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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... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Acharei Mot
The great tragedy of the Bar Kochba Revolt, which we commemorate during the Omer, reminds us that disunity can only weaken the Jewish people. We must guard against this, teaches Read more... -
Op-Ed: The hard left is spreading the insidious virus of anti-Semitism
Writing in The Telegraph on 3rd May, the Chief Rabbi addresses the problem of antisemitism on the hard left of British politics. The time has come to give the lie Read more... -
D’var Torah: The Last Days of Pesach
As Pesach draws to a close, we learn that Moshe’s plea for divine assistance in the face of ostensibly insurmountable danger is not met with the response he expects. We Read more... -
Op-Ed: ‘This year’s Yom HaShoah poses a challenge to us all’
This article by Chief Rabbi Mirvis was first published in the Jewish News. Perhaps surprisingly, this year, Yom HaShoah poses a great challenge to us. Last year I was enormously Read more... -
The Chief Rabbi’s Message for Pesach 5776
Education has always been at the heart of Jewish life and never more so than at Pesach. Socrates once sounded a fascinating note of caution about education, describing it as Read more... -
D’var Torah: The first days of Pesach
In his D’var Torah for the first two days of Pesach, the Chief Rabbi explores why Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel both agreed that Hallel should be split into two Read more... -
Chief Rabbi gives annual lecture for Yeshiva University’s Strauss Center
Watch the Chief Rabbi provide congregants of America’s oldest Jewish community with pointers for Rabbinic leadership in a special memorial lecture delivered in New York. For more details of his Read more...
