The 2024 Sacks Conversation
National Library of Israel – 21 November 2024
The Sacks Conversation was established after the passing of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, as an annual event honouring Rabbi Sacks’ enduring impact as a global moral voice.
The inaugural 2021 event took place in London, with Sir Tony Blair and Matthew d’Ancona, the 2022 event was held in Jerusalem with President Isaac Herzog and Dr Erica Brown, and the 2023 event in Carnegie Hall, New York showcased an interfaith panel with Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Imam Abdullah Antepli, and Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, chaired by Prof. Peter Salovey, President of Yale University.
The 2024 Sacks Conversation will take place on 21 November 2024 at the National Library of Israel.
Further details will be available here soon.
Previous Sacks Conversations
An Interfaith Panel in Carnegie Hall
The Sacks Conversation 2023 event in Carnegie Hall in New York kept in mind the theme of To Heal A Fractured World. It showcased an interfaith panel with Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Imam Abdullah Antepli, and Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, chaired by the President of Yale University.
President Isaac Herzog in conversation with Dr. Erica Brown
On 13 September 2022, the second annual Sacks Conversation took place at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem between President Isaac Herzog and Dr. Erica Brown, Director of the Sacks-Herenstein Center at Yeshiva University.
Tony Blair in conversation with Matthew d’Ancona
The Rt. Hon Tony Blair and Matthew d’Ancona launched the Sacks Conversation at Spencer House, London, on 11 October 2021. They discussed the continuing impact of Rabbi Sacks’ teachings and ideas on public policy and society today.