Organisations and figures across the Jewish community have offered their thoughts following Buckingham Palace's update on the Her Majesty the Queen's health.
In a statement published just after midday today, the Palace said:
"Following further evaluation this morning, The Queenโs doctors are concerned for Her Majestyโs health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision.
"The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral," it continued.
Chief Rabbi Mirvis wrote via Twitter: "Her Majesty The Queen is very much in my prayers today and I know that Jewish communities around the Commonwealth will join me in wishing her a full and swift recovery."
Her Majesty The Queen is very much in my prayers today and I know that Jewish communities around the Commonwealth will join me in wishing her a full and swift recovery. https://t.co/bjsQOs5Vy7
โ Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis (@chiefrabbi) September 8, 2022
The Board of Deputies of British Jews also posted a message to Twitter, writing: "Along with the nation, our thoughts are with Her Majesty and the Royal Family. We hope and pray for her at this uncertain hour. "
Along with the nation, our thoughts are with Her Majesty and the Royal Family. We hope and pray for her at this uncertain hour. ๐ https://t.co/8yFbwyRg39
โ Board of Deputies of British Jews (@BoardofDeputies) September 8, 2022
The Community Security Trust, a charity that helps the UK Jewish community with security issues, stated: "Our thoughts and prayers are with HM The Queen and her family."
Our thoughts and prayers are with HM The Queen and her family. https://t.co/2CCDQ8z1cA
โ CST (@CST_UK) September 8, 2022
Tzipi Hotovely, the Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom, wrote in a social media statement: "My thoughts and prayers are with Her Majesty The Queen and her Royal family, following the deeply troubling statement from Buckingham Palace this afternoon.
"I wish The Queen a full and speedy recovery. ืจืคืืื ืฉืืื"
My thoughts and prayers are with Her Majesty The Queen and her Royal family, following the deeply troubling statement from Buckingham Palace this afternoon. I wish The Queen a full and speedy recovery.
โ Tzipi Hotovely (@TzipiHotovely) September 8, 2022
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The Jewish Leadership Council wrote: "Our thoughts and prayers are with HM The Queen and her family at this time."
Our thoughts and prayers are with HM The Queen and her family at this time https://t.co/K3FkpwBqpj
โ Jewish Leadership Council (@JLC_uk) September 8, 2022
Liberal Judaism CEO Rabbi Charley Baginsky said: โEveryone at Liberal Judaism is thinking of The Queen and Royal Family at this worrying time.โ
Rabbi Renรฉ Pfterzel, co-chair of the Conference of Liberal Rabbis and Cantors, added: โWe are all concerned by the news about Her Majestyโs health and we pray for her and the Royal Family. May God give them strength.
Rabbi Joseph Dweck, the Senior Rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi Community of the UK tweeted: "God save the Queen. ๐๐๐".
God save the Queen. ๐๐๐ https://t.co/y5jLKulbBM
โ Rabbi Joseph Dweck (@rabbidweck) September 8, 2022
Dr Daniel Susskind, a Fellow in Economics at Balliol College, Oxford University, wrote that: "The Queen is our 'mystic chord of memory', in this way โ and many more," in response to a post referring to the fact that Elizabeth II's first prime minister Winston Churchill was born in 1874, while current prime minister Liz Truss was born in 1975.
The Queen is our โmystic chord of memoryโ, in this way โ and many more. https://t.co/OyJ2zkMTWa
โ Daniel Susskind (@danielsusskind) September 8, 2022
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the advocacy agent of Jewish Federations across Canada, tweeted: "On behalf of #Canada's Jewish community, wishing Her Majesty #QueenElizabeth II a full 'refuah shlema,' a speedy recovery, and return to strength."
A spokesman for The UK Movement for Reform Judaism said: "The Movement for Reform Judaism and all our 43 communities wish Her Majesty the Queen a full recovery. We regularly pray for her health as part of our weekly Shabbat services, and she remains very much in our thoughts today."
Neville Kahn, Chair of Trustees at Norwood, of which Her Majesty is a patron, wrote: โOn behalf of everyone at Norwood, I would like to wish a speedy recovery to Our Patron Her Majesty The Queen. We are thinking of Prince Charles and all the Royal Family at this difficult time.โ
Laurence Saffer of Bradford Synagogue told the Telegraph & Argus: "The Jewish Community sends its thoughts and prayers to Her Majesty the Queen and all the Royal Family at this most difficult time.โ
The Pinter Trust, a Charedi organisation, also commented on the news via Twitter: "Our thoughts and prayers are with HM the Queen and the Royal Family. ืง-ื ื ื ืจืคื ื ื ืื"
Our thoughts and prayers are with HM the Queen and the Royal Family.
โ Pinter Trust (@PinterTrust) September 8, 2022
ืง-ื ื ื ืจืคื ื ื ืื https://t.co/iUaQLeiMkz
