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Thought for the Day: Breaking barriers
“We need to confront terror head on,” the Chief Rabbi told listeners on BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day programme, drawing on parallels between biblical boundaries and contemporary boundaries Read more... -
City Hall: Holocaust Memorial Day address
Listen to the Chief Rabbi’s moving five minute address at City Hall for Holocaust Memorial Day in the presence of Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, Mayors of the Boroughs of Read more... -
Thought for the Day: The Holocaust’s lessons
Today, on Holocaust Memorial Day, the Chief Rabbi reflects on the sinister beginnings of a devastating genocide and cautions against ignoring rising instances of intolerance in contemporary society, however small. Read more... -
Op-Ed: 70 years after Auschwitz, what have we learned?
In an Op-Ed for The Guardian published the day before Holocaust Memorial Day, the Chief Rabbi contemplates the range of responses displayed immediately after the Holocaust – from stunned disbelief, Read more... -
Op-Ed: ’70 years on, what have we learned?’
With Holocaust Memorial Day taking place tomorrow, the Chief Rabbi contemplates a scourge of evil that still remains active across the world – though the Nazis were vanquished 70 years Read more... -
Op-Ed: ‘Let us protest against purveyors of hatred’
The Chief Rabbi writes in the Jewish News ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day next week about the dangers of staying silent in the aftermath of an atrocity, and how silence Read more... -
Watch the Chief Rabbi teaching at Limmud
This year the Chief Rabbi attended Limmud, the cross-communal festival of Jewish culture and learning, where he interacted with fellow attendees and gave two lectures, videos of which are below. Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Celebrating our identity
Reflecting on the timeless lessons of Chanukah in his latest ‘Thought for the Day,’ the Chief Rabbi identifies our right – as claimed so valiantly by the Maccabees – to Read more... -
Statement: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
On the UN-designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Chief Rabbi, patron of Jewish Women’s Aid, draws attention to the issue of domestic violence within the Read more... -
Op-Ed: Prayer for the Armed Forces
In an Op-Ed for the Jewish News, the Chief Rabbi reveals the reasoning behind incorporating a prayer for the Armed Forces into the Prayer for the Royal Family. He Read more...