Ephraim Mirvis

As we wander, grieving, in yet another dark moment, amid our pain we must struggle to remember the redemptive power of love…

— Ephraim Mirvis

Ethics, politics and psychology are all far more difficult to understand now that we know the depths to which human nature can…

— Ephraim Mirvis

Human beings are partners of the Almighty in bringing life into the world, and we are his partners also in healing.

— Ephraim Mirvis

The rabbis will find in me personally someone who cares about their future and welfare.

— Ephraim Mirvis

Life has an absolute value and its preservation takes precedence over other commandments.

— Ephraim Mirvis

Shimon Peres was the greatest living example of an unshakable belief in the pursuit of peace against all odds.

— Ephraim Mirvis

Let no Jew, regardless of their circumstances, feel that he or she cannot experience that unique moment of peace when Shabbat begins.

— Ephraim Mirvis

Free speech may be a right, but only by using it as a force for good in the world do we make…

— Ephraim Mirvis

Anyone who truly understands what apartheid was cannot possibly look around Israel today and honestly claim there is any kind of parity.

— Ephraim Mirvis

Words make a world of difference. Over time, they become charged with inference and allusion and, deployed effectively, they have the power…

— Ephraim Mirvis

The Holocaust remains unique in contemporary Jewish consciousness for its capacity to engender the most visceral grief and abject pain.

— Ephraim Mirvis

We must teach compassion and tolerance and encourage kindness, selflessness, and loving acceptance of all who are created in the image of…

— Ephraim Mirvis

Full and unhesitating implementation of the report's findings must now follow. I call upon the Labour Party to guarantee that there will…

— Ephraim Mirvis

Holocaust denial, once the preserve of fringe conspiracy theorists, has mutated into Holocaust obfuscation, equivocation, and specious comparison on a larger scale…

— Ephraim Mirvis

The comments by the Leader of the Labour Party [Jeremy Corbyn] at the launch, however they were intended, are themselves offensive, and…

— Ephraim Mirvis

Jews are frequently compared to the proverbial 'canary in the coal mine,' an enduring signal for when the world is failing to…

— Ephraim Mirvis

I was honoured recently to accept the position of president of Mizrachi U.K. I did so because I believe our eternal challenge…

— Ephraim Mirvis

'Rabbi' means 'teacher,' and I see the role of chief rabbi as chief teacher.

— Ephraim Mirvis

Anti-Semitism is not just a problem for Jews; it is a problem for all of our society.

— Ephraim Mirvis

We protest to our last breath against the purveyors of hatred, cruelty and violence.

— Ephraim Mirvis

All societies wrestle with the scourge of prejudice, but validating that prejudice in statute makes a virtue of oppression.

— Ephraim Mirvis

While silence can in some circumstances bespeak noble self-control, it can also signify suppression, oblivion or cowardice.

— Ephraim Mirvis

Open a Jewish daily prayer book used in any part of the world, and Zionism will leap out at you.

— Ephraim Mirvis

I feel very privileged indeed to be appointed to be the next Chief Rabbi.

— Ephraim Mirvis

In the face of death, we will continue to choose and sanctify life.

— Ephraim Mirvis

When someone denies the right of Israel to exist, it hurts us, just as an attack on a close member of our…

— Ephraim Mirvis

The beth din is the court of the chief rabbi. I see myself taking an active role within the beth din.

— Ephraim Mirvis

Britain has been good to the Jews, and the Jews have been good for Britain.

— Ephraim Mirvis

My track record is that I have always sought to work with warmth and in a constructive way with the leaders of…

— Ephraim Mirvis

All political parties share in the responsibility to rid our society of anti-Semitism, but we cannot achieve that objective with political posturing…

— Ephraim Mirvis