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“Jews survived all the defeats, expulsions, persecutions and pogroms, the centuries in which they were regarded as a pariah people, even the Holocaust itself, because they never gave up the faith that one day they would be free to live as Jews without fear.”

Quote by Jonathan Sacks

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Rabbi, British writer and thinker, former Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom. Rabbi Sacks is known for his profound religious and philosophical thinking and his insight into contemporary social issues. more

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