{"title":"Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Book Club Collection","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eEarly written works of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. See how Rabbi Sacks impacted modern Judaism, how his philosophy developed over the years, and what we can learn from these renowned works decades after they were first published.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"arguments-for-the-sake-of-heaven","title":"Arguments for the Sake of Heaven","description":"\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"current markeddown hide-on-edit js-desc js-show-with-desc\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRabbi Sacks Classics Library Project\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat is the future of the Jewish people? In Arguments for the Sake of Heaven, first published in 1991, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks explores the contemporary issues that influence Judaism and the controversies that affect its destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf the Jewish world is to be mended, Rabbi Sacks contends, Jews must move beyond sectional thinking and recognize alternatives within Judaism. The tradition of argument requires respect for positions with which one doesn’t agree; rabbinic texts imply more than one legitimate stance. It is in this spirit of healing that Jewish unity will be achieved, and “to see this is already to have begun the transition from Torah as the faith of some Jews to Torah as the constitution of the whole Jewish people.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Maggid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45454066188608,"sku":"9781592646210","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0229\/0080\/1614\/files\/Sacks_ArgumentsfortheSakeofHeaven2dforwebsite.jpg?v=1688042766"},{"product_id":"crisis-and-covenant","title":"Crisis and Covenant","description":"\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"current markeddown hide-on-edit js-desc js-show-with-desc\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRabbi Sacks Classics Library Project\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this pioneering study of Jewish thought, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eaddresses a crucial dilemma for Jews and Judaism today. The Holocaust\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand the birth of the State of Israel have combined to create a strong\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003econtemporary awareness of peoplehood – of Jews as sharing a common\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehistory, destiny and responsibility. But can there be peoplehood across\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe deep religious and cultural divisions that are the heritage of the Jewish\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eencounter with modernity?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCrisis and Covenant, first published in 1992, is essential reading, not\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eonly for students of Jewish thought and modern Jewish history, but for\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eall those concerned with the fate of religious traditions in a secular age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Maggid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45454080803136,"sku":"9781592646203","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0229\/0080\/1614\/files\/Sacks_CrisisandCovenant2Dforwebsite.jpg?v=1688043140"},{"product_id":"tradition-in-an-untraditional-age","title":"Tradition in an Untraditional Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eTradition in an Untraditional Age, first published in 1990, explores the\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003echallenges of secularization, assimilation and antisemitism, through analyses of thinkers including R. Samson Raphael Hirsch, R. Moses Sofer, R. Abraham Isaac Kook, R. Joseph Soloveitchik, Franz Rosenzweig and Martin Buber, as well as studies of topics including the Holocaust, Jewish-Christian dialogue, Jewish economic ethics and religious alienation and return. It also sets out an agenda for future Jewish thought. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maggid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45493767897408,"sku":"9781592646296","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0229\/0080\/1614\/files\/Sacks_TraditioninanUntraditionalAge2dforwebsite.jpg?v=1688476962"},{"product_id":"one-people","title":"One People?","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne People?, first published in 1993, examines ways of mending the schisms between Reform and Orthodox Judaism, between religious and secular Jews in Israel, and between Israel itself and the diaspora – all of which have been deepened by the fierce and continuing controversy over the question of “Who is a Jew?”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maggid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48194571764032,"sku":"9781592646265","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0229\/0080\/1614\/files\/Sacks_OnePeople2d.jpg?v=1712230217"},{"product_id":"will-we-have-jewish-grandchildren","title":"Will We Have Jewish Grandchildren?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Jewish people, having survived for thousands of years in the most adverse circumstances, including the Holocaust and horrific terrorist attacks, is today also threatened by intermarriage and assimilation. Jewish communities throughout the diaspora are experiencing demographic decline: Why has this happened, and can anything be done to reverse the trend? Times have changed and that, in consequence, communal priorities need to change also.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Will We Have Jewish Grandchildren?, Rabbi Sacks issues an inspiring summons to collective action to counteract the prevailing trend of assimilation and hand on the age-old faith and traditions to a new generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Maggid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49109017002304,"sku":"9781592646449","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0229\/0080\/1614\/files\/Sacks_WillWeHaveJewishGrandchildren2d.jpg?v=1718863945"},{"product_id":"community-of-faith","title":"Community of Faith","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Jewish faith is not mysterious. It is born neither in private experi­ences nor abstract theologies but in institutions: the Jewish home, the Jewish school and above all the Jewish community, the place where we assemble as a microcosm of an entire people in the presence of God. In this story of Jewish identity, the United Synagogue holds an honour­able place. It did so in the past. I pray that it does so long into the future.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e– Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eFor the 125th anniversary of the United Synagogue, during his time as Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks wrote \u003cem\u003eCommunity of Faith\u003c\/em\u003e, a penetrating evaluation of the role of the synagogue in Jewish life today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe book explores the choices faced by religious leadership in the modern world and the ways in which the synagogue embodies a living community of faith. It analyses the importance of morality and faith for Jewish individuals and the community, and suggests ways in which the synagogue can be renewed as a centre of meaning and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eIt examines one such community in particular, the group of British congregations known as the United Synagogue. At the heart of the United Synagogue is an idea – one which governed and inspired Jewish communities for many centuries but has proved difficult to sustain in the modern world. In this book, Rabbi Sacks describes the history and theology of this idea and shows why its importance extends far beyond the boundaries of Anglo-Jewry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Maggid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49546247766336,"sku":"9781592646272","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0229\/0080\/1614\/files\/Capturecover_Comm.ofFaith.jpg?v=1724239067"},{"product_id":"faith-in-the-future","title":"Faith in the Future","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e“There is such a thing as an ecology of hope, and it lies in restoring to our culture a sense of family, community and religious faith. The great question facing the liberal democracies of the West is whether it can be done. I believe it can, and that is the theme of many of the chapters in this book. These values never die, though occasionally – as now – they suffer an eclipse. If Judaism and the history of the Jewish people have a message for our time, it is surely this. Faith in the future changes lives and rebuilds the ruins of Jerusalem.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e– Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFaith in the Future\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eaddresses some of the major themes of our time: the fragmentation of our common culture, the breakdown of family and community life, the lack of moral direction and the waning of religious belief. Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks asks: How can we construct a humane social order that honors human dignity and difference, one in which we can be both true to ourselves and a blessing to others? In the turbulent state of the modern world, can we give those who come after us a coherent map of hope?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe four sections of the book lay out a plan for what Rabbi Sacks calls “an ecology of hope”: In “The Moral Covenant,” he touches on the broadest of issues: morality, the family and the importance of communities in the life of society. In “Living Together,” he asks how we can co-exist while remaining faithful to our distinctive identities and traditions. In “Holy Days,” he describes how Judaism lives out its beliefs, and in “Jewish Ethics and Spirituality,” he sketches some of Judaism’s leading themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFaith in the Future\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas first published in 1995, but the questions addressed are today more relevant than ever. All those concerned about the state of contemporary society, of any faith community or none, will find\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFaith in the Future\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eprofound, challenging and deeply moving.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maggid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49621643264320,"sku":"9781592646289","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0229\/0080\/1614\/files\/Capture_of_front_cover__FitF.jpg?v=1725447260"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0229\/0080\/1614\/collections\/6.png?v=1711013266","url":"https:\/\/korenpub.com\/en-gb\/collections\/rabbi-jonathon-sacks-book-club-collection.oembed","provider":"Koren Publishers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}