Jewish Leaders React To Death Of Prince Philip, Praise His ‘Affection’ For Community

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Buckingham Palace announced on Friday the death of Prince Philip, 99, the Duke of Edinburgh—husband to Queen Elizabeth and father to Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.

Leaders of the United Kingdom’s Jewish community reacted to his death, praising him for his public service and his “affection for the Jewish community.”

Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom Ephraim Mirvis called Philip a “selfless and loyal public figure” who offered his “steadfast support to the Queen” and “exceptional service to our nation.”

He also said that he immensely enjoyed his personal conversations with Philip and was “deeply moved by his extraordinary sense of duty.”

“We remember the Duke’s interaction with, and affection for, the Jewish community in the U.K. and his connection with Israel, where his mother is buried, and which he visited in 1994.”

Philip’s mother, Princess Alice, is buried in Jerusalem and recognized as a “Righteous Among the Nations” by Yad Vashem for sheltering Jewish refugees during World War II while in Athens. Philip was born on the Greek island of Corfu on June 10, 1921.

Marie van der Zyl, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, praised Philip for his service during World War II and for the “tens of thousands of engagements which he carried out over six-and-a-half decades of royal duties.”

She said, “Our thoughts are with the Royal Family today; it is our sincere hope that their memories of Prince Philip will be a comfort to them in the period ahead.”

Jonathan Goldstein, chair of the Jewish Leadership Council, noted the “many happy members of his engagements with the Jewish community.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered his condolences to Queen Elizabeth and her family, calling the Duke a “consummate public servant who will be much missed in Israel and across the world.”

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin also offered words of comfort.

He wrote on Twitter: “My deepest condolences and heartfelt sympathy to HM Queen Elizabeth II, HRH The Prince of Wales, the @RoyalFamily and the people of the United Kingdom on the death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. May his memory be a blessing.”

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6 COMMENTS

  1. DON’T BELIEVE THE MEDIA. IT’S FAR FROM THE TRUTH.
    Although his death was only reported last week, this evil couple, Philip and his wife, already “died” in Aug 2019 and put on ice until now. They were reshaim gemurim with crimes against humanity on the highest level. Buckingham Palace has been boarded up since then, officially stating “renovation” but the truth was because of forensic investigation going on there.

    Philip had loads of money and everything he desired and yet all he wanted was to destroy humanity. In 1988 he said, ‘In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, to contribute something to solving overpopulation.’

    These reshaim were convicted for the disappearance of children from a school in British Columbia, Canada. In May 2014 they were found guilty by the International Common Law Court of Justice in Brussels for kidnapping, torturing and murdering over 50,000 children.

    There’s good reason Princess Diana said about her mother-in-law “she’s an evil woman”.

  2. Deb, go and fly on Louis Farhakhans mother wheel. I assume you belive that the earth is flat, 911 was an inside job , and man did not land on the moon.

  3. Somebody (Deb) has been reading too much fiction. (Combined with an overactive imagination for conspiracies….)

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