The Danger of Outsourcing Morality – Read Rabbi Sacks’ speech on accepting the Templeton Prize
Prepared Remarks Beloved friends, The news that I had won this prize almost rendered me speechless, an event that would … Read more
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A conversation with Rabbi Sacks for CBC Radio’s Tapestry
In this feature interview for Tapestry with Mary Hynes, CBC Radio’s (Canada) weekly programme about spirituality and the search for meaning, … Read more
Rabbi Sacks speaks on BBC Newsnight about the European refugee crisis
On Thursday 3rd September, Rabbi Lord Sacks was interviewed on BBC Newsnight about the European refugee crisis.
What Makes Us Human? (Thought for the Day)
My eye was caught yesterday by a photo of a charming Chinese lady known to her friends as Yangyang. She … Read more
The Genesis of Jewish Genius
In 1756, Voltaire wrote a sharply anti-Semitic essay on the Jews. They had, he said, contributed nothing to civilization. Their … Read more
Genius and the Story of the Jews
The extraordinary resilience of the Jewish people—in the face of adversity through every generation since Moses—gives power and resonance to … Read more
Why we all need Holocaust Memorial Day
Today, Holocaust Memorial Day, will mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. This year we will also remember … Read more
The hate that starts with Jews never ends there (published in The Times)
The novelist Rebecca West once said that Jews, having suffered so much, had an “unsurprisable soul”, In 2000 our daughter, … Read more
The Game is Bigger than the Team (Thought for the Day)
So the battle for the World Cup has finally begun. You could hardly miss it. Already in anticipation the logo … Read more
Human’s uniqueness is not in intelligence which can be artificial, but in loving and being loved
According to a report in yesterday’s press, scientists at Ohio State University have trained computers to read emotions. They’ve developed … Read more
