The Chief Rabbi has championed the historical Jewish tradition of privileging education, citing this unchanging priority as a key driving force in the community’s survival.
His comments, which also delved into the self-improving merits of studying Torah, came in the Read more...
The Orthodox Union convention in New York drew a plenary of international Jewish leaders to discuss the common issues facing their communities and the need to establish global Jewish unity.
The Chief Rabbi was one of a series of Shabbat Read more...
A wealth of Chanukah engagements filled the Chief Rabbi’s diary this week, as he appeared at receptions and community events held to mark the festival across the capital.
He addressed thousands of spectators, both Jewish and non-Jewish, who had amassed Read more...
Following a terrorist attack on a Pakistani military school that left 145 people dead, the Chief Rabbi laments the sadistic and senseless killing that has destroyed families and lives. He also decries the apologists who have tried to justify the Read more...
The London Beth Din, the Court of the Chief Rabbi, has appointed Joanne Greenaway, an arbitration lawyer with a major City law firm, to the newly created position of Case Worker to assist the Beth Din with managing divorce cases. Read more...
The Chief Rabbi, in his capacity as the principal representative of British Jewry, this week presented evidence to the Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life. Chaired by Baroness Butler-Sloss and convened by the Woolf Institute, the Commission Read more...
As published in The Australian Jewish News
As Australia welcomes newly appointed Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Rabbi Yaakov Glasman reflects on rabbinic roles generally and that of the Chief Rabbi in particular.
Australian Jewry is all the richer as we Read more...
The Australian Jewish News documents the Chief Rabbi’s visit to Moriah College and other community institutions during his time in Sydney, where he implored Jews to embrace Jewish unity rather than uniformity.
‘Chief rabbi inspires in Sydney’
By Evan Zlatkis Read more...
The Chief Rabbi responds to the brutal terror attack on a Jerusalem synagogue this morning that has left four worshippers dead.
“I am horrified and disgusted at the slaughter of innocent people in a synagogue. This is an affront to Read more...
The Chief Rabbi today honoured the last of his engagements related to Remembrance Day, attending the Association of Jewish Ex-Service Men and Women’s annual parade.
After meeting non-marchers outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Chief Rabbi took up his Read more...
