Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
The bereaved mother of the fallen hostage said that if she could meet the late Rabbi Sacks, she would ask him “if he had found Hersh yet.”
“The Koren Shalem Humash” features the late British chief rabbi’s singular Torah translation and commentary, which his brother, Alan Sacks, told JNS was his “last major project.”
“The desperate plight of the hostages is a bitterly vivid symbol of the way that so many lives—Jewish and non-Jewish—are held hostage by a climate of terror,” said Rowan Williams.
The National Library of Israel now houses the late U.K. chief rabbi’s personal archives.
“Rabbi Sacks was a moral lighthouse, and his light is needed more than ever in these dark times,” the former Prisoner of Zion said.
The late British chief rabbi’s personal files will be available to researchers.
Jewish media outlets worldwide call for combating the surge in antisemitism.
Twenty-six educators from six countries gathered in Jerusalem for a four-day conference aimed at bringing the former British chief rabbi’s philosophy to the next generation.
One program focused on the late rabbi’s teachings is welcoming two-dozen scholars, and an Israeli university is set to establish an institute.
Bar-Ilan hosts int’l confab to honor Jonathan Sacks’s ideas
The university is set to establish an institute perpetuating the legacy of the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom.
The beloved late U.K. chief rabbi formed a warm connection with the Catholic leader in 2010.
‘Communities in Conversation’ learning initiative to commemorate Rabbi Sacks
More than 200 Jewish communities and day schools spanning six continents have signed up for learning and Torah study sessions to mark the second anniversary of the former U.K. chief rabbi’s death.
