Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks was Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom for 22 years and served as a profoundly eloquent teacher of Torah and spokesman for Torah values within the Jewish community and beyond. His passing has reverberated around the world. Join us as voices from across America pay tribute to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.
This video tribute premiered Sunday, November 29th
In partnership with the Rabbinical Council of America and Yeshiva University.
Individuals featured in the film (in order of appearance):
- Rabbi Moshe Hauer, Executive Vice President, Orthodox Union
- Rabbi Hershel Schachter, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva University
- Nathan Diament, Executive Director, Orthodox Union Advocacy Center
- Dr. Erica Brown, Author and Director of the Mayberg Center for Jewish Education and Leadership
- Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman, Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish American Organizations
- Rebbetzin Dr. Adina Shmidman, Department of Women’s Initiatives, Orthodox Union
- Rabbi Daniel Korobkin, President, Rabbinical Council of America
- Senator Joe Lieberman
- Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, Senior Scholar, Center for the Jewish Future, Yeshiva University
- Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO, Orthodox Union Kosher Division
- Rabbi Yaakov Glasser, Dean, Center for the Jewish Future, Yeshiva University
- Debbie Stone, Director of Programming, Moise Safra Center
- Eric Fingerhut, President and CEO, Jewish Federations of North America
- Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, Rabbi, Boca Raton Synagogue
- Lori Palatnik, Founding Director, the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project
- Abigail Pinchot, Straus Center Student
- Chani (Anne) Neuberger, Founder, Sister to Sister
- Rabbi Dov Lerner, Rabbi, Young Israel of Jamaica Estates
- Rabbi Phil Karesh, Midwest Regional Director, Orthodox Union
- Eric S. Goldstein, CEO, UJA Federation of New York
- Rabbi Steven Weil, CEO, FIDF
- Josh Joseph, Executive Vice President and COO, Orthodox Union
- Ilana Gadish, Yoetzet Halacha, Los Angeles Yoetzet Initiative
- Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Executive Vice President Emeritus, Orthodox Union
- Allison Josephs, Founder and Director, Jew in the City
- Rabbi Ilan Haber, International Director, OU-JLIC
- Rabbi Gideon Black, Director of Professional Recruitment and Leadership Development, OU-JLIC
- Rabbi Simon Taylor, Regional Director of Outreach, NY NCSY
- Rabbi Joe Wolfson, NYU Campus, OU-JLIC
- Eliana Wagner, Straus Center Student
- Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern, MBA, Senior Advisor to the Provost, Yeshiva University
- Rabbi Aaron Greenberg, Canadian Director, OU-JLIC
Explore some of Rabbi Sacks’s work:
Articles in Jewish Action
Articles on OU Torah
Rabbi Sacks delivered remarks at the Orthodox Union West Coast Convention in December 1997 – Kislev 5758
And explore some of these tributes to Rabbi Sacks Z”L:
Shloshim video tribute from The Office of Rabbi Sacks and his family. May his memory be a blessing, Yehi Zichro Baruch.
NCSY remembers Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Remembering Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z”l – Rabbi Alan Kimche
Dear Torah Tidbits Family – Rabbi Avi Berman
The Thought Worlds of Rabbi Sacks By Rabbi Dr. David Shatz who is the Ronald P. Stanton University Professor of Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Thought at Yeshiva University.
Remembering Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l
The Koren Podcast – OU Press is a proud partner with Koren Publications on Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks’ books.