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Natan Sharansky appointed to chair Rabbi Sacks Legacy
The Soviet refusenik said the late chief rabbi was a ‘moral lighthouse’
September 6, 2024 13:35
The Soviet refusenik said the late chief rabbi was a ‘moral lighthouse’
September 6, 2024 13:35Former Soviet dissident and Israeli politician Natan Sharansky has been appointed to lead a body safeguarding the memory and teachings of Britain’s late Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks.
Speaking at the Moise Safra Center in New York, the former head of the Jewish Agency said he was honoured to take up the chairmanship of the Rabbi Sacks Legacy’s global advisory board.
Sharansky said: “We feel Rabbi Sacks’ loss keenly, but are also grateful that he left us his precious words, words that even when we reread them more than 20 years after they were written, carry his gift of opening the fullness of our own existence to us, of inviting us to be everything that we can be.”
He added: “Rabbi Sacks was a moral lighthouse, and his light is needed more than ever in these dark times. That's why I have chosen to accept the chairmanship of the Rabbi Sacks Legacy’s global advisory board to ensure his timeless teachings on Jewish identity, personal responsibility and the fight against antisemitism reach every corner of the world.”
