Bivši nadbiskup Canterburyja George Carey , britanski vrhovni rabin Jonathan Sacks, bosanski reisu-l-ulema Mustafa Cerić i evangelistički svećenik Jim Wallis na Svjetskom ekonomskom forumu 2009 .
Jonathan Henry Sacks (London , 8. 3. 1948 . – ), britanski rabin , teolog , filozof , judaist , autor , profesor i političar . Obrazovao se na Univerzitetu u Cambridgeu , Oxfordu i Londonu , a radio je kao predavač na visokoobrazovnim institucijama u Engleskoj , Škotskoj , Izraelu i Sjedinjenim Državama . Od 1991 . do 2013 . obnašao je dužnost vrhovnog rabina Velike Britanije i Commonwealtha i brojni ga smatraju zaslužnim za revitalizaciju lokalne jevrejske zajednice. Potpisuje više od 25 knjiga na temu judaizma , jevrejske obnove i međureligijskog dijaloga. Dobitnik je višestrukih međunarodnih nagrada, uključujući 18 počasnih doktorata. Godine 2009 . postao je doživotnim zastupnikom Doma lordova u kojem zastupa stranku Crossbencher .
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Tradition in an Untraditional Age: Essays on Modern Jewish Thought , London; Totowa, New Jersey: Valentine Mitchell , 1990, ISBN 9780853032403
Arguments for the Sake of Heaven: Emerging Trends in Traditional Judaism , Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson , 1991, ISBN 9780876687833
The Persistence of Faith: Religion, Morality and Society in a Secular Age , London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson , 1991, ISBN 9780297820857
Crisis and Covenant: Jewish Thought After the Holocaust , Manchester; New York: Manchester University Press ; St. Martin's Press , 1992, ISBN 9780719042034
One People?: Tradition, Modernity, and Jewish Unity , London: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 1993, ISBN 9781874774013
Will We Have Jewish Grandchildren?: Jewish Continuity and How to Achieve It , London; Portland, Oregon: Valentine Mitchell , 1994, ISBN 9780853032823
Faith in the Future (predgovor: Clifford Longley), London: Darton, Longman & Todd , 1995, ISBN 9780232520989
Community of Faith , London: Peter Halban , 1995, ISBN 9781870015592
The Politics of Hope , London: Jonathan Cape , 1997, ISBN 9780224043298
Morals and Markets: Seventh Annual Hayek Memorial Lecture (koautori: Norman P. Barry, Robert Davidson i Michael Novak), London: Institute of Economic Affairs , 1999, ISBN 9780255364249
Celebrating Life: Finding Happiness in Unexpected Places , London: HarperCollins , 2000, ISBN 9780006281726
Radical Then, Radical Now: The Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion , London: HarperCollins , 2001, ISBN 9780007108428
Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations , London; New York: Continuum , 2002, ISBN 9780826463975
From Optimism to Hope: Thoughts for the Day , London; New York: Continuum , 2004, ISBN 9780826474810
To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility , London; New York: Continuum , 2005, ISBN 9780826480392
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks's Haggadah: Hebrew and English Text with New Essays and Commentary , New York: Continuum , 2006, ISBN 9780826418289
The Authorised Daily Prayer Book of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth , London: HarperCollins , 2006, ISBN 9780007200917
The Home We Build Together: Recreating Society , London; New York: Continuum , 2007, ISBN 9780826423498
Future Tense: A Vision for Jews and Judaism in the Global Culture , London: Hodder & Stoughton , 2008, ISBN 9780340979853
The Koren Sacks Siddur: A Hebrew/English Prayerbook , Jerusalem: Koren, 2009, ISBN 9789653012172
Covenant & Conversation: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible, Genesis , Jerusalem: Koren, 2009, ISBN 9781592640201
Covenant & Conversation: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible, Exodus , Jerusalem: Koren, 2009, ISBN 9781592640218
The Great Partnership: God, Science and the Search for Meaning , London: Hodder & Stoughton , 2011, ISBN 9780340995242
The Koren Sacks Rosh Hashana Mahzor , Jerusalem: Koren, 2011, ISBN 9789653013421
The Koren Sacks Yom Kippur Mahzor , Jerusalem: Koren, 2012, ISBN 9789653013452
The Koren Sacks Pesach Machzor , Jerusalem: Koren, 2013, ISBN 9789653013179
Covenant & Conversation: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible, Leviticus , Jerusalem: Koren, 2015, ISBN 9781592640225
Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence , London: Hodder & Stoughton , 2015, ISBN 9781473616516
Urednik
Tradition and Transition: Essays Presented to Chief Rabbi Sir Immanuel Jakobovits to Celebrate Twenty Years in Office , London: Jews' College Publications, 1986, ISBN 9780951214909
Orthodoxy Confronts Modernity , Hoboken, New Jersey; London: KTAV ; Jews' College Publications, 1991, ISBN 9780881253634
Torah Studies: Based on Excerpts of Talks by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson , N. rev. izd., Brooklyn: Kehot Publication Society , 1996, ISBN 9780826604934
Nagrade i priznanja
Počasni doktorati
Nagrade
1995 : Jeruzalemska nagrada (Izrael)
2000 : Američka državna nagrada za jevrejsku knjigu – A Letter in the Scroll (američko izdanje knjige Radical Then, Radical Now )
2004 : Nagrada Grawemeyer za religiju (SAD)
2009 : Američka državna nagrada za jevrejsku knjigu – Covenant & Conversation: Genesis
2010 : Nagrada Norman Lamm (Univerzitet Ješiva , SAD)
2010 : Nagrada Abraham Kuyper (Teološko sjemenište Princeton , SAD)
2011 : Nagrada Ladislaus Laszt za ekumenizam i društveni interes (Univerzitet Ben-Gurion , Izrael)
2011 : Nagrada Keter Torah (Otvoreni univerzitet , Izrael)
2013 : Nagrada dobrotvorne ustanove Sandford St Martin za izvrsnost u doprinosima judaizmu i religiji
2014 : Američka državna nagrada za jevrejsku knjigu – The Koren Sacks Pesach Machzor
2014 : Medalja Canterburyja za religijsku slobodu (Becket Fund , SAD)
2014 : Nagrada Katz za doprinos u praktičnoj analizi i primjeni jevrejskih zakona u suvremenom životu (Izrael)
2014 : Nagrada Čuvara Ciona za doprinose jevrejskom životu u dijaspori (Izrael)
2015 : Nagrada Rambam za njegovanje etičkog judaizma (Izrael)
2016 : Nagrada Templeton za duhovnost
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