Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: „The hate that begins with Jews never ends with Jews“ – The UK’s former chief rabbi addresses morality, Israel and Labour’s anti-Semitism problem. | Newstatesman

How does one lead a good life? For decades, as chief rabbi from 1991 until 2013, and as one of the UK’s foremost public intellectuals, Jonathan Sacks has been preoccupied with this question. “There comes a point when you realise that we have gridlock,” he explained when we met recently at his home in Golders Green. “The problems are simply exceeding our capacity to deal with them. And at a moment like this you’ve got to step back”.