rabbi lord Jonathan sacks Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/rabbi-lord-jonathan-sacks/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:55:56 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 Leeser calls for rethink of antisemitism education at UNESCO schools forum https://www.jwire.com.au/leeser-pushes-new-approach/ https://www.jwire.com.au/leeser-pushes-new-approach/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2026 06:40:55 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=178792 Shadow Education Minister Julian Leeser has called for a fundamental shift in how antisemitism is taught in Australian schools, warning that decades of Holocaust-focused education have failed to prevent rising hostility towards Jews. Speaking today at a national dialogue for the UNESCO National Approach to Addressing Antisemitism in Schools initiative, Leeser told educators and policymakers […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/leeser-pushes-new-approach/feed/ 1 178792 Bar-Ilan University to award the Jonathan Sacks Institute Prize to distinguished historian Prof. Deborah Lipstadt https://www.jwire.com.au/bar-ilan-university-to-award-the-jonathan-sacks-institute-prize-to-distinguished-historian-prof-deborah-lipstadt/ https://www.jwire.com.au/bar-ilan-university-to-award-the-jonathan-sacks-institute-prize-to-distinguished-historian-prof-deborah-lipstadt/#respond Tue, 03 Feb 2026 05:54:10 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=177238 Israel’s Bar-Ilan University announced today that Prof. Deborah Lipstadt, one of the world’s leading authorities on Holocaust history and antisemitism, will receive the Jonathan Sacks Institute Prize for Outstanding Achievement as a Public Intellectual for 2026. The prize, which carries a monetary award of NIS 100,000 (AUD46,000), recognises Lipstadt’s leadership in combating antisemitism and strengthening […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/bar-ilan-university-to-award-the-jonathan-sacks-institute-prize-to-distinguished-historian-prof-deborah-lipstadt/feed/ 0 177238 Online course on Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks https://www.jwire.com.au/online-course-on-lord-rabbi-jonathan-sacks/ https://www.jwire.com.au/online-course-on-lord-rabbi-jonathan-sacks/#respond Mon, 10 Nov 2025 06:29:04 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=174079 Israel’s Bar-Ilan University has launched a groundbreaking new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), The Jewish Philosophy of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.” Timed to coincide with the fifth yahrzeit of the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, this innovative course opens access to Rabbi Sacks’s profound intellectual and moral legacy to learners worldwide—free of charge and in multiple […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/online-course-on-lord-rabbi-jonathan-sacks/feed/ 0 174079 The Grace of Love https://www.jwire.com.au/the-grace-of-love/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-grace-of-love/#respond Thu, 28 Oct 2021 23:53:29 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=130622 A reminiscence on the first yahrzeit of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/the-grace-of-love/feed/ 0 130622 A man who exemplified what it meant to be a Jewish leader https://www.jwire.com.au/a-man-who-exemplified-what-it-meant-to-be-a-jewish-leader/ https://www.jwire.com.au/a-man-who-exemplified-what-it-meant-to-be-a-jewish-leader/#respond Wed, 11 Nov 2020 05:40:15 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=118445 Jonathan S. Tobin: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks wasn’t just a scholar, philosopher and teacher. His attempts to bridge the contradictions in Jewish life provided a model that should be emulated.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/a-man-who-exemplified-what-it-meant-to-be-a-jewish-leader/feed/ 0 118445 Former Chief Rabbi Sacks of United Kingdom and Commonwealth is diagnosed with cancer https://www.jwire.com.au/former-chief-rabbi-sacks-of-united-kingdom-and-commonwealth-is-diagnosed-with-cancer/ https://www.jwire.com.au/former-chief-rabbi-sacks-of-united-kingdom-and-commonwealth-is-diagnosed-with-cancer/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2020 23:43:37 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=117609 The statement did not specify the type of cancer or how severe it is.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/former-chief-rabbi-sacks-of-united-kingdom-and-commonwealth-is-diagnosed-with-cancer/feed/ 0 117609 When rabbis should not keep quiet https://www.jwire.com.au/when-rabbis-should-not-keep-quiet/ https://www.jwire.com.au/when-rabbis-should-not-keep-quiet/#respond Fri, 11 Sep 2020 06:23:07 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=116066 Melanie Phillips: They have a duty to speak up against any danger that threatens the Jewish community or the fundamental precepts of civilized life. What’s crucial, however, is that they make a correct judgment-call on such matters—one that reflects Jewish ethical principles of truth and justice.

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