According to JonathanSacks of Examiner.com , "Stamp collecting has surged in popularity in recent months, with eBay reporting a 30% increase in stamp sales and Britain's Royal Philatelic Society claiming a significant rise in membership." Jonathan goes on to pen, "This rise in popularity is also bringing celebrity stamp collectors out of the woodwork. One of these...
In Britain, Catholic Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor has turned down an invitation to become the first Catholic bishop to sit in the House of Lords. Prime Minister Gordon Brown hopes to appoint leaders of the major faiths to sit in the House of Lords along with the Church of England's 26 lords spiritual. Earlier this year, England's chief rabbi, Dr. JonathanSacks was ennobled and now...
... otherwise I might have choked (and there is nothing in my estate). A good reading came from JonathanSacks, that a crisis is also a birth: a time we've had when we knew the price of everything and the value of nothing might be corrected thanks to the crisis. I wonder.
London – Britain’s chief rabbi has called for a Sabbath devoted to the environment ahead of the climate talks due to be held next week in Copenhagen. JonathanSacks says he wants the Sabbath beginning Friday night to be focused on environmental issues and has asked Jews across the U.K. to pray for sustainable habits of [...]
... by R Yitzchak Adlerstein, explores the messages that Yaakov Avinu sent to Esau: link R Sir JonathanSacks explains why the Torah tells us that Yaakov Avinu wrestled with the Angel of Esau: link Click here to read more R Yissocher Frand reminds us that the battle with the angel of Esau takes on new dimensions in every generation: link R Berel Wein explains why Yaakov Avinu required...
... boring, even for scientists. Birth rates. “Europe is dying,” complained England’s chief rabbi Sir JonathanSacks at a religious conference earlier this month. “Europe today is the most secular region in the world … the only region in the world experiencing population decline. Wherever you turn today the more religious the community, the larger on average are their families.” Sacks’...