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Dec 2, 2021, 7:04 PM

Rabbi Sacks’ legacy on leadership is in safe hands

Former chief rabbi Lord Sacks (© Blake-Ezra Photography Ltd. 2013 via Jewish News)

‘Today the two most powerful movements in Jewish life are assimilation and segregation. Jews are either engaging with the world at the cost of disengaging from Judaism, or engaging with Judaism at the cost of disengaging from the world.’ Rabbi Sacks ztl wrote these words...

Jun 13, 2018, 3:06 PM

Gena Turgel’s story personified Jewish history

I’ve known Gena for over 20 years, from my UJS days in the 90s. I was at Stanmore with her for many years and we’ve done a lot of work together in Holocaust education, both here and abroad, so I had a personal connection to...

May 31, 2018, 12:44 PM

They’re not bad people, just horribly misguided

Last week, Jewish News published seven opinion pieces and articles dealing with the disgraceful acts of 50 or so people from our community saying Kaddish for Hamas terrorists. Most of the articles either defended the event or simply wrongly focused on the fact that some people had...

May 25, 2017, 5:25 PM

Celebrating the historic day we got back our soul

Twitter is a remarkable means of communication. Last week, I was heavily involved in preparation for our momentous Mizrachi UK mission for Yom Yerushalayim 50, when the chair of Yachad decided to mention me and Rabbi Sacks in a tweet he sent highlighting an article he...

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Rabbi Andrew Shaw is CEO of Mizrachi UK