Tag: civilisations

The Politics of Memory (Eikev 5779)

19th August 2019

In Eikev Moses sets out a political doctrine of such wisdom that it can never become redundant or obsolete. He … Read more

22nd July 2019

The Israelites were almost within sight of the Promised Land. They had successfully waged their first battles. They had just … Read more

21st March 2018

On 20th March, Rabbi Sacks delivered a pre-Pesach shiur to students at University College London. The shiur focussed on … Read more

7th August 2017

What is the real challenge of maintaining a free society? In parshat Eikev, Moses springs his great surprise. Here are … Read more

28th June 2017

I’ve just come back from the trip of a lifetime, from the Galapagos Islands where the young Charles Darwin had … Read more

3rd April 2017

In her recent “The Watchman’s Rattle”, subtitled ‘Thinking our way out of extinction’, Rebecca Costa delivers a fascinating account of … Read more

25th May 2012

Tomorrow night we begin the Jewish festival of Shavuot, and this week Eugene Polley died: the inventor of the … Read more

20th August 2011

What is the real challenge of maintaining a free society? In parshat Ekev, Moses springs his great surprise. Here are … Read more

19th March 2011

In her recent The Watchman’s Rattle, subtitled ‘Thinking our way out of extinction’, Rebecca Costa delivers a fascinating account of how … Read more

16th December 2006

Spare a thought for Chanukah, the festival of rededication and light that began last night. It is the simplest of … Read more