UK chief rabbi calls for commitment to peace, tolerance following attack

British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis calls on Britons to remain committed to the values of peace and tolerance in the wake of a terror attack in London that left at least 7 people dead.

“In the wake of yet another attack, of more loss of life and of more families devastated by terror, every one of us will once again feel the now too familiar sense of horror and helplessness,” Mirvis says in a statement that is posted on his Facebook page.

“After Westminster and Manchester we stood together defiant. Yet it seems the terrorists believe that where they have previously failed to poison our communities, with their destructive ideology of hatred and prejudice, they can succeed with still more bloodshed and murder. But we must not let them.

“We will not be cowed or intimidated nor will we allow our commitment to the values of peace and tolerance to be diminished. In the face of every attack, however devastating, we must continue to cleave ever closer to these values because ultimately they are what will defeat the evil of terror,” he says.

— JTA