British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

Rabbi Avrohom Pinter, right, speaking with other community leaders in London, the United Kigdom on June 5, 2017. (Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty Images Images)

Avrohom Pinter, a prominent London rabbi, dies of coronavirus

The longtime principal of a prestigious school built bridges across denominational and religious lines.

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 14, 2020 10:19 am

British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attending a ceremony in Gibraltar on June 18, 2013. (Courtesy of Mirvis)

British chief rabbi orders synagogues closed over coronavirus

“These extraordinary times call upon us to take extraordinary measures,” Ephraim Mirvis said in a letter.

March 18, 2020 2:19 pm

British chief rabbi disinvited from London event marking completion of Talmud study cycle

Ephraim Mirvis angered some segments of the Orthodox Jewish community in 2018 when he released a guide for Jewish day schools on how to support LGBTQ students.

January 9, 2020 10:36 am

In unprecedented intervention, British chief rabbi warns against Labour victory

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 26, 2019 5:21 am

Britain’s chief rabbi defends Israel’s right to host Eurovision

By Marcy Oster February 3, 2019 1:10 pm

Britain’s chief rabbi publishes guide for Orthodox schools on providing support for LGBT students

September 6, 2018 11:34 am

British chief rabbi urges countrymen to stay tolerant in face of London Bridge attack

June 4, 2017 8:20 am

In England, Christmas week of Jewish study means outreach to Sikhs and Muslims

By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 28, 2016 3:38 pm

Hundreds of voters, including chief rabbi, turned away in heavily Jewish London borough

May 5, 2016 1:04 pm

British chief rabbi: Comfort, support women who want to say Mourner’s Kaddish

January 21, 2016 7:13 am

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