Zitat des Tages von Ephraim Mirvis:
Anyone who truly understands what apartheid was cannot possibly look around Israel today and honestly claim there is any kind of parity.
All societies wrestle with the scourge of prejudice, but validating that prejudice in statute makes a virtue of oppression.
The beth din is the court of the chief rabbi. I see myself taking an active role within the beth din.
Free speech may be a right, but only by using it as a force for good in the world do we make it a virtue.
The rabbis will find in me personally someone who cares about their future and welfare.
Open a Jewish daily prayer book used in any part of the world, and Zionism will leap out at you.
'Rabbi' means 'teacher,' and I see the role of chief rabbi as chief teacher.
Let no Jew, regardless of their circumstances, feel that he or she cannot experience that unique moment of peace when Shabbat begins.
All political parties share in the responsibility to rid our society of anti-Semitism, but we cannot achieve that objective with political posturing or empty promises of action never to be fulfilled.
We must teach compassion and tolerance and encourage kindness, selflessness, and loving acceptance of all who are created in the image of God.
Shimon Peres was the greatest living example of an unshakable belief in the pursuit of peace against all odds.
In the face of death, we will continue to choose and sanctify life.
Human beings are partners of the Almighty in bringing life into the world, and we are his partners also in healing.