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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Harriet Sherwood

Apology, 800 years on, for laws that expelled Jews from England

Chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis
Chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis will attend service in Christ Church cathedral. Photograph: David Hartley/Rex

The Church of England is to apologise for its “shameful actions” in passing anti-Jewish laws 800 years ago that paved the way for the expulsion of Jews from England.

A special service at Christ Church cathedral in Oxford on Sunday, marking the 800th anniversary of the Synod of Oxford, will be attended by Ephraim Mirvis, the chief rabbi, with representatives of the archbishop of Canterbury and a Roman Catholic bishop.

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