I never thought that in 2018 I would still … Read more

12th June 2017

Whose idea was it to send the spies? According to this week’s sedra, it was God. The Lord said to Moses, … Read more

24th January 2017

Why did Moses tell Pharaoh, if not a lie, then less than the full truth? Here is the conversation between … Read more

11th April 2016

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) held an event at the National Press Club on April 11, … Read more

7th December 2015

Hanukkah is the festival on which Jews celebrate their victory in the fight for religious freedom more than two thousand … Read more

12th December 2014

In 1991, I lit Hanukkah candles with Mikhail Gorbachev, then president of the Soviet Union. After the ceremony he asked, … Read more

17th January 2014

On Thursday 16th January, Rabbi Sacks spoke in a debate in the House of Lords regarding the ethical slaughter of … Read more