has been Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth since 1991. He is widely recognised as one of the world's leading contemporary exponents of Judaism. Prior to becoming Chief Rabbi, he was Principal of Jews' College, London, the world's oldest rabbinical seminary, as well as rabbi of the Golders Green and Marble Arch synagogues in London. Educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he obtained first class honours in Philosophy, he pursued postgraduate studies at New College, Oxford, and King’s College, London and held various appointments at universities such as that of Oxford, Edinburgh, and Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is currently Visiting Professor of Theology at Kings’ College London and holds honorary doctorates from Yeshiva University, New York University, Leeds Metropolitan University and the universities of Bar Ilan, Cambridge, Glasgow, Haifa, Middlesex, Liverpool, and St. Andrews. Rabbi Sacks received numerous awards and other tokens of recognition, and he was awarded a Knighthood in 2005. A notably gifted communicator, the Chief Rabbi is a frequent contributor to radio, television and the national press. He is the author of a number of books, including The Politics of Hope (1997) and The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations (2002). His own website: chiefrabbi.org. [040609]