Jonathan Sacks

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.

Jonathan Sacks
Rođenje	Jonathan Henry Sacks 8. 3. 1948. (1948-03-08) London, Engleska, UK
Nacionalnost	Britanac
Alma mater	Caius (Cambridge) New College (Oxford) King's College (London)
Zanimanje	rabin, teolog, filozof, judaist, autor, profesor, političar
Politička partija	Crossbencher
Vjeroispovijest	judaizam
Suprug/a	Elaine Sacks (vj. 1970)
Djeca	Joshua, Dina i Gila
Nagrade	Nagrada Templeton (2016)
Website www.rabbisacks.org

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.

Opus

Autor

• 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 1993: Univerzitet u Cambridgeu 1993: Univerzitet Middlesex 1996: Univerzitet u Haifi 1997: Univerzitet u Liverpoolu 1997: Univerzitet Ješiva 1998: Univerzitet u St Andrewsu 2001: Crkva Engleske (od nadbiskupa Canterburyja) 2001: Univerzitet u Glasgowu 2004: Univerzitet Bar-Ilan 2004: Univerzitet Leeds Beckett 2006: Koledž College, Univerzitet u Londonu 2009: Univerzitet u Roehamptonu 2010: Univerzitet u Baselu 2011: Univerzitet Ben-Gurion 2011: Univerzitet u Aberdeenu 2013: Univerzitet Liverpool Hope 2013: Univerzitet u Salfordu 2016: Univerzitet u Tel Avivu

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

Vanjske veze

Jonathan Sacks na Wikimedijinoj ostavi

• (en) Službene stranice Jonathana Sacksa
• (en) Jonathan Sacks, Parliament of the United Kingdom
• (en) Jonathan Sacks, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• (en) Jonathan Sacks, Templeton Prize

Jevrejske titule
Prethodi: Lord Jakobovits	Vrhovni rabin Velike Britanije i Commonwealtha 1991–2013	Slijedi: Ephraim Mirvis