The Rabbi Sacks Torah V’Chochmah Schools Program

“In Judaism, we not only learn to live; we live to learn. In study, we make Torah real in the mind so that we can make it actual in the world.”

“Without Torah we cannot understand the Jewish story. But without Chochmah we cannot understand the human story.”

- Rabbi Jonathan Sacks zt”l

Concept

Making Torah and Judaism compelling and relevant to every Jew was a driving motivation behind Rabbi Sacks’ work. For him, learning Torah was not merely a religious obligation, but the way we live our lives. He pointed out that “Torah is not merely learned. It cries out to be lived. Nor is the Torah merely a private code of conduct. It is about the way we construct a society. By establishing a dialogue between Torah and contemporary society, we will find ourselves enlightened by new facets of its insight into the human condition.” (Covenant & Conversation: Exodus, p. 294)

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Bringing the Wisdom of Rabbi Sacks into day school classrooms

Rabbi Sacks emphasized the need to integrate Jewish ideas contained in our tradition and apply them to the modern world and society. Inspired by Rabbi Sacks’ vision of Torah V’Chochmah, we have created a program with two aims:

1. To ensure that Rabbi Sacks’ thought forms an important part of Jewish day school Judaic programs by bringing together content experts, curriculum designers, and cohorts of teachers to build and enhance Judaic Studies curricula. These curricula will include significant ideas and wisdom from the full range of Rabbi Sacks’ Torah as well as other traditional and modern Jewish thinkers.
2. To support educators as they help students build their Jewish identity, knowledge, and skills, to be able to contribute to the global spiritual, intellectual, and moral conversation.

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Meet the Faculty

The Core Faculty Team

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