Rabbi Jonathan Sacks - Interfaith Relations & Abrahamic Reconciliation

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, a world renowned Jewish scholar and contemporary thinker, discusses the need for interfaith relations. He talks about Abraham, one of the most influential leaders of all time, who is also the center figure for Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. He talks about Muslims, Christians, and Jews are all brothers and sisters and although there has been a great deal of conflict between the three, now is the time for reconciliation. He describes this conflict as a "sibling rivalry" and relates it to the book of Genesis. There are four stories of sibling rivalry in the book of Genesis that all result in reconciliation and forgiveness. Sacks see these stories as foreshadowing for the 21st century, he believes that now if the time for reconciliation and forgiveness.