Jonathan Sacks

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Jonathan Sacks was a prominent British rabbi, philosopher, and public intellectual who served as Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth and wrote extensively on ethics, religion, and modern society.

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instanceOf author
human
philosopher
public intellectual
rabbi
religious leader
theologian
appointedBy Liberal Judaism (UK)
surface form: United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth
awardReceived Grawemeyer Award in Religion
Jerusalem Prize
Templeton Prize
birthDate 1948-03-08
causeOfDeath cancer
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
deathDate 2020-11-07
educatedAt Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
King’s College London
surface form: King's College London

New College, Oxford
endTime 2013
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
familyName Sacks
fieldOfWork Jewish philosophy
ethics
political philosophy
theology
fullName Jonathan Sacks self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jonathan Henry Sacks
genre non-fiction
religious literature
givenName Jonathan
honorificPrefix Baron
Lord
Rabbi
languageOfWorkOrName English
Hebrew
memberOf House of Lords
movement Modern Orthodox Judaism
nobleTitle Baron Sacks
notableWork Covenant and Conversation
The Dignity of Difference
The Great Partnership
To Heal a Fractured World
occupation broadcaster
philosopher
rabbi
university teacher
writer
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld Jonathan Sacks self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth
religion Judaism
startTime 1991

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Jonathan Sacks fullName Jonathan Sacks self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jonathan Henry Sacks
Templeton Prize notableRecipient Jonathan Sacks
Jonathan Sacks positionHeld Jonathan Sacks self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth