Jews survived all the defeats, expulsions, persecutions and pogroms, the centuries in which they were regarded as a pariah people, even the… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
We believe that what we possess we don't ultimately own. God is merely entrusting it to us. And one of the conditions… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Jews read the books of Moses not just as history but as divine command. The question to which they are an answer… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
The Jewish festival of freedom is the oldest continuously observed religious ritual in the world. Across the centuries, Passover has never lost… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Freedom begins with what we teach our children. That is why Jews became a people whose passion is education, whose heroes are… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Jews know this in their bones. Our community could not exist for a day without its volunteers. They are the lifeblood of… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Since Hiroshima and the Holocaust, science no longer holds its pristine place as the highest moral authority. Instead, that role is taken… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
When you've got Jews and Christians, Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus removing graffiti from buildings, or getting drug dealers off the street, that's… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
There are hard texts in each tradition which we must confront and ask ourselves, 'Can we reinterpret those texts to allow us… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Anti-Semitism is best understood as a virus. It has no logic. Jews were hated because they were rich and because they were… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Sometimes the sight of someone in one faith wrestling with that faith can empower you to wrestle with another faith. For me,… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
We from every religion feel comfortable in Britain because there is a host. The Church of England is a good host, it has been… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share
Food prices are often kept artificially high. The result is that the Millennium Development Goals set out by the United Nations at the start… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share
In her religious role, the Queen is head of the Church of England, but in her civic role she cares for all her subjects,… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share
The market economy is deeply congruent with the values set out in the Hebrew Bible. Material prosperity is a divine blessing. Poverty crushes the… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share
Man was not made for the service of economies; economies were made to serve mankind; and men and women were made - so we… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share
A perfect storm is in the making: financial uncertainty, economic downturn, government cuts, rising unemployment and a future that looks less clear the more… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share
“To whom is an international corporation answerable? Often they do not employ workers. They outsource manufacturing to places far away. If wages rise in… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share
A survey carried out across the U.S. between 2004 and 2006 showed that frequent church- or synagogue-goers are more likely to give money to charity. — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share
The Holocaust survivors are among the most inspiring people I have had the privilege to meet. — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share
Jews read the books of Moses not just as history but as divine command. The question to which they are an answer is not,… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share
What I find fascinating about Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights we celebrate at this time of the year, is the way its story… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share
Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals. — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share
The message of Passover remains as powerful as ever. Freedom is won not on the battlefield but in the classroom and the home. Teach… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share
Which European leader today would not relish the wonder-working powers of a Moses? Budget deficit? Unpopular cuts? How about just a little miracle, an… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share
