Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
![]( "iStock") The teacher as heroMoses became, in the last month of his life, the master educator., 8/8/2019, 9:40 AM ![]( "Flash 90") PrioritiesIt is hard to think of any other religion or civilisation that has so predicated its very existence on putting children and their education first. , 8/2/2019, 10:36 AM ![]( "iStock") Fear of freedomShelach Lecha: The spies did not doubt that Israel could win its battles with the inhabitants of the land. Their concern was not physical., 6/20/2019, 9:59 AM ![]( "iStock") Behaalotcha: Camp and CongregationNo Jew, to paraphrase John Donne, is an island, entire of him- or herself. We are joined by the gossamer strands of collective memory, and these can sometimes lead us back to a sense of shared destiny., 6/13/2019, 2:03 PM ![]( "Flash 90") Bechukotai (Israel): The birth of hope Only hope empowers us to take risks, engage in long-term projects, marry and have children, and refuse to capitulate in the face of despair., 5/23/2019, 5:51 AM ![]( "INN:INN") Acharei Mot - Diaspora; Kedoshim - IsraelDue to the 8th day of Passover observed only out of Israel, and on which there is a special Torah reading (while Israel alone read the regular weekly portion), the readings in Israel are not in sync with the Diaspora for a few weeks. Your choice., 5/3/2019, 3:21 PM ![]( "Flash 90") A prayer for Yom HaShoahBelow is a prayer for Yom HaShoah, composed by Rabbi Sacks. Yom HaShoah begins at sundown on Wednesday 1st May., 5/1/2019, 5:12 PM ![]( "Istock") Make your time count! Omer calendar 5779Download the Omer calendar 5779, accompanied by life-changing ideas. The Omer is counted daily from the second night of Passover until Shavuot, 49 days later. , 4/24/2019, 7:41 AM ![]( "iStock") The power of speechWhat made Judaism different is that it is supremely a religion of holy words, not power., 4/11/2019, 11:29 AM ![]( "iStock") Between hope and humanityJews are a people who have had more than their share of suffering. Like Aaron, they did not lose their humanity. They did not allow their sense of grief to be dulled, deadened, desensitised. But neither did they lose their capacity to hope., 3/31/2019, 12:39 PM ![]( "Flash 90") Vayikra: The pursuit of meaningWe are here because God wanted us to be, because there is a task He wants us to perform. The search for meaning is the quest for this task.
, 3/13/2019, 10:38 PM ![]( "Thinkstock") The Stewardship Paradigm – A thought for Tu BishvatWe do not own nature – “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.” (Psalm 24:1) We are its stewards on behalf of God, who created and owns everything. As guardians of the earth, we are duty-bound to respect its integrity., 1/20/2019, 4:12 PM ![]( "באדיבות רשות העתיקות") Judaism and IslamYes, there was conflict and separation; but that was the beginning, not the end., 11/3/2018, 6:55 PM ![]() Bechukotai: In search of the "Why"The infinite spaces are not silent. Beneath and beyond them is the still, small voice of God, and it is this that gives meaning to history and to our individual lives., 5/11/2018, 8:50 AM ![]() Love is not enoughClear rules create and sustain a social order. That is where real love – not the sentimental, self-deceiving substitute – belongs. , 4/24/2018, 9:27 PM ![]() The power of empathyLIFE-CHANGING IDEA #18: If you seek to change anyone’s behaviour, you have to enter into their mindset, and then say word or do the deed that speaks to their emotions, not yours., 2/12/2018, 12:50 PM ![]() The bond of loyalty and loveIf you find yourself in a situation of conflict that threatens to break something apart, framing a covenant will help keep people together. There are certain things we can do together that none of us can do alone., 2/1/2018, 8:29 AM ![]( "Flash 90") The longer, shorter roadThe life-changing idea symbolised by the route God led the Israelites on when they left Egypt is that there are no fast tracks., 1/25/2018, 7:25 AM ![]( "Arielle Di-Porto for The Jewish Agency for Israel") Freewill: Use it or lose ItVaera 5778: Freedom is a muscle that needs to be exercised: use it or lose it. That is a life-transforming idea., 1/11/2018, 7:26 AM ![]() God loves those who argueLIFE-CHANGING IDEA #13 When you learn to listen to views different from your own, realising that they are not threatening but enlarging, then you have discovered the life-changing idea of argument for the sake of heaven., 1/3/2018, 11:03 PM ![]( "INN:JS") Five ideas for lifeHere are some of the ideas worth thinking about as we begin our journey into a new calendar year., 12/31/2017, 4:26 PM ![]() What it takes to forgiveLIFE-CHANGING IDEA #12: Judaism allows us to inhabit a culture of grace and hope. If we work hard enough on ourselves, we can be forgiven., 12/28/2017, 7:15 AM ![]() Out of the depthsPain can be turned into strength, as Jacob was able to do. Life changing ideas in the Parsha series., 11/24/2017, 1:12 PM ![]() Torah and the consent of the governed What makes the politics of social contract distinctive is its insistence that government is the free choice of a free nation. The Torah is the blueprint of that society., 8/28/2017, 9:23 AM ![]() Cultural climate change"We are going through one of the most profound revolutions in all of human history … and I sum it up with a single phrase: cultural climate change,” Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks says., 8/21/2017, 4:35 PM
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