Rab­bi Lord Jonathan Sacks (1948−2020) was the award-win­ning author of more than two dozen books. He was heard reg­u­lar­ly on the BBC, and received inter­na­tion­al awards and hon­orary degrees from uni­ver­si­ties around the world. From 1991 to 2013 he served as Chief Rab­bi of the Unit­ed Hebrew Con­gre­ga­tions of the Com­mon­wealth. In 2009 he was made a Life Peer and took his seat in the House of Lords. Rab­bi Sacks divid­ed his time between Great Britain and the Unit­ed States, and lec­tured through­out the world.