Articles archive
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Op-Ed: The Queen visits Bergen Belsen
In the Jewish Chronicle this week, the Chief Rabbi acknowledges the momentous nature of The Queen’s first visit to a concentration camp, but concedes that the event was overshadowed by Read more... -
Op-Ed: ‘Faiths in Britain must celebrate British values’
The Chief Rabbi celebrates British Jewry’s long history of subscribing to British values, pointing to the Prayer for the Royal Family and centuries of societal contribution as cases in point, Read more... -
Statement on Sexual Abuse
Responding to the news that a Jewish man has been found guilty of sexual abuse, the Chief Rabbi moved to reaffirm the attitude of his office and Beth Din by Read more... -
The Chief Rabbi’s Message for Pesach 5775
In this year’s Pesach message, the Chief Rabbi contemplates the birth of a nation, exploring how and why it came to be and how we must invest in our collective 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... -
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... -
Op-Ed: Shabbat UK has made history
In an Op-Ed for the Jewish Chronicle, Chief Rabbi Mirvis reflects on the success of the inaugural Shabbat UK and delights in the high levels of engagement seen across Read more... -
Credo: ‘We must reach out to the entire world’
To coincide with Yom Kippur, The Times published the Chief Rabbi’s first ‘Credo’, in which he examines the concept of moral responsibility within the Jewish tradition and considers how our Read more...
