General news
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‘Let’s support Israel proactively,’ Chief Rabbi tells conference
1500 Israel supporters rallied to attend the Jewish Leadership Council’s ‘We Believe in Israel’ conference, at which the Chief Rabbi was a principal speaker. He decried the vilification of those who support the Jewish state by those who oppose it, Read more... -
Chief Rabbi inducts two new Rabbis into office
Having spent Shabbat with a handful of Birmingham communities, the Chief Rabbi proceeded to Manchester, where he inducted two new Rabbis into office before their thrilled prospective communities. Chief Rabbi Mirvis first delivered a congratulatory address to Rabbi Benjy Read more... -
In the Press: Mirvis brings in cash for Excellence
The Chief Rabbi speaks to the Jewish Chronicle’s Simon Rocker about the purposes of the Centre for Rabbinic Excellence, which has begun by primarily providing funding to synagogues for additional educational and cultural programming, but will spearhead further community-strengthening initiatives Read more... -
Chief Rabbi dances Sefer Torah through the streets of Cambridge
The Chief Rabbi delighted the Cambridge community by undertaking to dance through the streets with a new Sefer Torah before its installation in the Thompson’s Lane synagogue. The historic Hachnasat Torah was followed by a reception attended by MP’s and Read more... -
Statement: ‘We are obliged to protect our children’
Further to his statement on The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Australia, the Chief Rabbi makes clear that such crimes must also be challenged in the UK. He reiterates the long-standing position of his Office Read more... -
Statement: ‘It is a legal, moral and religious imperative to report abuse’
In a response to findings by the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, which convened in light of the discovery of grave abuses against minors within the Melbourne and Sydney communities, the Chief Rabbi condemns the Read more... -
Chief Rabbi’s statement on Copenhagen Attack
The Chief Rabbi issues a strong condemnation of the terrorist attacks that have sown fear and despair in Copenhagen, drawing a parallel with the carnage in Paris last month and urging society not to be cowed by terror. “I am Read more... -
A pioneer, scholar and altruist: Sir Martin Gilbert remembered
The Chief Rabbi laments the loss of Sir Martin Gilbert CBE, a luminary in the Jewish community whose contribution to the discipline of Jewish History, involvement in the Soviet Jewry campaign and honourable character were just a few of the Read more... -
Chief Rabbi is keynote speaker at Muslim Council dinner
The Chief Rabbi had the privilege of being the Guest of Honour at a dinner given by the Muslim Council of Wales, using his status as a keynote speaker to address the universal religious virtues to which all people of Read more... -
Chief Rabbi receives honour from Barnet Council
In an official ceremony attended by numerous MPs, the Mayor of Barnet and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers, the Chief Rabbi had conferred upon him the Freedom of the London Borough of Barnet. Chief Rabbi Mirvis Read more...
