Archive: September 2026
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Interview: ‘There’d be outcry if anyone else faced hostility like the Jews’
‘There’d be outcry if anyone else faced hostility like the Jews’ In an interview with The Telegraph, the Chief Rabbi says Britain must stand up to anti-Semitism Click here for Read more... -
The Ultimate Festival of Joy: D’var Torah for Sukkot
The Ultimate Festival of Joy Every year, thousands of people stayed up all night and no one felt sleepy. This was for the Simchat Beit HaShoeivah, the celebration of the Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Yom Kippur 5787
Kol Nidre Reminds Us Who We Are Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, begins on Sunday evening with the Kol Nidre service. This year it will Read more... -
The Longest and Shortest Words in the Torah: Dvar Torah for Parshat Ha’azinu
The Longest and Shortest Words in the Torah Very few people know what the longest and shortest words in the Torah are. The longest word in the Torah is in Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Rosh Hashanah 5787
BBC Thought for the Day – Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis – BBC Sounds 11 SEPT 26 What Are Anniversaries For? Every one of a certain age can remember exactly Read more... -
The Chief Rabbi’s Rosh Hashanah Message 5787
In 2025, Netflix released a documentary entitled “Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever.” It followed Bryan Johnson, a billionaire entrepreneur who has devoted his life to slowing, Read more... -
Learning Happiness and Optimism from Selichot: D’var Torah for Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech
This coming motzei Shabbat, in Ashkenazi circles, we will be commencing our annual season of Selichot. Of course, Sephardim have already commenced the Selichot from the beginning of Elul, and Read more...
