Jonathan Sacks
Rabbi, philosopher and author
Jonathan Sacks was an English Orthodox rabbi, philosopher and author. He was Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth's United Hebrew Congregations from 1991 to 2013.
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British Born 1948 in Lambeth, United Kingdom Died 2020
About Jonathan Sacks
Jonathan Sacks was born in London in 1948. He led the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth as Chief Rabbi for 22 years, and was knighted in 2005. In 2009 he became a life peer and took his seat in the House of Lords. After leaving the post of Chief Rabbi, he held professorships at New York University, Yeshiva University and King's College London. He also kept up a busy schedule of travel, speaking and writing. In 2016 he won the Templeton Prize, which honors work affirming life's spiritual dimension. His book Morality came out in 2020 and reached the top ten of the Sunday Times bestseller list. Sacks died on 7 November 2020, at the age of 72.