Communities archive
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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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more... -
Paris Attacks: Chief Rabbi marches in solidarity
The Chief Rabbi joined world leaders for a huge rally held in defiance of terrorism and in support of freedom as people around the world mourned the victims of devastating Read more... -
Leading Rabbis discuss global Jewish unity at Orthodox Union conference
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. Read more... -
In The Press: Chief Rabbi inspires in Sydney
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 Read more... -
Statement: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
On the UN-designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Chief Rabbi, patron of Jewish Women’s Aid, draws attention to the issue of domestic violence within the Read more...
