Education
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Join the Chief Rabbi at Midnight Selichot
Please join the Chief Rabbi for this year’s ‘Midnight Selichot’, which will be held on Motzei Shabbat of 24th September, at Hendon United Synagogue. Rabbi Eliyahu Silverman will give a shiur at 10.30pm, before the service commences at 11.30pm with Read more... -
Rebbetzens join Valerie Mirvis for leadership seminar day
The latest seminar day in Valerie Mirvis’ Investing in Rebbetzens series, ‘You, Your Community, Your Family’ focused on helping 30 Rebbetzens maximise their contribution to their communities while creating a space for them to reflect on the multiple and often Read more... -
Cardiff: Learning together with JLI course
Event Cardiff United joined the highly-respected Jewish Learning Institute to deliver a series of refreshing educational lectures, presented by Rabbi Rose, over a six-week period. The content, which had been rigorously prepared and researched by the JLI team, dealt with Read more... -
Chigwell: Scholar in Residence, Rabbi Solomon
Event Over Shavuot, Chigwell & Hainault welcomed Rabbi Johnny Solomon as their scholar-in-residence, benefiting from his thought-provoking Torah insights at numerous points throughout the weekend, which included two enlightening sermons. His talks variously targeted different groups in the community, making Read more... -
New York’s Touro College awards Chief Rabbi 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. He accepted the accolade at a graduation ceremony attended by over 650 students of Touro’s Schools, among Read more... -
Chief Rabbi delivers annual lecture for Yeshiva University’s Strauss Center
The Chief Rabbi provided congregants of America’s oldest Jewish community with pointers for Rabbinic leadership in a special memorial lecture delivered last weekend. Addressing an audience at the historic Shearith Israel congregation for the Strauss Center for Torah and Western Read more... -
Teaching Judaism: Chief Rabbi addresses teachers of the new Religious Studies GCSE
Secondary school teachers who will be educating their students about Judaism as part of the reconfigured Religious Studies GCSE were addressed by the Chief Rabbi at an event created to better acquaint educators with the basic tenets of Judaism, as Read more... -
The Chief Rabbi launches the Ma’ayan Programme
The Chief Rabbi has launched a unique new course for Jewish women that aims to harness their talent by offering a high level qualification in Taharat Hamishpacha (the laws of family purity), womens’ health and community education. Explaining the reasoning Read more... -
Holocaust Memorial Day 2016
The theme of Holocaust Memorial Day 2016, which is held each year on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, was ‘Don’t Stand By’, a sentiment that informed the Chief Rabbi’s messages to schoolchildren, the community and the nation. Commemorative Read more... -
Holocaust Memorial Day: ‘No Ifs No Buts’ transcript
Read the unedited version of the Chief Rabbi’s speech from the national Holocaust Memorial Day Event in which he laments the apathy that is often tragedy’s must reliable collaborator. Watch the BBC footage here. “If, during the concluding years of Read more...