Israel Quotes by Jonathan Sacks

9 Israel quotes by Jonathan Sacks

Jonathan Sacks’s nine short reflections on Israel blend scholarly depth with moral clarity. The set provides a succinct, thoughtful snapshot of his religious and cultural perspective.

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Faced with destruction, the Jewish people survived.

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Islamophobia is a complex phenomenon.

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The people of Israel are entitled, as is any other nation, to live in peace and safety.

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Israel is a democratic state with an independent judiciary, a free press and a diverse population of many cultures, religions and creeds.

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Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We…

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Jews survived all the defeats, expulsions, persecutions and pogroms, the centuries in which they were regarded as a pariah people, even the…

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People are feeling and sensing a return of anti-Semitism - even in Europe, which, seventy years after the Holocaust, is a very…

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ISIS is a terrorist entity whose barbarities have been condemned by all those who value our common humanity. In the current political…

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Anti-Semitism is best understood as a virus. It has no logic. Jews were hated because they were rich and because they were…

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The Holocaust survivors are among the most inspiring people I have had the privilege to meet.

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Jews read the books of Moses not just as history but as divine command. The question to which they are an answer is not,…

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What I find fascinating about Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights we celebrate at this time of the year, is the way its story…

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Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals.

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The message of Passover remains as powerful as ever. Freedom is won not on the battlefield but in the classroom and the home. Teach…

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The twenty-first century is, and will remain, the Age of Insecurity.

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