Lord Jonathan Sacks, a former chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, died Saturday at 72. When I first heard the news, my mind went to one of the least Jewish places in the world: the Vatican.
In 2014 we joined other faith leaders and theologians at a Holy See-sponsored conference on the institution of the family. Sacks's spellbinding speech combined science, sociology and the Bible - all analyzed with the eloquence that made him famous. "The family," he told the audience, "man, woman, and child, is not one lifestyle choice among many. It is the best means we have yet discovered for nurturing future generations and enabling children to grow in a matrix of stability and love."
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