Dr. Erica Brown, director of the newly established Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Heart for Values and Management, introduced Yeshiva College’s Sacks Ebook Prize on Jan. 28. The prize, awarded yearly, shall be value $50,000, and shall be awarded to the guide’s writer together with further assist from the middle in distribution, advertising and promotion.
In accordance with the prize’s web site, the award shall be introduced for a nonfiction guide that contributes to the canon of contemporary Jewish thought. The prize will assist to boost consciousness relating to essential issues of latest Jewish society and the intersection of religion and modernity, which have been a few of the fundamental targets of Rabbi Sacks’ literature. The prize shall be awarded to 1 writer however two different finalists shall be named as well as as honorable mentions.
The prize is funded by the Rhor household and shall be distributed to an writer who has printed — or will publish — a guide of Jewish thought inside six months of submission. The standard and Jewish content material shall be reviewed by the judges as properly.
The winner and two finalists shall be chosen by a closed committee of six judges who shall be working with The Rabbi Sacks Legacy Belief, a company based mostly in the UK devoted to making sure the perpetuation of Rabbi Sacks’ teachings. Woman Elaine Sacks will sit on the board as one of many judges.
This prize has been established to carry forth and supply encouragement to Jewish guide writers of the approaching generations and contribute to the trendy Jewish bookshelf.
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks was Chief Rabbi of the UK from 1991-2013. He was a visiting professor at YU in 2013.
The Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Heart for Values and Management is a recently-established division in Yeshiva College devoted in reminiscence of Rabbi Sacks and his teachings of philosophy, theology and politics.
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Picture Caption: Rabbi Sacks and Sen. Lieberman at an occasion hosted by the Heart for the Jewish Future in Mar. 2015
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