Jonathan sacks

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


Rabbi Sacks talks about cancel culture, restoring morality and Israel

"Dealing with people who espouse views different from our own — isn’t that the typical Jewish family?"

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and his book "Morality," which will be available Sept. 1 in the United States

Morality - Rabbi Sacks discusses moral issues in today's world

Sacks turns the reading of such an inflammatory topic into a discussion one can honestly ponder upon.

POPE BENEDICT XVI meets then-UK chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks in London in 2010

Jonathan Sacks’s literary attempt to restore ‘the common good’

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks’s new book, Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times is an impressive tour d’horizon of the state of the western world.


The keys to understanding and fighting antisemitism in the US

Antisemitism has little to do with Jews — they are its object, not its cause — and everything to do with dysfunction in the communities that harbor it.

Britain's Chief Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks speaks during an interview at his home in London, April 17, 2002

GRAPEVINE: A wolf in sheep’s clothing?

Just a word in the dictionary.

DR. RUTH Westheimer celebrates her 90th birthday at the Celebrate Israel Parade.

GRAPEVINE: Just a word in the dictionary

If your name happens to be Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, retirement is nothing more than a word in your dictionary.

BENJI SIMON (left) and Avi Levy on the shore of the Kinneret with a ZAKA T-shirt and British flag.

WATCH: Rabbi Sacks and comedian Ashley Blaker debate the point of Purim

The central theme of the video is the ethos of Purim - is it to be funny, or to consider suffering and salvation? Is it about passing around presents, or caring for friends?

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks and comedian Ashley Blaker in their Purim video.

Former PM Tony Blair presents Lord Rabbi Sacks with Lifetime Achievement award

Blair, who served concurrently during Sacks' tenure as Chief Rabbi of Britain, called him one of his "heroes."

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

Mike Pence sought help from Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on his Knesset speech

"He considered it a great tribute to the Jewish people that someone like Vice President Pence would turn to a Jewish source for guidance on such matters.”

US Vice President Mike Pence addresses the Knesset, Israeli Parliament, in Jerusalem January 22, 2018

Watch: Lighting a Hanukka 'candle of hope' with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

“We are a global people, and must therefore use social media platforms and the world’s newest technologies to inspire us," said Rabbi Sacks.

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks