Social Responsibility archive
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Chief Rabbi calls for tolerance in wake of Paris attacks
The Chief Rabbi has condemned the Paris terrorist attacks in the strongest possible terms, while urging the Jewish community to resist a dangerous tendency to blame the refugees fleeing the Read more... -
The refugee crisis after Paris: The Chief Rabbi on BBC Radio 4
Reflecting on the Paris attacks and the ongoing refugee crisis on BBC Radio 4 this morning, the Chief Rabbi urges listeners to remember that migrants are overwhelmingly the victims rather Read more... -
In the Press: The Chief Rabbi visits refugees
A Jewish Chronicle reporter accompanied the Chief Rabbi on his travels to Greece where, together with a delegation of United Synagogue Rabbis, he listened to the tales of migrants fleeing Read more... -
Chief Rabbi visits the Idomeni refugee camp with US delegation
The Chief Rabbi led a delegation of United Synagogue Rabbis on a trip to one of Greece’s largest refugee camps to meet refugees and to gauge the impact of the Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Refugees and collective responsibility
The Chief Rabbi told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the refugee must be considered “our problem,” a sentiment he also shared with Pope Francis during a recent visit to Read more... -
Op-Ed: ‘Defeating the terrorism within us’
It is our response to evil that is the measure of our collective character, says the Chief Rabbi in his Op-Ed today in The Telegraph. Deploring the violent attacks 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... -
Thought for the Day: Rosh Hashana message
With Rosh Hashana falling tomorrow, the Chief Rabbi hopes for more unity between peoples and better lives for all the world’s citizens in today’s ‘Thought of the Day’ for BBC Read more... -
In the Press: The Chief Rabbi’s first year in office
Speaking to Simon Rocker of the Jewish Chronicle, the Chief Rabbi enthuses about the Jewish communities’ he has visited and is yet to visit, reiterates his support for women’s active Read more... -
The Chief Rabbi calls for a focus on human dignity
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has just returned from the World Economic Forum 2014 (WEF), which took place between 23-25 January in Davos, Switzerland. The focus of this year’s annual gathering Read more...