Tag: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Scholars seek to promote the universal legacy of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
More than two-dozen Jewish scholars from around the world have gathered in Jerusalem to honor the legacy of the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, as the next generation of educators works to merge Judaism...
‘Communities in Conversation’ learning initiative to commemorate Rabbi Sacks
More than 200 Jewish communities and day schools spanning six continents have signed up for a global initiative of learning and Torah study to commemorate the second anniversary of the death of Rabbi Lord...
Genesis Prize Foundation Honors Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Posthumously
The Genesis Prize Foundation honored the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks with the Genesis Lifetime Achievement Award on Monday evening, Nov. 22.
The award recognizes Lord Sacks for his extraordinary role in inspiring the next...
Yeshiva University establishes Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Center for Values and Leadership
With the commemoration of the first yahrzeit of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, who served as chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth, Yeshiva University announced the creation of the Rabbi...
Genesis Prize Foundation to honor life and legacy of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
The Genesis Prize Foundation announced plans to honor the late prominent scholar, theologian, philosopher and former Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom Lord Jonathan Sacks.
In 2020, the foundation for the first time invited the...
A man who exemplified what it meant to be a Jewish leader
You didn’t have to agree with everything Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said or wrote to understand the value of what he was trying to teach. The former chief rabbi of Great Britain who died of...
Jewish groups mourn loss of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Jewish groups expressed their condolences over the passing of former U.K. Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, who died early Saturday morning at the age of 72 after recently being diagnosed with cancer.
“Rabbi Sacks was a towering figure of...
Dumbing down the ‘Jewish Nobel Prize’
Did the Jewish people really need their own Nobel Prize? To the three wealthy Russian Jewish business “oligarchs” who endowed the Genesis Prize with $50 million in contributions, the answer was “yes.”
The Genesis Prize...
Former Chief Rabbi Sacks of United Kingdom is diagnosed with cancer
Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom from 1991 to 2013, has been diagnosed with cancer, announced a spokesperson on Thursday.
“Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks has been recently diagnosed with cancer and...