Education archive
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Chief Rabbi pays respects at Bergen Belsen on 70th anniversary of liberation
To mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen Belsen concentration camp, the Chief Rabbi journeyed to the German camp’s former site to partake in a series of commemoration Read more... -
March of the Living has Chief Rabbi at helm
The Chief Rabbi joined the 27th annual March of the Living in Poland, walking alongside a vast cross-section of the international Jewish community in a poignant expression of solidarity with Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Why is this night…
Ahead of Passover the Chief Rabbi celebrates the inquisitive mind, tying it in with Jewish tradition – which customarily encourages people to ask questions – and highlighting the vital role Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Breaking barriers
“We need to confront terror head on,” the Chief Rabbi told listeners on BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day programme, drawing on parallels between biblical boundaries and contemporary boundaries Read more... -
A pioneer, scholar and altruist: Sir Martin Gilbert remembered
The Chief Rabbi laments the loss of Sir Martin Gilbert CBE, a luminary in the Jewish community whose contribution to the discipline of Jewish History, involvement in the Soviet Jewry Read more... -
City Hall: Holocaust Memorial Day address
Listen to the Chief Rabbi’s moving five minute address at City Hall for Holocaust Memorial Day in the presence of Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, Mayors of the Boroughs of Read more... -
Thought for the Day: The Holocaust’s lessons
Today, on Holocaust Memorial Day, the Chief Rabbi reflects on the sinister beginnings of a devastating genocide and cautions against ignoring rising instances of intolerance in contemporary society, however small. Read more... -
Chief Rabbi addresses need for ‘proactive’ commemoration on Holocaust Memorial Day
The Chief Rabbi spoke fervently about the need to “proactively remember” the Holocaust and subsequent genocides throughout a day of engagements held to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, which this year 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...
