Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Coronavirus – A mini Elul lecture series for 5780 from Rabbi Sacks
As we prepare to celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, join me for … Read more
Category: The Jewish People & Israel
The Spirituality of Song: On online encounter between Rabbi Sacks and Ishay Ribo, moderated by Sivan Rahav Meir
On Sunday 12th April, Chol Hamoed Pesach, Rabbi Sacks, top Israeli musician Ishay Ribo and popular Israeli newscaster Sivan Rahav … Read more
Rabbi Sacks and The Forever Project
Dear Friends, Together with The Forever Project, and with the support of our friends at Maimonides Fund, I am … Read more
Rabbi Sacks: ‘We live in an age of armchair morality’ (published in The Sunday Telegraph)
Lord Sacks says the West is in ‘dark’ times, but has faith that young people – Generation Z – will … Read more
Memory of the evils of the past is the best way of avoiding evils in the future (Holocaust Memorial Day 2020)
This video was made for International Holocaust Memorial Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz which takes … Read more
Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times
Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times The new book by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Order in the UK … Read more
A People Under Siege (A thought for the Fast of Asarah b’Tevet)
Asarah b’Tevet, which we are observing today, is the first of three fasts in the Jewish calendar that chart the … Read more
The keys to understanding American anti-Semitism — and fighting back (published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The last two festivals to be added to the Jewish calendar prior to modern times — Purim and Hanukkah — are both about anti-Semitism. … Read more
Chanukah in Hindsight
History itself has a history. Our perspectives shift over time, and some moments may only seem meaningful in retrospect. … Read more
Is Our Most Famous Prayer a Prayer?
On Thursday 31st October, Rabbi Sacks had the privilege of delivering a short shiur – a “Talmud Talk” – as … Read more
