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VIDEO: The Chief Rabbi receives an Honorary Doctorate
The Chief Rabbi has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Touro College, New York, in recognition of his commitment to strengthening Jewish education. You can read more about it here. Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Bechukotai
As we prepare to celebrate Yom Yerushalayim on Sunday, the Chief Rabbi considers why Jerusalem – an inaccessible city without a river source – was chosen to be the Jewish Read more... -
Valerie Mirvis’ Leadership Trip to Gibraltar
View a slideshow of photos from the Rebbetzens Leadership Trip to Gibraltar 2016, which was devised by Valerie Mirvis in conjunction with CRE as the centrepiece of her Investing in Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Behar
Why do we feed our animals before we sit down to eat? Can there be any exceptions? The Chief Rabbi provides an answer in his D’var Torah for Behar. It Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Emor
It is a key passage in this week’s parasha that determines the number of men needed to form a minyan. Why, the Chief Rabbi enquires, do we base this number Read more... -
Chief Rabbi’s Yom Ha’atzmaut address 5776
Watch the Chief Rabbi’s address at the Bnei Akiva Yom Ha’atzmaut ceremony that was held at Kinloss (Finchley United) Synagogue last night. A full transcript follows. “Dayan Simons, Rabbanim nechmadim Read more... -
“I am a passionate, life-long and devoted Zionist.”
In an article that he wrote for We Believe in Israel, the Chief Rabbi explains why he is a passionate, life-long and devoted Zionist. Every Jew should feel comfortable making Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Kedoshim
In his D’var Torah for this week the Chief Rabbi focuses on two Chukim (decrees from God without a logical basis) that pertain to the crossbreeding of seeds and the Read more... -
Chief Rabbi addresses the Yom HaShoah National Commemoration
On Sunday the Chief Rabbi joined thousands of people marking Yom HaShoah – the annual Jewish remembrance day for victims of the Holocaust – at the Barnet Copthall Stadium. Addressing Read more... -
Sunday Times interview: Universities ‘ignore Jew hatred’
In an interview for The Sunday Times with Sian Griffiths, the Chief Rabbi voices concern about a growth in antisemitic behaviour both on campus and in wider society. British universities Read more...
