Destructive and Self-Destructive (Tzav 5779)
This sedra, speaking about sacrifices, prohibits the eating of blood: Wherever you live, you must not eat the blood … Read more
Tag: violence
Healing a Fractured World: Instability, Refugees and our Responsibility
On Wednesday 13th April, Rabbi Sacks took part in a public conversation with David Miliband, CEO and President of the … Read more
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 at the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York
On 22nd March 2016, Rabbi Sacks was in conversation with Cliff Chanin, Vice-President for Education and Public Programs at the 9/11 Memorial … Read more
Religion’s Place in a Religiously Violent World – A conversation between Rabbi Sacks and Prof Miroslav Volf
The following conversation between Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the 2016 Templeton Prize Laureate, and Prof. Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright … Read more
We are facing an unprecedented age of terror
I have been in New York these past few days to give a talk at the 9/11 Museum that has … Read more
“Religion is not a threat” – Rabbi Sacks in conversation with Father Raymond de Souza at Cardus
The world, it seems, might be better off without religion. Witness the horrific violence of the Islamic State, or look … Read more
Antisemitism: The world’s oldest hatred
On 14th March, Rabbi Sacks delivered a keynote lecture for the Federation CJA in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on the historical … Read more
The Meaning of Life – Rabbi Sacks interviewed on RTE (Ireland)
RTÉ’s series The Meaning of Life, with Gay Byrne, features in-depth conversations with major figures from all walks of public … Read more
Violence and Law: Ancient and Contemporary Reflections (The Hildesheimer Lecture 2015)
In the Hebrew Bible, when God reveals himself, he does so primarily in terms of law. Why is this so? … Read more
