Jonathan Sacks, former chief rabbi, dies aged 72
by Harriet Sherwood Religious affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5A34H)
Regular broadcasts on BBC Radio 4's Today programme brought his views to a wide audience
Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi who reached beyond the UK Jewish community to the wider public, has died of cancer at the age of 72.
His death on Saturday morning was announced on his Twitter feed after the end of Shabbat, the Jewish sabbath. Orthodox Jews do not use the internet or phones during the 24 hours between sunset on Friday and sunset on Saturday.
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