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Faith Jonathan Sacks

Jonathan Sacks | faith

In thinking about religion and society in the 21st century, we should broaden the conversation about faith from doctrinal debates to the larger question of how it might inspire us to strengthen the bonds of belonging that redeem us from our solitude, helping us to construct together a gracious and generous social order.

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Faith Jonathan Sacks

Jonathan Sacks | faith

The royals – all of them, especially Prince Philip and Prince Charles – have done outstanding work with the faith communities.

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Faith Jonathan Sacks

Jonathan Sacks | faith

Jews survived all the defeats, expulsions, persecutions and pogroms, the centuries in which they were regarded as a pariah people, even the Holocaust itself, because they never gave up the faith that one day they would be free to live as Jews without fear.

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education Jonathan Sacks

Jonathan Sacks | education

Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it’s more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race.

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education Jonathan Sacks

Jonathan Sacks | education

Freedom begins with what we teach our children. That is why Jews became a people whose passion is education, whose heroes are teachers and whose citadels are schools.

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education Jonathan Sacks

Jonathan Sacks | education

Jews know this in their bones. Our community could not exist for a day without its volunteers. They are the lifeblood of our organizations, whether they involve welfare, youth, education, care of the sick and elderly, or even protection against violence and abuse.

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education Jonathan Sacks

Jonathan Sacks | education

To defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education.

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education Jonathan Sacks

Jonathan Sacks | education

The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell our children today. Politics moves the pieces. Education changes the game.

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Dreams Jonathan Sacks

Jonathan Sacks | dreams

Dreams are where we visit the many lands and landscapes of human possibility and discover the one where we feel at home. The great religious leaders were all dreamers.

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Jonathan Sacks | courage

We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty.

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