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October 26, 2021

Defending Jonathan Sacks’s Theology of the Stranger from His Orthodox Critics

The Talmud understands “love the stranger” to mean “love the convert.” Does it also apply to other strangers?

Throughout his many works, the late British chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks emphasized the importance of the biblical commandment to “love the stranger”—which appears 36 times in the Torah, often coupled with a reminder that “you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” Sacks put it thus:

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October 26, 2021

  1. It’s Past Time for Europe to Take Action against Hizballah

    It has over 1,000 operatives in Germany alone.

  2. An Environmental Group Refused to Join a Protest So Long as Jewish Organizations Were Participating

    “Statehood and sovereignty” for everyone but Jews.

  3. The U.S. Should Seize the Opportunity to Reform the UN Human Rights Council

    And make good on its promise.

  4. The Jewish Naval Hero Who Donated New York’s Banished Thomas Jefferson Statue

    Uriah P. Levy, lover of religious liberty.

  5. Defending Jonathan Sacks’s Theology of the Stranger from His Orthodox Critics

    The Talmud understands “love the stranger” to mean “love the convert.” Does it also apply to other strangers?