Queen Elizabeth
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and his wife Valerie will stay at Clarence House on Friday, May 5, 2023, in order to attend the coronation the following day.
“It’s true that the Queen never visited Israel, but King Charles has visited several times as prince and was received by President Isaac Herzog very cordially,” said envoy Neil Wigan.
“The Queen was a true woman of valor as we say in the Jewish tradition, a beacon of stability and a historic figure. We grieve with Britain,” said the Israeli president.
The Israeli president signed the condolence book for the queen at the residence of the British ambassador to Israel, calling her a “beacon of morality in the service of her people.”
“The Jewish community is really in mourning along with the rest of the United Kingdom. We really feel that we have lost, I think someone described her, as the grandmother of the nation,” said Olivia Marks-Woldman, chief executive of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.
“Tonight, we all share in the sorrow of the United Kingdom,” tweeted Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai.
“Clothed in strength and dignity, she spoke with wisdom and the law of kindness was on her tongue. She watched over the ways of her nation and never ate the bread of idleness,” reads Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom Ephraim Mirvis.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog called her death “the end of an era.”
“Every week in synagogue we prayed for her welfare, well-being and wisdom, and she never let us down,” said Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis.
“May the memory of Queen Elizabeth II be a blessing.”
“Her Majesty the Queen is very much in my prayers, and I know that Jewish communities around the Commonwealth will join me in wishing her a full and swift recovery,” tweeted Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis.
Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis called for the Queen, the Prince of Wales and the entire Royal Family to be blessed with years of health and strength.
