{"id":25268,"date":"2015-02-20T12:15:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T17:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=25268"},"modified":"2015-02-20T12:41:25","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T17:41:25","slug":"february-20-2015-rabbi-jonathan-sacks-science-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/02\/20\/february-20-2015-rabbi-jonathan-sacks-science-religion\/25268\/","title":{"rendered":" A Conversation with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:0.9em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/02\/13\/february-15-2015-rabbi-jonathan-sacks\/25218\/\">Click here for our February 13th video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the second of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/02\/13\/february-15-2015-rabbi-jonathan-sacks\/25218\/\">two-part discussion<\/a>, the retired British chief rabbi shares his thoughts on science and religion, belief in God,\u00a0hope and optimism, and\u00a0the capacity of Judaism, a religion of deeds, to make the world better.<\/p>\n<p>Also, in this web-only video, watch Rabbi Sacks speak about how he was influenced to become a Jewish leader by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/08\/29\/august-29-2014-rabbi-schneerson-legacy\/23964\/\">Rabbi Menachem Schneerson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1VntwB082hk&amp;w=560&amp;h=315]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Religion and science are two quite different things and we need them both. 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