By, Barry Toberman
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By, Barry Toberman
Mitzvah Day founder and chair Laura Marks concedes that her yearly summation is always "it's the best yet". But with an estimated 40,000 people around the globe participating in the tenth edition - 25,000 in the UK - Ms Marks argues that "it is not only the numbers but the quality of projects" that demonstrate the progression of the day of good deeds.
"We have come a long way in 10 years. This is the biggest collective team event."
Of the 550 Mitzvah Day events worldwide, around 350 were in the UK, stretching from Exeter to St Andrews. Ms Marks - who spent Sunday visiting a variety of events in north London and the Hertfordshire suburbs - praised the commitment of local project co-ordinators. "It would not happen without them," she said.
In one of the day's standout activities, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis joined the Muslim Council of Britain's Imam Ibrahim Mogra, MP Luciana Berger and Jewish and Muslim youth at Edgware Synagogue, preparing food for a homeless shelter.
