How Rabbi Sacks's Message Lives On

In Nov. 2020, I came across a minor story on an inside page of an Israeli newspaper, reporting that Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom "and one of the most important thinkers of our time," had passed away. I had never come across his name before, so I thought that suggesting this Rabbi Sacks was one of the most "important thinkers" was just another instance of media exaggeration. But as the day went on, I saw that many friends from the United Kingdom and the United States were posting on social media about the sorrow they felt at this loss, and about how deeply Rabbi Sacks had affected their lives.