Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Rabbi
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Art_Prize
gptkb:Rabbi_Lord_Sacks_Prize_for_Leadership
Winston Churchill Award for Leadership
gptkbp:birth_date 1948-03-08
gptkbp:children Talia Sacks
Gideon Sacks
Joshua Sacks
Daniel Sacks
gptkbp:death_date 2020-11-07
gptkbp:education gptkb:King's_College_London
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Hannah_Arendt
gptkb:Moses_Maimonides
gptkb:Martin_Buber
gptkb:Abraham_Joshua_Heschel
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkbp:notable_work Lessons in Leadership
The Dignity of Difference
To Heal a Fractured World
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:Author
gptkb:Rabbi
gptkb:Christian_theology
gptkbp:position_held gptkb:King_of_Jerusalem
gptkbp:predecessor Immanuel Jakobovits
gptkbp:quote “ The future is not a gift; it is an achievement.”
“ Faith is not about certainty. It is about courage.”
“ The greatest gift of the human being is that we have the power of empathy.”
“ We are not put on this earth to be happy. We are put on this earth to make the world a better place.”
“ Judaism is not a religion of the book; it is a religion of the covenant.”
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:spouse Elaine Sacks
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Ephraim_Mirvis
gptkbp:website https://www.jonathansacks.org
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_Hebrew_Congregations_of_the_Commonwealth
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6