Communities archive
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Credo: ‘Switch off your smartphone and soak up the Sabbath’
Considering a world in which technology has both vastly improved and diminished human interaction, the Chief Rabbi outlines in The Times‘ ‘Credo’ column how Shabbat provides a day of Read more... -
JC podcast: Chief Rabbi discusses Shabbat UK
Listen to the Chief Rabbi talk about Shabbat and Shabbat UK in a special edition of the Jewish Chronicle podcast made in advance of the eponymous weekend. Read more... -
Yamim Noraim Lecture: Let’s take a fresh approach to prayer
The Chief Rabbi delivered his Yamim Noraim lecture at Hendon United Synagogue with a focus on how we can enhance the effectiveness of prayer, whether through a refreshed approach to Read more... -
Redbridge: ShabbatUK with The Travelling Chasidim
Event ‘The Travelling Chassidim’ injected some additional musical ruach into this Shabbat programme, while communal spirit took root with a mass ‘walk-a-thon’ to shul and a a moving Havdalla service. Read more... -
Chief Rabbi attends UJS Leadership Summit
Prior to the start of the new academic year, the Chief Rabbi joined the Union of Jewish Students’ (UJS) ‘Time to Lead’ summit to offer his view on why a Read more... -
Chief Rabbi visits youth summer camps
Chanichim and Bogrim on Tribe and Bnei Akiva summer camps in Europe were delighted to welcome the Chief Rabbi, who had travelled specially across the continent to provide inspiring leadership Read more... -
CRE: The Impact
After only ten months, the Centre for Rabbinic Excellence (CRE) is already seeing the very positive impact of the funding awarded to communities for quality social, educational, cultural and religious Read more... -
Leicester: Young Retired Tour to Jewish London
Event Members of Leicester, among them infrequent shul-goers, were able to forge new relationships and strengthen their connection to their community on a day trip to London that included a 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...
