{"id":59998,"date":"2026-06-10T09:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/wounded-amazing-race-star-brings-rabbi-sacks-message-to-israeli-students\/10\/06\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T09:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:54:09","slug":"wounded-amazing-race-star-brings-rabbi-sacks-message-to-israeli-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/wounded-amazing-race-star-brings-rabbi-sacks-message-to-israeli-students\/10\/06\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Wounded &#8216;Amazing Race&#8217; star brings Rabbi Sacks\u2019 message to Israeli students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">President Isaac Herzog praised Liheyot Ye\u2019udi at the President\u2019s Residence, calling on students to continue spreading Rabbi Sacks\u2019 teachings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Liheyot Ye\u2019udi, an educational program inspired by the teachings of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/judaism\/article-856705\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks<\/a>, has completed its second year after reaching 70,000 students across Israel, organizers said this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The initiative, run by The Rabbi Sacks Legacy and coordinated by Sulamot, works with students in Israel\u2019s state and state-religious school systems. It aims to help young Israelis see themselves as leaders, moral voices, and people capable of responding to the country\u2019s social challenges with responsibility and action.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Omri Rozenblit, a former contestant on *The Amazing Race Israel* who was wounded while fighting in Gaza, speaks to students at the Liheyot Ye\u2019udi year-end event about identity, values, and resilience. (credit: Courtesy)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The year-end event brought together students, educators, public figures, and Israeli content creators who have been involved in the program. It included appearances by Itay and Omri Rozenblit, former contestants on &#8220;The Amazing Race Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Omri Rozenblit, who was wounded while fighting in Gaza and lost a leg, told the students that identity is shaped by values rather than by physical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYou are who you define yourselves to be. You are the size of your values,\u201d he said. \u201cI was wounded in the war and lost a leg. Perhaps I am defined as disabled, but as far as I am concerned, I am not disabled. I remind myself that this is only body and flesh. I am my ideals. I am Israeli, Jewish, a fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Dylen Dror: Doing good begins with a small decision<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Digital influencer Dylen Dror, who has helped create content for Liheyot Ye\u2019udi over the past two years, said the program changed the way he thinks about doing good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe most meaningful thing I learned is that doing good does not begin only with a big project,\u201d Dror said. \u201cIt begins with a small decision: to notice, to listen, to help, to choose, and to see the other. Rabbi Sacks said that every person has a unique voice and a role in the world, and that idea spoke to me as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The day concluded with a tribute at the President\u2019s Residence, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/isaac-herzog\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:President Isaac Herzog;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;President Isaac Herzog&quot;}\" class=\"link \">President Isaac Herzog<\/a> praised the initiative and the students participating in it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe live in a world filled with worry and anxiety,\u201d Herzog said. \u201cAnd what can the solution be? When we read Rabbi Sacks, we feel calmer. There is something deeply logical there, something that explains where you are and where you are going. I commend this initiative to spread the teachings of Rabbi Sacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Turning to the students, Herzog added: \u201cContinue to spread Rabbi Sacks\u2019 teachings. They are important, and they will accompany you always.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Rabbi Sacks\u2019 teachings as an answer to polarization<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nadiva Koschitzky Sheer, representing the Koschitzky family, which supports the project, said Rabbi Sacks\u2019 teachings were especially relevant at a time of polarization in Israeli society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cRabbi Sacks taught us that disagreement is not a threat to our unity, but the foundation of Judaism, of a strong democracy, and of a healthy society,\u201d she said. \u201cYou, the young participants in this program, are the best antidote to the polarization and division in Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Daniel Taub, chair of The Rabbi Sacks Legacy in Israel and a former Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, said the project was part of a broader effort to bring Rabbi Sacks\u2019 ideas into Israeli homes and classrooms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cA year ago, when we met with the President, he set us a challenge: that Rabbi Sacks should be in every home in Israel,\u201d Taub said. \u201cThis year, too, the Liheyot Ye\u2019udi program reached 70,000 students across Israel, in both the state and state-religious school systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rabbi Sacks, who served as chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, became one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of his generation, writing widely on morality, identity, responsibility, and Jewish leadership. Since his death in 2020, his family and students have worked to expand access to his teachings in Israel and around the Jewish world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Liheyot Ye\u2019udi has become one of the main Israeli educational frameworks carrying that legacy into classrooms, with students using Rabbi Sacks\u2019 writings as a basis for discussion, personal reflection, and social action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/us\/articles\/wounded-amazing-race-star-brings-133448276.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Isaac Herzog praised Liheyot Ye&rsquo;udi at the President&rsquo;s Residence, calling on students to continue spreading Rabbi Sacks&rsquo; teachings. 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