ready now – I really don’t think that you should be commenting on this since really this is an issue for people who are actually English and live in the UK. Personally, although some things that the previous Chief Rabbi may have said/did rubbed some of the more charedi community the wrong way, on the whole I feel that this is a position that is sorely needed. The Chief Rabbi, previous or present, is an ambassador for ALL of Jewry in the UK, not just the charedim or the modern communities, and as such is a very difficult position to fill and keep people happy. And on the whole, we have been shown to others as mentschlich people who nevertheless uphold our religion properly – a real kiddush Hashem. I hope that the new Chief Rabbi proves to be such an ambassador.
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