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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.

|ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN
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

Trust in today's world feels increasingly fragile, and Judaism offers hope that societies can recover not by lowering standards to match disappointment, but by reaffirming religious values.

|ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, 1948-2020.

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

In Sacks' European Parliament speech, he described antisemitism as a virus that defeats the immune system by constantly changing its structure.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
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

I still believe New York can choose life over death, courage over fear, and unity over the easy politics of scapegoating. But that choice begins with what you decide to protect on your first day.

|BySHMUEL LEGESSE

Reflections on Balfour 100

As we mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks considers what it meant in 1917 – and what it means today.

NOVEMBER 5, 2017ByJONATHAN SACKS
Balfour

Einstein's Secrets for Happiness

OCTOBER 26, 2017ByYVETTE MILLER
The Jerusalem Post

Former UK chief rabbi joins battle against Israel Apartheid Week

Three events have been cancelled at UK universities.

FEBRUARY 28, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Know Comment: Sacks to the rescue

Articulating a vision of modern Western renewal based on Torah teachings.

JUNE 13, 2016ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
BRITAIN’S FORMER chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks (left) receives applause from Jennifer Templeton Simpson, granddaughter of John Templeton, after being awarded the 2016 Templeton Prize in London in March.

Approaching Purim: Our responsibility to our fellow Jews

FEBRUARY 19, 2015ByRABBI SHMULY YANKLOWITZ
The Jerusalem Post

Promoting a Judaism engaged with the world

An interview with former British chief rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.

JUNE 12, 2014BySAM SOKOL
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks stands in the garden of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks: We never forgot Jerusalem

Whenever Jews remembered Jerusalem something good came of it. Whenever they forgot Jerusalem, bad things happen.

JUNE 5, 2014ByJONATHAN SACKS
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