Of course not at Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue because everyone would have vacated the building if we had gone past 10 minutes but the results of our Rabbinic Team's collusion for NPLS' Civic Service is to be found at http://www.npls.org.uk/Sermons/New/Civic%20Service%202011.html
A taste of all 3:
"The Danes do it once, the English twice and the French three times. And the Jews do it like everyone else."
"Multiculturalism, however is not the natural state of things and must be artificially created. British colonialism tried to anglicise and homogenise the different constituents of the Empire, and its missionaries sought to replace native religions with Christianity."
"Our neighbours and the authorities have provided us as a Jewish Community, to live in freedom and harmony with our neighbours. You have provided us with the foundation to play a full and active role in the Community, to fulfil the prophetic pledge to be a ‘light to the nations.’"
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