Dear Chief Rabbi Book

In the twenty-five years of his service, Chief Rabbi Lord Immanuel Jakobovits of Regents Park, has become, by sheer force of character, the conscience not only of his own community, but of a large segment of the Western world. As a result, he has been consulted by people in all walks of life on all sorts of issuesfrom prime ministers and politicians, government agencies and industrialists, members of the royal family - and people of all persuasions. In this selection of his correspondence he addresses issues such as interfaith relations, Zionism and the State of Israel, including relations with the Palestinians, questions regarding the environment and arms control, bioethics - an area where his special and highly specialized expertise has been acknowledged not only in Britain but throughout the world, as well as those matters which are the special concern of the chief rabbinateritual, theology, Jewish identity and continuity. All in all, this collection provides a fascinating glimpse of the many worlds of the chief rabbinate, and the many questions which come to him - from the use of foreskins for medical research to a proposed Christian revision of the Psalms.