Baruch Dayan Ha’Emet. It with the deepest sadness that we regret to inform you that Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (HaRav Ya’akov Zvi ben David Arieh z’’l) passed away early this morning, Saturday 7th November 2020 (Shabbat Kodesh 20th MarCheshvan 5781).
The Rabbi Sacks Legacy
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Perpetuating the timeless and universal wisdom of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks as a teacher of Torah, a leader of leaders and a moral voice.
- (1/7) As a human being who believes in the sanctity of human life, I am deeply troubled by what is happening to the Uighur Muslim population in China.
00:00- Attached is a statement from the Office of Rabbi Sacks. A text version can be read on the thread below.
- Today is International #Holocaust Memorial Day. What is #antisemitism? And why should its return be cause for grave concern not just for #Jews but for all of us? Watch this to find out. #HMD2019 #HolocaustMemorialDay #NeverAgain #NeverForget #WeRemember
00:00 - "My Lords, it pains me to speak about antisemitism, the world’s oldest hatred. But I cannot keep silent." Here is my speech from today's debate in the House of Lords about #antisemitism in Britain.
00:00 - Together with others in the UK & around the world I will be suspending my social media activity for 48 hours from 9am tomorrow. I urge social media companies to take more responsibility for hate speech on their platforms. @jack @twitter @instagram @facebook #NoSafeSpaceForJewHateJoining thousands of others we will be suspending our social media activity for 48 hours from 9am tomorrow morning. Social Media companies must take responsibility for their platforms. @jack @twitter @instagram @facebook #NoSafeSpaceforJewHate
- Evil happens when people let it happen, and our best defence against it is never to forget where evil leads. That is why it is so important to commemorate #HolocaustMemorialDay and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of @AuschwitzMemorial on 27th January. #WeRemember #HMD2020
00:00 - Replying to @rabbisacks(7/7) Today, this is happening to the Uighar population in China and it must be challenged by the global community in the strongest possible terms.
- Replying to @rabbisacks(2/7) As a Jew, knowing our history, the sight of people being shaven headed, lined up, boarded onto trains, and sent to concentration camps is particularly harrowing.
- Replying to @rabbisacks(3/7) That people in the 21st century are being murdered, terrorised, victimised, intimidated and robbed of their liberties because of the way they worship God is a moral outrage, a political scandal and a desecration of faith itself.
- Mazal tov to my wonderful grandson Elisha and all the family on his Bar Mitzvah this weekend. A special and and proud moment. Together with Elaine, I wish you all Shabbat Shalom. Stay safe and be well.
- As we mark #HolocaustMemorialDay on 27/01, here is a clip on the dangers of #antisemitism, delivered to the @Europarl_EN in September 2016. I still consider this to be one of the most important speeches I have ever made. Please retweet. #NeverForget #HMD2019 #WeRemember
00:00 - Replying to @rabbisacks(6/7) Threat becomes fear, fear becomes hate, and hate becomes dehumanisation. The Nazis called Jews vermin and lice. The Hutus of Rwanda called the Tutsis inyenzi, or cockroaches. When the world allows the dehumanisation of the Other, evil follows, as night follows day.
