Gordon Brown employs chief Rabbi
Sacks´
daughter as "special advisor"
"She will provide advice to
the Chancellor on policy priorities"
Hugo Rifkind son of Jewish ex Conservative MP and Minister
Sir Malcolm Rifkind, and hob-knobber of the stars, author of a
novel, Overexposure, writes in Times Online, February 16, 2007:
Gila Sacks, the daughter of Sir Jonathan Sacks, the Chief
Rabbi, has landed a job with Gordon Brown, The Jewish Chronicle
reports. Apparently, he and Sir Jonathan are close friends.
Doesn’t Gordon have the most surprising friends?
The stunningly beautiful, raven haired, doe eyed, slim,
academically gifted, Jewish princess Gila Sacks (born 1983)
married Elliott Goldstein in October 2004 and now joins
Gordon Brown's 10 other advisers at No. 11 after having been a
Director of Strategy and development for the UJIA, the United Jewish
Israel Appeal, a Jewish charity with strong links to Israel. Gila's
talented husband is an investment manager in the hotel, cosmeceutical
(sic) and insurance industries.
The Daily Mail (16 februari 2007):
Gordon Brown today appointed the Chief Rabbi's daughter
to his army of aides as he stepped up preparations to take over
the reins of No 10.
Gila Sacks, the daughter of Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, will
join the Chancellor's team of advisers responsible for developing
policy across Whitehall.
[...]
Ms Sacks, 24, joins the council of economic advisers led by Dan
Corrie and which includes Shriti Vadera, Gavin Kelly and Michael
Jacobs.
The Chief Rabbi is close to Gordon Brown and has said his
relationship with the Chancellor is one of his "loveliest
friendships".
The Treasury rejected suggestions of cronyism and said Ms Sacks
had been appointed because of her experience in strategic
development. Before the Treasury she was director of strategy for
a Jewish charity.
A Treasury spokesman said: "She will provide advice to the
Chancellor on policy priorities. She will also contribute to the
policy debate and work with others across Whitehall on developing
policy for government, specifically in the Chancellor's
areas."
Gordon Brown, said of her father Rabbi Jonathan Sacks,
May
2003:
The Chief Rabbi is not just a distinguished scholar but a
distinguished spiritual leader and a globally respected ambassador
for the Jewish community here in Britain. He is respected in every
continent because he has done more than anyone in Britain today to
focus our attention on the needs and challenges of community in
the global world.
Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks
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Gila has with Paul Turner published Avodah (2003) for
Limmud ( a Jewish charity for the study of the Torah of which
her husband is the Chairman). A study guide for Chavruta learning on
the theme of Avodah, meaning service, slavery, worship and
work.
The four sections are: (1) Slavery - In which we
remember our slavery in Egypt, and consider what it means to serve
man and to serve God. (2) Serving God (Avodat
Hashem) - In which we ask how and why we serve God, and how this
has changed. (3) Work Ethic - In which we discover a
Jewish work ethic - the attitudes and values with which we approach
our work. (4) Business Ethics - In which we consider
how to act ethically in work, and in doing so, transform our work
into service of God.
If you wish to know more about the annual Limmudfest , "the jewel
in our community's crown" says the Jewish Chronicle, contact
for more details for this year is fest07@limmud.org
There will be few of us who will forget the words of Tony Blair
the tennis partner of Middle East Envoy and Fixer, the Karaoke
King, pint sized Lord Levy when he spoke
of Gila's father:
Jonathan Sacks is truly a towering figure in the
intellectual life of Britain today. He ranges with extraordinary
ease across different fields, making a contribution that is
uniquely and distinctively his own. In particular, as few other
people can, he relates the insights of religion to the modern
world and retells the story of faith in a compelling way, and that
is a rare and remarkable achievement.
But entangling Brown in the Jewish web is not enough. The Chief
Rabbi tries to force his bonding onto the Opposition leader David
Cameron, (who according to Jewish Chronicle happens to have a
Jewish family link). In The Jewish Chronicle, February
12, 2009, Simon Round writes:
Reports reach the Diary that Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan
Sacks has invited Leader of the Opposition David Cameron to dine
at his home on three occasions, and three times has been told that
Cameron is unable to attend.
Of course, it may be that there is a genuine problem with dates
— after all, Mr Cameron is an extremely busy man.
However, one Conservative insider tells us that the Tory Party
leader is a little worried about the fact that Rabbi Sacks’s
daughter, Gila Sacks, works in Gordon Brown’s office and that
any conversation could get back to the Prime Minister? Surely
not.
