Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
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The power of empathy
William Ury, founder of the Harvard Program of Negotiation, tells a marvellous story in one of his books.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Feb. 19, 2023
The Passover
The books of Exodus and Deuteronomy take a different route altogether.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Apr. 9, 2023
Hebrew Scriptures: The Passover
History, more often than not, shows that hopes raised by such events are often dashed, sooner rather than later.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Apr. 9, 2023
Hebrew Scriptures: Judaism is a call to responsibility
The early history of humanity is set out in the Torah as a series of disappointments. God gave human beings freedom, which they then misused
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Nov. 5, 2023
Loneliness and faith
The Torah inserts a long preface to this story: it takes the first ten chapters of Bamidbar.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Jun. 30, 2024
A people that dwells alone
We have nothing to apologise for in our insistence on being different.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Jul. 21, 2024
Why are there so many Jewish lawyers?
Justice has seemed, throughout the generations, to lie at the beating heart of Jewish faith
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Aug. 11, 2024
Why civilisations fail
If you ever forget the Lord your God ... I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed. (Deut. 8:11-19)
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Aug. 17, 2025
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