Audio archive
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Thought for the Day: Purim 2022
“When we have opportunities to use any resources or influence we might have to make a positive impact, we are measured by the way that we react to those moments.” Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Holocaust Memorial Day 2022
“Whoever listens to a witness, becomes a witness” “The boy is not a Picasso”. With these words, in 1946, a London publisher explained why the drawings of Thomas Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Yom Kippur 2021
“People of faith who turn heavenwards in reverence for God must also be able to look each other in the eye with compassion and care.” I was inspired this week Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Rosh Hashana 2021
“A real connection with one’s forebears can provide a stabilising sense of belonging to a much larger whole.” This evening, at dinner tables around the world, apples will be Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Purim 2021
Dare Mighty Things Yesterday it was reported that NASA had hidden a secret message on the Perseverance parachute. Few of the enthralled millions watching the epic landing on Mars will Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Chanukah 2020
Seven Jewish words for presents describe seven levels of Jewish giving. At this time of the year, presents are on many people’s minds. Anticipating the pleasure of both Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Succot 2020
Greatness is not achieved by following our own agenda, but by being motivated to act in the interests of society. Two hours and forty four minutes. That was the amount Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Rosh Hashana 2020
Re-evaluation – a New Year paradigm shift ‘Resilience’. That’s the word I hear most often to describe a stoic response to the Coronavirus. But, there’s a problem with resilience. The Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Rosh Hashana 2019
Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, the Chief Rabbi spoke of the importance of behaving like mensch in these troubled times. “Toxic” – that was how Speaker John Bercow, yesterday described the Read more... -
Thought for the Day: “achievement cannot be measured by the splendour of our edifices alone… but by the number of generations who continue to embody our values”.
Ahead of Pesach the Chief Rabbi explains that the strong values we instill in our children far outlive even the greatest of physical structures. Our buildings say a lot about Read more...
