The United Synagogue

At Finchley, Rabbi Mirvis is the founder and Director of the popular community education programme, the Kinloss Learning Centre, (KLC). He is also the Hon Principal of Morasha Jewish Primary School and founder and President of the newly established Kinloss Kollel. More widely in the educational field, he was Editor of the United Synagogue weekly, Daf Hashavua, for five years and has addressed many conferences and communities around the globe.

Rabbi Mirvis is supportive of inter-faith cooperation. He participates in high-level dialogues with Church leaders in the UK and was the first United Synagogue Rabbi to host an address by an Imam in his Synagogue. He has written numerous articles for newspapers and journals around the world about Jewish and ethical issues. Passionate about Israel, Rabbi Mirvis often represented Israel’s interests at Government level and in the media during his spell as Chief Rabbi of Ireland (at the time there was no Israeli Embassy there).

Born and raised in South Africa, Rabbi Mirvis gained a BA in Education and Classical Hebrew from the University of South Africa. He received his Semicha from Machon Ariel, Jerusalem (1978 – 80), having also studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion (1976 – 78) and Yeshivat Kerem Beyavne (1973 – 76). He is qualified as a teacher in Israeli High Schools (Yaakov Herzog Teachers Institute) and also qualified as a shochet and mohel.

Rabbi Mirvis is married to Valerie, a Senior Social Worker in frontline Child Protection and they have five children.