The 55-year-old, a former chief rabbi of Ireland, will succeed Lord Jonathan Sacks in September.
And although he met President Shazar of Israel, he refused to meet Israel's Chief Rabbi.
The 55-year-old, a former chief rabbi of Ireland, will succeed Lord Jonathan Sacks when he steps down next year.
He was a rabbi in Dublin before becoming Ireland's chief rabbi in 1985, a post he held until 1992.
The next chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, says he fears anti-semitism may spread to Britain from the rest of Europe.
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks said it had "caused immense pain to the Jewish community in the UK and around the world".
There was a crumb of comfort for depressed Israeli peaceniks in some bold talk by the British chief rabbi, Jonathan Sacks.
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Just yesterday, Poland's chief Rabbi, Michael Schudrich, was attacked in downtown Warsaw in what police say may have been an anti-Semitic provocation.
Ephraim Mirvis is to become the next chief rabbi of the UK and Commonwealth, the Office of the Chief Rabbi has said.
Lord Sacks, 64, has held the post of chief rabbi since 1991.
Avichai Rontzki, from 2006 to 2010 the chief rabbi of the I.
Lalrin Sailo told the BBC's Subir Bhaumik in Calcutta that the chief rabbi had made his ruling after "detailed investigations" lasting several years.
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When a thug abused Jozsef Schweitzer, the former chief rabbi, in the street, Janos Ader, the president, visited him at home to show solidarity.
It might be worth keeping an eye on Ephraim Mirvis, the Chief Rabbi-elect of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, who is a Tottenham supporter.
Absolutely, I have very close links not only with the Chief Rabbi but Muslim and Hindu leaders in this country and indeed throughout the world.
The chief rabbi does not officially represent other branches of Judaism.
Ten of France's most prominent Jews also voiced their discontent, including Chief Rabbi Rene-Samuel Sirat, although they have disassociated themselves from Agrif and the court action.
In a debate focused on equality, social affairs, health and education, Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks used his maiden Lords speech to call for teachers be more highly valued.
The Pope later met representatives of other faiths, including the Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, and will go on to visit Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams at Lambeth Palace.
The new chief rabbi faces numerous problems, including declining levels of observance and synagogue attendance, and a large proportion of young Jews marrying outside the community, our correspondent says.
The community is led by the charismatic Chief Rabbi Michael Shudrich, an American who has devoted 10 years of his life to the revival of the community in Poland.
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In his eulogy at the family's funeral on Sunday, former chief rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau told Tamar that her job from now on is to be her surviving brothers' mommy.
The army's chief rabbi chanted ( 275K AIFF sound or 275K WAV sound) kaddish, the traditional Jewish prayer ( 290K AIFF sound or 290K WAV sound) for the dead.
What about, you've got very close on Holocaust Day with the Chief Rabbi and so on, that's obviously part of the forging of links with other churches that you're passionate about?
The chamber recently voted in favour of an outright ban, but the legislation was subsequently blocked by the senate after the country's Chief Rabbi, Binyomin Jacobs, reportedly drew a parallel with Nazism.
The festival takes place in Salford, Greater Manchester, on Wednesday and Thursday and will include a debate on the relationship between science and religion between Professor Richard Dawkins and the country's Chief Rabbi, Dr Jonathan Sacks.
Britain's Chief Rabbi, Dr Jonathan Sacks, says we remove religion from the political landscape at our peril, because without what George W Bush once called "the vision thing", politics is reduced to short-term matters of popularity or profit.
In his pre-Christmas message, Pope Benedict XVI rallied Catholics to oppose gay marriage by praising comments critical of gay marriage made by Gilles Bernheim, the chief rabbi of France, raising the prospect of an inter-faith alliance, according to many commentators.
On his first trip overseas as President, during his visit to Istanbul, he met with Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew, Armenian Orthodox Archbishop Aran Stesyan, Chief Rabbi of Istanbul Isak Haleva, Grand Mufti of Istanbul Mustafa Cagrici and Syrian Orthodox Archbishop Yusuf Cetin.
Rabbi Julia Neuberger, chief executive of the King's Fund, said the money should be poured into areas like mental health and elderly care where it could make the most difference.
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