Last year chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef made some controversial remarks, which we only found out about now. It’s been reported that during a sermon he compared “negroes” to monkeys. Specifically, he’s reported to have said: “You can’t say a blessing for every negro you see, you go around in the streets of America, every five minutes you will see a Negro. Do you bless him as an ‘exceptional... 

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has issued a warning about the dangers of social media during a radio conversation about the “Nazi” slurs recently directed at Conservative MP Anna Soubry. In an appearance on (((Emma Barnett)))’s Radio 5 Live show, the Chief Rabbi said he had watched the video clip – that went viral – of a group of protesters verbally abusing Ms Soubry “so many times”, saying... 

The Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar, has denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to send the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system to Syria as a “mistake” and expressed the hope that Israel could “deal” with the threat. EUTIMES inserted commentary: The question we would like to ask is why would a rabbi get involved into politics and military affairs like this? When is the last... 

Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhal Yosef has faced a public backlash after saying that according to Jewish law some non-Jews should be forbidden to live in Israel. “According to Jewish law, it’s forbidden for a non-Jew to live in the Land of Israel – unless he has accepted the seven Noahide laws,” Rabbi Yosef said during his weekly Saturday lecture on March 26. Non-Jews who fail to live by the... 

According to the deputy head of presidential administration, Viktor Yanukovych, “does not choose his faith according to what it can give him later”. In days of celebrating the Jewish Hanukkah, Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych has refused to attend a synagogue religious ceremony and light the Hanukkah candles. As the deputy head of Presidential Administration of Ukraine, Anna Herman,... 

Lord Sacks: The Chief Rabbi’s provocative comments came as he delivered the annual lecture for theology think-tank Theos in central London. Europe is “dying’’ because its secular residents are too selfish to have children, according to Lord Sacks, the Chief Rabbi. The leader of Britain’s Jewish community claimed the continent’s population is in decline because people care more about... 

A leading Jewish school broke the Race Relations Act by refusing admission to a boy because his mother was not officially recognised as a Jew, the Court of Appeal ruled today. Three judges said the entry criteria at JFS in North-West London racially discriminated against the boy. The decision is expected to have a direct impact on many other Jewish schools across the UK which are believed to operate...