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When prayer is weaponized: Preserving faith’s sincerity in a politicized world - opinion

True prayer lights the heart and softens the soul; it cannot be weaponized without losing meaning.

An illustrative photograph of a man wearing tefillin
 US financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019.

The Epstein scandals and the collapse of moral restraint - opinion

 Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, 1948-2020.

Editor's Notes: Even after his death, Rabbi Sacks' idea of antisemitism stays dangerously relevant

Jewish New Yorkers rally in support of Israel during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in New York City, US, September 26, 2025

A Jewish speaker, a new mayor, and a signal to New York’s Jews - opinion


How Anglo Jewry began to listen

For generations, Anglo Jewry began the Shema with 'Hear, Oh Israel,' until Rabbi Sacks gave a new translation.

A sofer writes verses from the Shema prayer on a 'klaf' with a quill pen

Prince Charles at 30 days ceremony: Rabbi Sacks ‘a light unto this nation’

The ceremony also featured speeches also by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Lord Jacob Rothschild.

Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: 'His output was astonishing and we were the beneficiaries.'

The particular universality of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

To mark Rabbi Sacks' shloshim, Bishop Robert Stearns offers a tribute to Sacks from a non-Jewish perspective.

RABBI LORD Jonathan Sacks speaks at St. Mary’s University College Chapel in London in September.

A salute to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks – a light unto his nation

Sacks was possessed of a combination of qualities not often found together in one individual ‒ a towering intellect allied to deep human compassion and understanding.

Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks at Lambeth Palace in 2001 after being honored as a doctor of divinity in recognition of his leadership in the Jewish community and his contribution to inter-faith relations

Pedagogy of difference: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and education

The educational import of Rabbi Sacks’s open but religiously grounded social philosophy comes down to one simple truth: To know oneself.

Pope Benedict, Jonathan Sacks 311

Jewish organizations produce video tribute in memory of Rabbi Sacks

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the much respected former chief rabbi of the UK, died at the age of 72 earlier in November.

Lord Jonathan Sacks, theologian, author, and former Chief Rabbi of the UK.

Watch: The best of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, who passed away Saturday, was revered throughout the world as an innovative and inspiring thinker and an ambassador for faith and morality.

Former prime minister Tony Blair presents Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks with a Lifetime Achievement award at the Jewish News' Night of Heroes

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, a ‘prince of God’

Rabbi Sacks was a prince of God, a prince of dignity, a prince of kindness, a prince of eloquence, a prince of wisdom.

Pope Benedict XVI receives a gift by Lord Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, during a private audience at the Vatican in 2011.

Jewish ideas, belief in Western modernity set Rabbi Sacks apart - analysis

The rabbi’s soaring rhetoric ignited the desire of all who heard him to be religiously and communally engaged and captivated Jews of both little and great knowledge.

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Rabbi Sacks' soul-nourishing book on the parsha

It truly lives up to its title, Judaism’s Life-Changing Ideas: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible.