Author: Ephraim Mirvis

Quotes

Life has an absolute value and its preservation takes precedence over other commandments.

Life has an absolute value and its preservation takes precedence over other commandments.

- Ephraim Mirvis

Anti-Semitism is not just a problem for Jews; it is a problem for all of our society.

Anti-Semitism is not just a problem for Jews; it is a problem for all of our society.

- Ephraim Mirvis

As we wander, grieving, in yet another dark moment, amid our pain we must struggle to remember the redemptive power of love and hope.

As we wander, grieving, in yet another dark moment, amid our pain we must struggle to remember the redemptive power of love and hope.

- Ephraim Mirvis

Ethics, politics and psychology are all far more difficult to understand now that we know the depths to which human nature can sink.

Ethics, politics and psychology are all far more difficult to understand now that we know the depths to which human nature can sink.

- Ephraim Mirvis

When someone denies the right of Israel to exist, it hurts us, just as an attack on a close member of our family would hurt us.

When someone denies the right of Israel to exist, it hurts us, just as an attack on a close member of our family would hurt us.

- Ephraim Mirvis

In the face of death, we will continue to choose and sanctify life.

In the face of death, we will continue to choose and sanctify life.

- Ephraim Mirvis

Britain has been good to the Jews, and the Jews have been good for Britain.

Britain has been good to the Jews, and the Jews have been good for Britain.

- Ephraim Mirvis

My track record is that I have always sought to work with warmth and in a constructive way with the leaders of other components of the Jewish faith.

My track record is that I have always sought to work with warmth and in a constructive way with the leaders of other components of the Jewish faith.

- Ephraim Mirvis

We must teach compassion and tolerance and encourage kindness, selflessness, and loving acceptance of all who are created in the image of God.

We must teach compassion and tolerance and encourage kindness, selflessness, and loving acceptance of all who are created in the image of God.

- Ephraim Mirvis

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