Another Way, Another Time Religious Inclusivism and the Sacks Chief Rabbinate [Paperback]

British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks  now Baron Sacks of Aldgate in the City of London  launched his tenure of office in 1991 with the aim of an inclusivist Decade of Jewish Renewal. Within a few years, fulfilling his installation prediction that I will have failures, but I will try again, another way, another time, he was attracting calls, from opponents and supporters, for his resignation and the abolition of his office. Reviewing Sacks early writings and pronouncements on the theme of inclusivism, Another Way, Another Time demonstrates how, repeatedly, the Chief Rabbi said irreconcilable things to different audiences and how, in the process, he induced his kingmaker and foremost patron, Lord (Stanley) Kalms, to declare of Anglo-Jewry: We are in a time warp, and fast becoming an irrelevance in terms of world Jewry. Citing support from a variety of sources, this study contends that the Chief Rabbinate has indeed reached the end of the road and explores other paths to the leadership of a pluralistic  and, ideally, inclusivist  community.Foreword, by Geoffrey Alderman xi, Preface xv, 1. With Open Arms 1, 2. Beyond the Limits 33, 3. Leading by Example 45, 4. The Culture of Contempt 67, 5. The Search for Survival 91, 6. The Stanmore Accords 125, Interlude. From First to Second 145, 7. The Indignity of Difference 167, 8. The Crucible of Judaism 187, 9. The Dynamic of Renewal 221, 10. Rites and Wrongs 237, 11. The Stanmore Discords 257, 12. The Mirage of Unity 281, 13. The Pull of Pluralism 293, Notes 317, Bibliography 359 Another Way, Another Time is the first full-scale study of the Sacks chief rabbinate, and the picture presented is devastating. With the aid of copious original sources such as newspapers, correspondence and interviews, British historian and veteran journalist Meir Persoff shows how Sacks's top priority has been staying in the good graces of the Haredi, or strictly Orthodox, faction, whose high birthrate has made it the fastest-growing componl£z