Celebrating Life

Finding Happiness in Unexpected Places

Sir Jonathan Sacks

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Bloomsbury Continuum
21 October 2025

Religion: general

Following the painful loss of his father, former Chief Rabbi Sacks began to learn how to celebrate life in a new way.

Based, in part, on Rabbi Sacks’s collection of columns in the UK's Times newspaper, Celebrating Life is a series of reflections on subjects such as morality, friendship, listening to others and giving thanks. It also talks about topics such as being a parent, finding and losing one’s faith and most of all, finding happiness. In Celebrating Life, Rabbi Sacks discovers where happiness lives, often in unexpected places, through family, community, friendship and responsibilities. He also finds it through a renewed relationship with God who spoke to his deepest needs.

But this redesigned and reissued edition has something for everyone, for people of all faiths and none. It shows us how to be human and, in becoming so, how we can touch the divine.

By: Sir Jonathan Sacks
Imprint: Bloomsbury Continuum
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 151g
ISBN: 9781399420723
ISBN 10: 1399420720
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 21 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks was Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Britain and the Commonwealth. He was the author of numerous books, including From Optimism to Hope, The Persistence of Faith and The Dignity of Difference, for which he won a Grawemeyer Award in Religion.

Reviews for Celebrating Life: Finding Happiness in Unexpected Places

These paperback editions of his timeless works celebrate his legacy for today. With stunning new covers and forewords by brilliant writers from around the world, they are perfect for anyone wishing to reacquaint themselves with Rabbi Sacks’ writing, and for introducing a new generation to his evergreen wisdom. * Jewish News *