Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Rabbi Andrew Sacks (l) and a colleague, Rabbi Menachem Creditor, scholar in residence at UJA-Federation New York, in Jerusalem in the summer of 2023. "He was a very, very good man who fought with his entire being on behalf of others, calling for us to be our very best selves and to love with all our strength," Creditor wrote on Facebook.
(JTA) - When I think of my friend and spiritual advisor Andy Sacks, I think of the words of the late civil rights icon, Rep. John Lewis, who urged his followers to "get into good trouble."
As the longtime director of the Rabbinical Assembly in Israel, Rabbi Sacks headed the Conservative movement's Bureau for Religious Affairs. In more than 28 years in that role he fought tirelessly for the right of non-Orthodox rabbis and congregations in Israel to operate on a level playing field with Israel's state-supported Orthodox rabbinate.
Sacks, 70, who died June 28 after battling cancer for several ye...
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