Britain’s official millennium celebrations should be marked with Christian prayers, according to the nation’s chief rabbi. Citing the religious nature of the millennium, Jonathan Sacks said Tuesday that it is by definition a Christian celebration. “It is not and cannot be a Jewish moment or a Muslim moment,” he said. “But neither can it be a secular moment, a party celebrating nothing in particular but the passing of time.”
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