Faith After 7 October

03/04/2026
59 mins
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Rabbi Sacks wrote that prayer “gives us the words when there are no words” and “sacred space to the tears that otherwise would have nowhere to go”. Dr Erica Brown, founding director of Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Center, joins Sally Berkovic online from New York to discuss Morning Has Broken: Faith After October 7th, weaving personal reflection and Jewish texts on faith, unity, pain and hope.

About the speakers

Erica Brown

Dr. Erica Brown is the Vice Provost for Values and Leadership at Yeshiva University and the founding director of its Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks–Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership. She has written or co-authored fifteen books on the Hebrew Bible, spirituality, and leadership. She currently serves as a community scholar for Congregation Etz Chaim in […]

Sally Berkovic

Sally Berkovic is the author of Under My Hat, examining the challenges to Orthodoxy by the increased engagement of women in Talmud study, ritual life and religious leadership, and Death Duties, an account of her involvement on the Chevra Kadisha, the Jewish burial society. She is the CEO of the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe.

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Faith After 7 October

03/04/2026
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59 mins

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Erica Brown

Dr. Erica Brown is the Vice Provost for Values and Leadership at Yeshiva University and the founding director of its Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks–Herenstein...

Sally Berkovic

Sally Berkovic is the author of Under My Hat, examining the challenges to Orthodoxy by the increased engagement of women in Talmud study, ritual...