rabbi jonathan sacks

Education as the key to Jewish resilience and global impact

Amid rising challenges, Jewish education must stay a priority, nurturing future leaders to ensure Jewish children not only survive but thrive.

By CHAYA YOSOVICH
22/08/2024

Navigating rabbinical ordination and leadership in Israel’s modern context - opinion

After completing the rigorous process for rabbinical ordination, I faced an unexpected hurdle due to the lack of a chief rabbi in Israel. Here's my journey.

By ELI FRIEDMAN
25/07/2024

National Library receives personal archives of late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

The archive was acquired with support from the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe. Once the files are cataloged, the library intends to provide extensive access to researchers.

Now, as throughout Jewish history, we must be a people of hope

But right now, as I write these words with the tears in my eyes obscuring the keyboard, it doesn’t feel like there is any hope.

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN
16/03/2024

Mental health teachings in Jewish tradition

Even in the midst of the greatest darkness, we are given the capacity and the Divine providence to find hope in our situation for a better future.

By DANIEL EPSTEIN
19/01/2024

Rabbi Sacks’s daughter in an emotional video: “Despair is not a Jewish emotion"

In a heartfelt address, Sacks reflected on the recent terrorist attacks in Israel and pondered what her father would have said about the ongoing challenges.

14/11/2023

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks' avatar is teaching Israeli students in Hebrew

In the coming months, students will engage with the core teachings of Sacks, encompassing topics like Jewish identity, gratitude in prayer, and the broader purpose of life.

30/08/2023

Sacks Scholars program kicks off in 4-day Jerusalem retreat

The four-day retreat, June 27-July 1, served as the launching point for a year-long initiative to cultivate a network of Sacks-inspired scholars.

Rabbi Sacks scholars debate the use of Hebrew to teach communal values

Following in her father, Rabbi Sacks’ footsteps, Isaacs first insisted on only speaking in Hebrew to a primarily English-speaking audience.

By NOA ABLIN
02/07/2023
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