31 Quotes by Ephraim Mirvis

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

Holocaust denial, once the preserve of fringe conspiracy theorists, has mutated into Holocaust obfuscation, equivocation, and specious comparison on a larger scale than ever.

The Holocaust remains unique in contemporary Jewish consciousness for its capacity to engender the most visceral grief and abject pain.

'Rabbi' means 'teacher,' and I see the role of chief rabbi as chief teacher.

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.

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

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.

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

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