Future Tense: A Vision for Jews and Judaism in the Global Culture

By Jonathan Sacks, Baron Sacks

Categories: Politics & Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality

In Future Tense (2009), Rabbi Jonathan Sacks reflects on the state of Jewish life at the start of the twenty-first century, including the rise of a new antisemitism and the place of Israel in the world. Sacks argues that Jews have too often defined themselves by fear and isolation. He calls on them to turn instead toward engagement with the wider world, drawing on Judaism's ideas of covenant, responsibility and hope to contribute to the global culture of the century ahead.