Jonathan Sacks, at The Blogs

Jonathan Sacks

Dec 5, 2024, 4:34 PM

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a...

Jul 6, 2018, 12:55 AM

Featured Post

The lost masterpiece (Pinchas, Covenant & Conversation 5778)

Illustrative: Michal Baratz Koren's portrait of the five daughters of Zelophehad, who first raised before Moses the case of a woman’s right and obligation to inherit property in the absence of a male (Courtesy, Michal Baratz Koren)

If women like Zelophehad's daughters had gone out to spy the land, they'd never have spoken negatively of it (Pinchas)

Jun 30, 2018, 9:57 PM

Featured Post

Seven principles for maintaining Jewish dialogue

The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem, by David Roberts, 1850. (Wikipedia/ Creative Commons)

We must work to listen to each other, to forgive each other, and to stick together, as the extended family we are

Jun 28, 2018, 4:06 PM

Featured Post

A people that dwells alone (Balak, Covenant & Conversation 5778)

Balaam and the Ass (Pieter Lastman / public domain)

Ever notice how when Jews assimilate, anti-Semitism increases -- and vice versa? (Balak)

Jun 21, 2018, 2:16 PM

Featured Post

The consolations of mortality (Hukat, Covenant & Conversation 5778)

'Moses Striking Water from the Rock,' by Nicolas Poussin, 1649. (Wikimedia Commons)

Our lives may feel depressingly inconsequential, but they have immense purpose (Hukat)

Jun 14, 2018, 2:21 PM

Featured Post

The first populist (Korach, Covenant & Conversation 5778)

Illustrative: Richard Spencer, who leads a movement that mixes racism, white nationalism and populism, speaks at the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas on December 6, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

When leaders claim to speak with the one true voice of the people, assume they are the enemy of freedom (Korach)

Jun 7, 2018, 2:20 PM

Featured Post

Seeing what isn’t there (Shelach Lecha, Covenant & Conversation 5778)

Illustrative: Tzitzit tassels with threads dyed in tekhelet blue produced from Murex trunculus snails (courtesy of Ptil Tekhelet/Eugene Weisberg)

7 dangerous distorted ways of thinking that cognitive behavioral therapy can help prevent (Shelach)

May 24, 2018, 9:28 PM

Featured Post

Lifting heads (Naso, Covenant & Conversation 5778)

Illustrative. Appreciating a waiter. (iStock)

Make those you meet feel important, and ensure that people are never 'just numbers' (Naso)

May 10, 2018, 6:05 PM

Featured Post

In search of the why (Bechukotai, Covenant & Conversation 5778)

If we trust that our lives have meaning, we can handle anything -- or risk being left to chance (Bechukotai)

May 3, 2018, 1:20 PM

Featured Post

We are what we do not own (Behar, Covenant & Conversation 5778)

The lake at Wohl Rose Garden, in Jerusalem. (Wikipedia)

The world and everything in it belong to God; people hold it in trust to use for good (Behar)

About Me

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks is a global religious leader, philosopher, the author of more than 25 books, and moral voice for our time. Until 1st September 2013 he served as Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, having held the position for 22 years. To read more from Rabbi Sacks or to subscribe to his mailing list, please visit www.rabbisacks.org.