'Rabbi' means 'teacher,' and I see the role of chief rabbi as chief teacher. — Ephraim Mirvis Copy Share Image
The beth din is the court of the chief rabbi. I see myself taking an active role within the beth din. — Ephraim Mirvis Copy Share Image
I feel very privileged indeed to be appointed to be the next Chief Rabbi. — Ephraim Mirvis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Life has an absolute value and its preservation takes precedence over other commandments. — Ephraim Mirvis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The Holocaust remains unique in contemporary Jewish consciousness for its capacity to engender the most visceral grief and abject pain. — Ephraim Mirvis Copy Share Image
Open a Jewish daily prayer book used in any part of the world, and Zionism will leap out at you. — Ephraim Mirvis Copy Share Image
Britain has been good to the Jews, and the Jews have been good for Britain. — Ephraim Mirvis Copy Share Image
We protest to our last breath against the purveyors of hatred, cruelty and violence. — Ephraim Mirvis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
