London – Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has been named as the next Chief Rabbi of the UK succeeding Rabbi Jonathan Sacks who has held the post since 1991.
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The United Synagogue, an association of Orthodox synagogues in the UK, made the announcement on Monday.
Rabbi Mirvis, 55, has served as the communal rabbi of Finchley Synagogue in London for the past sixteen years, and also held the position of Chief Rabbi of Ireland from 1984-1992.
Born and raised in South Africa, Mirvis, a qualified shohet and mohel, has spent much of his professional life in the UK.
He will take office in September 2013.
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Another Kerem B’Yavneh alumn…
ימים על ימי מלך תוסיף cant be an easy job taking over from rabbi lord j sacks shlit”a
A most wonderful choice, we as British Jewry can be very proud
Rabbi Mirwis Hatzlocha Rabbo
Hatzlacha Rabbah. May he go from chail al chayel
He looks more ” heimish” then the current Lord. The big Q is does he compare intellectually to Rabbi Saks.?
The job of Chief Rabbi in England is primaraly one to ” defend” the faith and Jewish interests in the UK and I fear that Rabbi Saks will be a very hard act to follow as he has garnered the respect of all the Goyims there
Rabbi Sacks is indeed a personality that cant be rep[laced easily, but we can say that what i have read about Rabbi Mirvis, he is someone that the Hiemishe Kehila in England can see eye-to-eye with.
Definitely looks more yeshivish. Perhaps he can now unite the yeshivish with the more modern in the UK.