Sacks Center Articles

 

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  • Talk: Values In Conflict: Happiness Vs Meaning 

    Lebowitz, Aryeh; Brown, Erica; Ben-Shahar, Tal (Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership, Yeshiva University, 2022-12-07)
    What happens when the desire for happiness conflicts with a life of meaning? Professor Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar, expert in positive psychology who has taught one of Harvard's largest classes, states that his purpose "is to ...

  • Freedom and the Flames of Faith: A Tribute to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, zt”l 

    Lerner, Dov (yutorah.org, 2020)
    Writing for YU Chanukah To-Go, Straus Center Resident Scholar Rabbi Dov Lerner makes the case for Chanukah as a celebration of, in the words of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, "personal responsibility for the moral-spiritual order."

  • Faith as Protest: Remembering Rabbi Jonathan Sacks zt”l 

    Gelman, Samuel (NY, New York: Yeshiva University, 2021-10-28)
    The blog post reviews the legacy of chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, zt"l.

  • Remembering Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt"l: 5782 

    Lerner, Dov (The Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, 2021-10-28)
    Rabbi Dov Lerner discusses the legacy of the late and much revered Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.

  • What gentiles can learn from Lord Sacks 

    Soloveichik, Meir (Almar Latour, 2020-11-13)
    Writing for The Wall Street Journal, Straus Center Director Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik focuses on the late Rabbi Sacks' impact outside the Jewish community.

  • Lessons in spiritual mentorship: A personal reflection on the legacy of Rabbi Lord Sacks z”l. 

    Halpern, Stuart (Yeshiva University, 2020-11-17)
    Rabbi Stu Halpern reflects on his spiritual mentorship with the late Rabbi Sacks during the latter's tenure as a visiting professor at Yeshiva University.

  • Memories of Rabbi Sacks, zt”l . 

    Halpern, Stuart (The Jewish Link of New Jersey (JLNJ), 2020-11-12)
    Rabbi Stuart Halpern reflects on Rabbi Sacks’ remarkable ability to balance his elder sageness with his youthfully enthusiastic desire to maximize each and every day of his life.