Published: 14 June 2022
Last updated: 5 March 2024
UK chief rabbi has acknowledged the need for synagogues to rethink their activities in a post-COVID world
Following a survey of United Synagogue members after Covid-19 pandemic isolation, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has acknowledged the need for synagogue service to change.
“Overall, people were saying, ‘We’d like to spend less time in prayer services,’” Mirvis said, but then explained, “It’s not that we’d like shorter services; the service is what it is. But there’s no reason why a morning prayer on Shabbat morning has to take three hours.”
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Photo: Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis at his installation as Chief Rabbi (United Synagogues)
