PODCAST: Rabbi Sacks on the Joys and Dangers of Leadership

TRADITION is pleased to share this recording of a talk by Dr. Erica Brown delivered through Yeshiva University’sSacks-Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership, commemorating the recent 5th yahrzeit of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Brown speaks about her contribution toTRADITION’s special issue on the Intellectual Legacy of Rabbi Sacks, titled “Staying Alive: The Dangers of Leadership” (open access at TraditionOnline.org).

The essay examines the theme of leadership in a variety of R. Sacks’ works, exploring both his methodology and how to situate his thinking within the broader academic discipline of leadership. R. Sacks focused on how to inspire and motivate lay and professional leaders within the Jewish community. To that end, he distilled his wisdom into seven principles of leadership, which reflected the leadership dilemmas and crises he faced and during his own tenure as Chief Rabbi.

Dr. Erica Brown, consulting editor atTRADITION, serves as a Vice Provost at Yeshiva University and is the founding director of its Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership.

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Learn more about the special issue dedicated to Rabbi Sacks’ Intellectual Legacy, and order your copy (print or for Kindle).

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