Love and well wishes for the Princess of Wales
JEWISH ORGANISATIONS issued post-Shabbat wishes for a full recovery to the Princess of Wales following her revelation that she has cancer.
The princess disclosed details of her health in a video message late on Friday afternoon.
In a short statement posted on X/ Twitter on Saturday evening, the Board of Deputies extended “its best wishes for a Refuah Sheleimah — a full and speedy recovery — to the Princess of Wales. Our thoughts are with her and the royal family.”
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis also posted: “Now that Shabbat has concluded, I join people throughout the UK and across the globe in expressing my sadness in learning that the Princess of Wales is battling cancer and I extend heartfelt wishes to her for a ‘refuah shelema’ — a swift and complete recovery.”
The Jewish Leadership Council wished her “continued strength and a speedy recovery”.
Sending “thoughts and prayers to Catherine, Princess of Wales, and to all the royal family”, Progressive Judaism
wrote: “We know that many of our members, whose own lives and families have been touched by cancer, will appreciate her message of faith and hope and the reminder of how vital being surrounded by community and loved ones is. We pray that her complete recovery comes soon and that, in the meantime, she is given the space and time she needs to heal with her family.” The princess revealed that she had been diagnosed with cancer following abdominal surgery and was in the early stages of preventative chemotherapy.
Chair of Chai Cancer Care, Louise Hager, said: “We are all shocked and saddened to hear the news that Catherine, Princess of Wales has been diagnosed with cancer...We wish her much strength...and send our heartfelt wishes for a full and speedy recovery.”
The Holocaust Educational Trust said: “We send our love and strength to Her Royal Highness and wish her a quick and full Refuah Shlema. [She] has been a devoted supporter of Holocaust education and remembrance and is held with huge affection and respect by survivors of the Holocaust and our community.”