Rabbi Sacks at the Jewish Federations of North America's General Assembly

The Office of Rabbi Sacks

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 601 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2016

⏱️ 17 minutes

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On Sunday 13th November 2016, Rabbi Sacks delivered the opening plenary keynote address at the Jewish Federations of North America's annual General Assembly in Washington DC. His speech focused on the concept of a Jewish journey, what it has meant throughout history and why it remains so important today with everything else going on in the world. The introductory remarks in this video are from Cynthia and David Shapira, the co-chairs of the 2016 JFNA GA.

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0:00.0	The GA is an invaluable opportunity for all of us to get together, share our thoughts,
0:07.0	share our experiences, share our communities, and hopefully to move down the Jewish journey
0:14.0	together.
0:15.0	And we can't think of anyone more inspiring than our next speaker.
0:20.0	An internationally acclaimed
0:21.6	Judaic scholar and authority, a thought leader, an award-winning author, and truly a
0:28.6	major personal inspiration for us. So ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage,
0:35.6	Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.
0:37.6	Yeah?
0:43.5	Wow, you were terrific.
0:48.9	Oh, wow.
0:50.1	Wow.
0:50.2	Wow. This would almost make me think that the standing ovation is for us. Friends, thank you for leaving your notes.
1:21.2	I just think I'll forget my speech and say their last one again.
1:25.6	Beloved friends, it's so great to be with you.
1:30.8	And on behalf of all of us,
1:33.6	I would like to express our thanks to the driving spirit
1:37.9	and CEO of JFNA, Jerry Silverman.
1:43.8	Thank you. of JFNA, Jerry Silverman.
1:49.0	An enormous vote of thanks to the chairman of the Board of Trustees, Richard Sandler.
1:59.0	And I want to say to these wonderful, incredible co-chairs of this GA, Cynthia and David Shapira,
2:06.6	forget about me inspiring you.
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