The Austrian Economists (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
In re-reading the first chapter of McCloskey's The Bourgeois Virtues, I came across this quote from the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, Jonathan Sacks:"It is through exchange that difference becomes a blessing, not a curse."Have the benefits of the specialization...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
... offer for the first time a voice to challenge that of the Orthodox community's Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks, until now seen as the main spokesman for the whole of the country's Jewish community. The statement says: “Diversity is a reality within the British Jewish community but true pluralism (treating with respect other groups and their philosophies) is not, yet. We believe that...
An Insomniac (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
One thing that always tends to annoy me is people mistaking vagueness for profundity. Sir Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth the "truth" of his God: In fact none of the most important truths can be proved: that right is sovereign over might, that it is better to be loved than feared, that every human being however poor or powerless is worthy...
Thinking Anglicans (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
opinions at the end of AugustIn the Guardian this week, Riazat Butt wrote about her sister’s experience wearing a face veil in Southampton, see and if you have time, read the comments too.Today, in , Shahid Malik writes about Ramadan.Over at The Times Jonathan Sacks writes about .Christopher Howse writes in the Telegraph about . More details about this exhibition are . And there is more...
Hirhurim - Musings (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
by Steve Brizel An Overview of the Parsha R. Yitzchak Etshalom guides us through the structure of the Parsha: link The Blessings and the Curses The Kedushas Levi (as prepared by R. Eliezer Kwass) reninds us that “today” means whenever a Jew performs a mitzvah: link R. Jonathan Sacks demonstrates why Judaism is based upon, sound, hearing and word as opposed to sight, seeing and image:...
