Covenant & Continuity in memory of David Gallick z”l
Information
Start Date: 09 September 2026
Day: Wednesday
19:00-19:45 UK time
Online
With Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum, Rabbi Gideon Sylvester, Ilana Stein, Gila Sacks, Daniel Taub
Book here for Covenant & Continuity live in Mill Hill (click the in person box).
Weekly classes on Wednesday night
Join leading teachers from around the world – all students of Rabbi Sacks – as they share relevant, engaging and meaningful Torah ideas that speak to the world we live in today.
7 October, Bereshit: Does Israel belong to the Jews? An ancient political debate, with Former Ambassador Daniel Taub
14 October, Noach: The Lost Art of Conservation, with Ilana Stein
21 October, Lech Lecha: The Rewards and Sacrifices of Aliyah, with Rabbi Gideon Sylvester
Further classes with Rabbanit Rachel Weber Leshaw, Rabbanit Karen Miller Jackson, Michael Rainsbury & Dr Tanya White
First ever Covenant & Continuity live event celebrating 5 years of this series!
Gila Sacks and Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum will hold a unique conversation entitled 'Am I My Brother's Keeper? The birth of morality in Genesis'. This event will take place days before the 6th yahrzeit of Rabbi Sacks and is dedicated in memory of David Gallick z'l.
Date: Wednesday 28 October
Location: Mill Hill Synagogue and online
In-person registration: Click the relevant button on this page:
Online registration: If you are signed up for the course, you are automatically signed up for this event and will receive the link as usual.
Covenant & Continuity continues every week until 14 April; then from 5 May - 28 July.
11:00 AM PT | 2:00 PM ET | 8:00 PM CET | 9:00 PM Israel
Dean and Rabbi Sacks Chair of Modern Jewish Thought
t: raphael.zarum@lsjs.ac.uk
Dean of LSJS and the Rabbi Sacks Chair of Modern Jewish Thought, established by the Zandan family. He is an international lecturer, rabbinic leader, academic and author with a passion for teaching traditional Jewish texts and innovative educational programming. Please click here for Biography, Recordings, Writings, News and Events.
Rabbi Gideon Sylvester is the British United Synagogue's rabbi in Israel.
The British United Synagogue's rabbi in Israel and a Sacks Scholar. He teaches gap year students, secular Israelis following their army service and guides Jewish heritage trips to Poland. He is currently writing his doctorate at Bar Ilan University
With degrees in Nature Conservation and English, Ilana combines both in her work as a writer for conservation and ecotourism entities in southern Africa.
When not out in the bushveld, Ilana teaches Tanach and Environmental topics at the Academy of Jewish Thought and Learning in Johannesburg and Cape Town; she is also its Head of Faculty and Education. The Academy is connected to the London School of Jewish Studies and is a vibrant, modern-orthodox programme for Jewish thought, scholarship and education that has set out to inspire the South African Jewish community with a lifelong love of Jewish learning.
Ilana honed her skills in the study of Tanach at Nishmat in Jerusalem, and connecting with some of the great Tanach educators of today at Michlelet Herzog in Gush Etzion. She holds Master’s degree in Jewish Education online with LSJS.
Gila Sacks is a senior civil servant in the UK Government, currently Director of Medicines in the Department for Health and Social Care. She is the youngest daughter of Rabbi Sacks.
Israeli diplomat and international lawyer. He served as Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom and as Director of Strategy and Planning of the Yad Hanadiv (Rothschild) foundation.