Israel Quotes by Ephraim Mirvis

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

— Ephraim Mirvis

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

— 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 be zero…

— Ephraim Mirvis

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

— Ephraim Mirvis

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

— Ephraim Mirvis

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

— Ephraim Mirvis

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

— Ephraim Mirvis

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

— Ephraim Mirvis

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

— Ephraim Mirvis

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

— Ephraim Mirvis

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

— 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 or empty…

— 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 as Jews…

— Ephraim Mirvis

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

— Ephraim Mirvis

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

— Ephraim Mirvis