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  Jonathan Sacks – The hate that starts with Jews never ends there

          Jonathan Sacks The novelist Rebecca West once said that Jews, having suffered so much, had an “unsurprisable soul”,...

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  Jonathan Sacks -To Lead is to Listen – Shema Yisrael – Eikev

    Jonathan Sacks   “If only you would listen to these laws …” (Deut. 7: 12). These words with which our parsha...

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  Jonathan Sacks – The Fewest of all Peoples Va’etchanan

            Jonathan Sacks Buried inconspicuously in this week’s parsha is a short sentence with explosive potential, causing us to think again about...

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  Jonathan Sacks – The Leader as Teacher – Devarim

                  It was one of the great moments of personal transformation, and it changed not only Moses but our very conception of...

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  Jonathan Sacks – Creating Freedom Without Anarchy, Order Without Tyranny

       Jonathan Sacks: Nine days from now Jewish communities around the world will sit in collective mourning on Tisha b’Av, the...

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  Jonathan Sacks – Leadership at Time of Crisis – Masei

              By Rav Jonathan Sacks, The parsha of Masei always occurs at the heart of the Three Weeks. This is the time...

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  Jonathan Sacks – Conflict Resolution – Mattot

        One of the hardest tasks of a leader – from prime ministers to parents – is conflict resolution. Yet it is...

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  In memoriam Eyal, Gilad and Naftali

     In memoriam Eyal, Gilad and Naftali   by Rav. Jonathan Sacks,.This past Shabbat we read the parsha of Chukkat with its almost...

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  Leading a Nation of Individuals – Bamidbar

      Nation of Individuals. By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. The book of Bamidbar begins with a census of the Israelites. That is why...

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  Religious liberty’s under threat — on both sides of the pond

       Religious liberty’s under threat : By Daniel Treiman Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: Religious liberty’s under threat — on both sides of the pond. “Today,...

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  Think Long – Behar – Jonathan Sacks

    By Jonathan Sacks Please take the time and read this weeks commentary. His insights transcend  personal religious  identity.   Jonathan Sacks:...

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  Passover-How It Tells its Story, The Unasked Question, and The Jewish Task

        All three taken from the Jonathan Sacks Haggada. As Passover ( Pesach) approaches I thought it would nice to...

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  Sprints and Marathons – Acharei Mot

      Sprints and Marathons   By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. It was a unique, unrepeatable moment of leadership at its highest height. For forty...

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  “The 7 Principles to Inner Happiness”

      By Rav Sacks. What are some of the key principles to consider when looking to lead a life of true inner...

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  Vision and Details – Mishpatim

               By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Our parsha takes us through a bewildering transition. Until now in Shemot...

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  The Parameters of Justice

    Sculpture by Phillip Ratner – Ratner Museum In Deuteronomy 24, we encounter for the first time the explicit statement of a...

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  Balak: The Hardest Word To Hear

  Art by Phillip Ratner   The story of Bilaam, the pagan prophet, begins with a bewildering set of non-sequiturs – a sequence of...

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  Future Tense – A Vision of Jews and Judaism in the Global Culture

      Why are we here? Why are we Jews? Why does the world need – if indeed it does – a Jewish...

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  Fire – Holy and Unholy

     Sculpture by International Artist Phillip Ratner. This is a truly powerful interpretation/explanation of this weeks Torah reading.   By Rabbi Lord...