Become a Member

Sign in

Become a Member

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Nick Cohen

The Israeli right’s immoral bargain with Western bigots

As far as the current Israeli government is concerned, the old anti-fascist arguments against Jews allying with insinuating demagogues are dead now

3 min read

Tommy Robinson (l) and Amichai Chikli (r) in Israel. (Image: X screenshot)

King Charles meets members of Manchester's Jewish community at Heaton Park Synagogue on October 20, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

King lauds ‘wonderful’ CST during visit to site of Manchester synagogue attack

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

Aleeza Ben Shalom and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, pictured meeting in Israel, are partnering to bring the Jewish Matchmaking Movement to the UK. (Office of The Chief Rabbi)

Jewish Matchmaking

Can the Chief Rabbi and a Netflix shadchan find you a match?

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 10: Rev Sir Ephraim Mirvis, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth is seen with hostage families and supporters during a march to Downing Street on August 10, 2025 in London, England. Family members of hostages still held captive by Hamas in Gaza are marching alongside Jewish organizations and supporters to call on the UK government to defer plans to recognize a Palestinian state until all hostages have been released. Around 50 hostages remain in Gaza, of whom, fewer than half are believed to be alive. Last month, Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged that Britain would recognize a Palestinian state by September, unless Israel agrees to several conditions, including steps taken towards a ceasefire and ending suffering in Gaza. (Photo by Belinda Jiao/Getty Images)

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Chief Rabbi condemns Starmer at hostage rally where Progressive rabbis were booed off stage

3 min read

Palestinian walk carrying sacks of flour near Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on July 27, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Chief Rabbi encourages donations to Gaza amid images of ‘terrible suffering’

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Annabel, partner of Israeli army sergeant Shoham Menachem, killed in action the previous day in the Gaza Strip, mourns during the funeral at the Yardena Military Cemetery in the village of Yardena near Beit Shean in northern Israel on July 15, 2025. (Getty Images)

Maurice Helfgott

By Maurice Helfgott

British Jews unite to help people both in Israel and Gaza

3 min read

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has warned "Toxic Jew-hatred is a threat to our entire society," following the BBC's broadcast of Bob Vylan's controversial Glastonbury performance. (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Airing of ‘vile Jew-hate’ at Glastonbury was a moment of ‘national shame’, says Chief Rabbi

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Insights Delivered Daily

Unlock access to our community and get the latest news straight to your inbox!

All Newsletters

‘My heart is with Israel’: Chief Rabbi lands in UK after RAF evacuation flight

Sir Ephraim Mirvis was among 63 British nationals who left Israel on an RAF flight to Cyprus

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

||

June 24, 2025 14:41

A photo of the Chief Rabbi and Rebbetzin on the RAF flight out of Tel Aviv was shared on social media (Photo: Max Radford)

‘I feel more safe in Israel than anywhere else in the world’: Chief Rabbi speaks from Herzliya

Sir Ephraim Mirvis says attempts to draw equivalence between the Jewish State and Iran are ‘intolerable’

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

||

June 20, 2025 11:22

The Chief Rabbi has been sharing messages of hope from Israel, where he is stranded with thousands of other Brits as the Islamic Republic of Iran continues to strike the Jewish State (Photo: Screenshot/Facebook)

Chief Rabbi: ‘Anti-Zionism is the new antisemitism’

Sir Ephraim Mirvis claimed to be anti-Zionist is to be ‘anti-Jewish’ and called Jerusalem the ‘heart of Jewish faith’

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

||

May 28, 2025 09:09

The UK's chief rabbi, Sir Ephraim Mirvis, has said that 'if you are anti-Zionist, you are also anti-Jewish' (Image: Getty)

Chief Rabbi withdraws from Israeli antisemitism conference over far-right participation

Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister had invited controversial figures from European political parties

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

||

March 17, 2025 15:41

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis has cancelled his participation at an Israeli government-organised conference on antisemitism over concerns about the attendance of far-right European politicians. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

'Purim is about survival, not slaughter': Chief Rabbi slams Guardian Purim column

Mirvis condemned Peter Beinart’s comparison of the Purim story to Israel’s military actions in Gaza

2 min read

||

March 14, 2025 11:36

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis addresses an event (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Only half Jewish school parents in London and a third in Manchester pay religious studies contributions

‘Brutally honest’ report details challenges facing schools as Chief Rabbi calls for effort to ‘raise the bar’ in Jewish education

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

||

February 14, 2025 15:02

UK Jewish schools excel in fostering Jewish identity (picture: Chief Rabbi's Schools Review)

The JC

A new commitment to Muslim-Jewish understanding is a positive step

The JC view, 14 February 2025

1 min read

||

February 12, 2025 18:32

A new commitment to Muslim-Jewish understanding is a positive step

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

By Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

We have an obligation to disagree better with Muslims

Our history teaches us that hope is found in the courage to take the next step

2 min read

||

February 11, 2025 16:39

Imam Sayed Abbas Razawi, the Chief Imam of Scotland (left), with the Chief Rabbi in Buckingham Palace

Chief Rabbi accuses Met of failing to protect Jews from pro-Palestinian protests

Rabbi Mirvis said the force had fallen short in its duty to ensure Jews feel safe going to synagogue on Shabbat

By Imogen Garfinkel

2 min read

||

December 23, 2024 14:21

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis said the Met has failed to ensure Jewish Londoners feel safe (Getty)

Prev

1 2...6