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Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis was installed as 11th Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth on 1 September, 2013 at St John’s Wood Synagogue in London. The Chief Rabbi holds many positions of leadership, including Associate President of the Conference of European Rabbis and President of the London School of Jewish Studies. He is a frequent contributor to radio, television and the press in Britain and around the world. As Chief Rabbi of Ireland from 1984 to 1992, Chief Rabbi Mirvis represented the Jewish community to government, other faith communities and the media. He joined the UK Rabbinate in 1992 when he was appointed to the Western Marble Arch Synagogue in London. Most recently, as Senior Rabbi of Finchley Synagogue (Kinloss), he earned a reputation as one of the UK’s most respected community Rabbis. Under his leadership, the congregation was transformed into a vibrant powerhouse of educational, social, cultural and religious activity and the fastest growing community in the United Synagogue. He is the Founder Rabbi and Honorary Principal of Morasha Jewish

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Ephraim Mirvis

Chief Rabbi of the UK and Commonwealth

Sir Ephraim Yitzchak MirvisKBE (born 7 September 1956) is a British Orthodoxrabbi who serves as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. He served as the Chief Rabbi of Ireland between 1985 and 1992.

Early life and education

Mirvis was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1956, the son of rabbi Lionel and Freida Mirvis. His father was the rabbi of the Claremont and the Wynberg Hebrew Congregations in Cape Town, as well as Muizenberg Shul in the Western Cape;^[1] he also served as rabbi in Benoni for a time, during which Mirvis attended local schools. Mirvis says his father preached against the apartheid system, and visited political prisoners held on Robben Island, while his mother was the principal of the Athlone teacher training college, which was then the country's sole college for training black pre-school teachers.^[2] His grandfather, Lazar Mirvis, was a Jewish minister in Johannesburg.^[3]^[4]

Mirvis attended Herzlia High School in Cap

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Arise, Sir Ephraim: Meet the man behind the New Year's Knighthood

These are dark and difficult times, but this week there was a warm glow about Anglo-Jewry.

There could have been few more delightful ways to kick off the new year than the news that Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis was being awarded a knighthood and the JC, along with the community, congratulates him.

But amid the rejoicing over his award for “services to the Jewish community, to interfaith relations and to education”, the rabbi himself has been modest about publicly celebrating the honour.

According to those who know him well and work closely with him, the new Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis is more at home singing and telling jokes than standing on ceremony.

His friends and colleagues speak of someone who has a wicked sense of humour, is “a devastating mimic” and a big sports fan.

These qualities came together on one occasion when he entertained the BBC presenter Edward Stourton with a rendition of Grace After Meals to the tune of the Match of the Day theme. His love of football — and in particular, Totte