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As the Catholic half of a Judeo-Christian interfaith couple, I learned a lot about Passover from my late mother-in-law because Passover s themes held great significance for her. As an educator and a feminist, she taught me that anyone can find relevance in this historically rich tale about liberation and equality. In her memory and against the backdrop of civil unrest and the pandemic this year, for us, the Seder will illustrate that hope prevails and freedom should be cherished.
Passover is a Jewish holiday that honors the freedom and exodus of the Israelites (Jewish slaves) from Egypt during the reign of the Pharaoh Ramses II. Before the ancient Jews fled Egypt, their firstborn children were passed over and spared from death, thus dubbing the holiday Passover.
2020 National Jewish Book Awards
February 5, 2021
(JTA) - The final book published by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks before he died in November is the Jewish Book Council s top book for 2020. Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times, published in the United States in September, was awarded the Everett Family Foundation Book of the Year when the Jewish Book Council announced its 2020 National Jewish Book Awards on Wednesday.
Sacks shared his vision for a moral future - one that he said would include an end to cancel culture, changes in Israeli policy and more encounters with people who hold different views - in an interview with the J.
Jewish Ledger
Book of the Year awarded to Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for Morality
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Jewish Book Council announced the winners of the 2020 National Jewish Book Awards, now in its 70th year. The winners include
Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z”l, which was named the Everett Family Foundation Book of the Year. Rabbi Sacks’s final book draws on his own experiences, as well as texts by Jewish philosophers and scholars, to illustrate the importance of changing our world by shifting our focus to the collective good. This book will help ground Sacks’s legacy as one of the great Jewish thinkers of the 21st century.
(JTA) The final book published by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks before he died in November is the Jewish Book Council’s top book for 2020.
“Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times,” published in the United States in September, was awarded the Everett Family Foundation Book of the Year when the Jewish Book Council announced its 2020 National Jewish Book Awards on Wednesday.
Sacks shared his vision for a moral future one that he said would include an end to “cancel culture,” changes in Israeli policy and more encounters with people who hold different views in an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency last summer.
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