Long Read: The Chief Rabbi Has Always Been a Servant of Empire
by Joseph Finlay
Ephraim Mirvis’s comments about Israel have shocked many who think of the chief rabbi as an apolitical office. That’s never been the case, writes Joseph Finlay.
When the Chief Rabbi or the Jewish Chronicle claims to speak on behalf of "the Jewish community" they do not include all Jews, just the ones whose Jewishness the establishment wants to validate, argues Jo Sutton-Klein.
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