The Rabbi Sacks Legacy

“They lit a flame in the Jewish heart that will never die.” Rabbi Sacks on the courage of the Jewish people and the miracle of the State of Israel. rabbisacks.org/videos/everlas…

“What they died for, let us live for.” Rabbi Sacks at the 2013 Yom HaShoah commemoration View the full address as rabbisacks.org/videos/address…

"Once hate goes unchecked, the road to tragedy is short. That is why I cannot stay silent. For it is not only Jews who are at risk. So too is our humanity.” In 2018, @rabbisacks delivered this powerful warning in the House of Lords. Tragically, his words went unheeded.

Daniel Taub, Chair of the Rabbi Sacks Legacy in Israel, was a guest on the National Library of Israel's podcast, "Talk in the Library!" He discussed the life and legacy of Rabbi Sacks, one of the great moral voices of our era. youtube.com/watch?v=yqQC8E… @NLIsrael

The late 2016 Templeton Prize laureate @rabbisacks was born on this day in 1948. He spent decades bringing spiritual insight to the public conversation through mass media, popular lectures, and more than two dozen books.

Today would have been Rabbi Sacks’ 78th birthday. His teachings continue to inspire people across the world, and his legacy lives on through all those who continue to learn from him and share his ideas.

Congratulations to @deborahlipstadt on being named the 2026 recipient of the @ubarilan Jonathan Sacks Institute Prize, awarded in memory of Samuel Gewurz z”l. The award recognises her moral courage and intellectual integrity – values central to Rabbi Sacks’ life and work.

“All of us are, in some sense, survivors. To be a Jew is to carry the burden of memory without letting it rob us of hope and faith in the possibility of a world at peace.” – Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks #HolocaustMemorialDay

“Despair is not a Jewish emotion. Od lo avda tikvatenu: our hope, we say, has never been destroyed... Crisis in Jewish history has always led to renewal, not despair. So it must be now.” – Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

⭐️We are thrilled to share that 'Beyond Dispute' by Daniel Taub has won the Rabbi Sacks Book Prize 2025!⭐️ The prize recognises works that contribute to contemporary Jewish thought. 🎧Listen to Daniel on the Book Prize podcast bit.ly/3M8mUG3

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks was one of the most influential Jewish voices of our time whose wisdom shaped global conversations on faith and morality. AJC is proud to take part in the @RabbiSacks 2025 Global Day of Learning with Jewish communities across the globe. Join Jessica Sacks, his niece and former Senior Translator and Scholar at Koren, and Rabbi Dr. Samuel Lebens, Sacks Scholar and philosophy professor at the University of Haifa, in conversation with @Meggiewysc, AJC’s Director of U.S. Jewish Communal Engagement and Partnerships, to explore how Rabbi Sacks’ understanding of Torah inspired his advocacy and the enduring legacy of his newly released Torah translation and commentary. zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Writing for @mosaicmag, Straus Center Director Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik honors @rabbisacks z"l, who understood that the ideals at the heart of American political culture can be traced back to its covenantal origins. (From 2020) ideas.tikvah.org/mosaic/observa…

“We face the challenges of humanity better if we face them together" Rabbi Lord Prof. Jonathan Sacks z"l As part of the Global Day of Learning in memory of @rabbisacks we are sharing a video of him taken from Yad Vashem's free online course "Antisemitism - From Its Origins to the Present" In this course, 50 leading scholars from all over the world explore questions and issues relating to antisemitism including: What is antisemitism? How has it changed throughout history? Why can it be found among so many diverse cultures, and even among opposing ideologies? What happened to antisemitism after the Holocaust? How is antisemitism expressed today, and what are the main spheres in which it can be found? Examine different periods and societies, exploring the development of antisemitism as well as its changing nature over time, place and culture >> bit.ly/4nNKUM0

This conversation with Jonathan Haidt (@JonHaidt) reflects a lifelong project of Rabbi Sacks: using Jewish thought to rebuild moral language in a world that has lost the ability to speak meaningfully. Listen here: 18forty.org/podcast/the-le…

Five years since his passing, Rabbi Sacks’s voice feels more urgent than ever. He taught that redemption depends on our participation. Tanya White traces the theology of partnership and purpose that defines his work. Read here: 18forty.org/articles/jonat…

Today marks the yahrzeit of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. Few thinkers bridged worlds like he did: faith and reason, Torah and science, private meaning and public morality. Each of these pieces trace a facet of the ideas he left us.

🌍Bar-Ilan University is launching a new global online course exploring the philosophy of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z”l — marking his 5th yahrzeit (anniversary of passing) and opening his thought to learners worldwide. 🔗 sites.biu.ac.il/en/MOOC 🎥 youtu.be/LJBCevrTlpQ

The increasingly important voice of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks jewishnews.co.uk/the-increasing…

Five years have passed since the world lost a clear & unwavering voice - on the dignity of difference, on morality, on hope that requires action & courage. May the memory & legacy of @rabbisacks continue to guide & inspire in our shared responsibility to heal a fractured world.

One conversation that forever changed @RabbiSacks's life.