Jonathan Sacks

Jonathan Sacks is a thinker I hold in real respect. As Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth for over two decades, he could have stayed inside the boundaries of his tradition, yet he reached far beyond it, winning the Templeton and Grawemeyer prizes and collecting honorary doctorates from Cambridge to Glasgow. What I value most is his ability to translate faith into the shared language of ethics and public life, speaking to believers and skeptics alike. His death in 2020 was a genuine loss, but the clarity of his moral voice still resonates, and I keep returning to it.

Name (English)

Jonathan Sacks

Name (Japanese)

ジョナサン・サックス

Reading

じょなさん・さっくす

Born

March 8, 1948 – November 7, 2020

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rat

Origin

Lambeth, United Kingdom

Occupation

rabbi / theologian / university teacher / philosopher

University

New College

Awards & achievements

• 2004 Grawemeyer Awards
• 2016 Templeton Prize
• honorary doctorate of the University of Basel
• honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews
• honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow
• honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge
• honorary doctorate of Haifa University
• honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University

• Official sitehttps://rabbisacks.org
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rabbisacks/
• Xhttps://x.com/rabbisacks
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Sacks%2C%20Baron%20Sacks
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336766

Tags

• rabbi
• theologian
• university teacher

Last updated

2026-06-21

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