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“The Jewish festival of freedom is the oldest continuously observed religious ritual in the world. Across the centuries, Passover has never lost its power to inspire the imagination of successive generations of Jews with its annually re-enacted drama of slavery and liberation.”

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Jonathan Sacks

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

“Yom HaShoah is a vital day in the Jewish calendar, providing us with a focal point for our remembrance. We cannot bring the dead back to life, but we can bring their memory back to life and ensure they are not forgotten. We can undertake in our lives to do what they were so cruelly prevented from doing in theirs.”

Memories Our Lives Forgotten Providing Remembrance Calendars Focal Point

Author:Jonathan Sacks

“In an ecology of love, people can relate in trust and face the future without fear. They do not need to play it safe. They can take uncertainty in their stride.”

People Needs Play Faces Safe Relate Uncertainty Ecology Stride

Author:Jonathan Sacks

“We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty.”

Reason Faces Purpose Dies Born Existence Emotional Creatures Cures Uncertainty Excess Helplessness Transcendent Insignificance Hopes And Fears

Author:Jonathan Sacks

“What creates freedom? A revolution in the streets? Mass protest? Civil war? A change of government? The ousting of the old guard and its replacement by the new? History, more often than not, shows that hopes raised by such events are often dashed, sooner rather than later.”

War Shows Government Streets Events Revolution Mass Raised Civil War Protest Replacements

Author:Jonathan Sacks