Influence
In 2008 he was listed by the Jewish Chronicle as the 8th most influential British Jew. He also represents Haredi interests on the London Jewish Forum. Rabbi Pinter was instrumental in getting London Mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone to write a conciliatory article in the Jewish Chronicle, saying "Please, let's move on from the 'Ken and the Jews' dramas", in which he specifically apologises to Rabbi Pinter.
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“We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us, like the grass which confesses the influence of the slightest dew that falls on it; and did not spend our time in atoning for the neglect of past opportunities, which we call doing our duty.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Concord River is remarkable for the gentleness of its current, which is scarcely perceptible, and some have referred to its influence the proverbial moderation of the inhabitants of Concord, as exhibited in the Revolution, and on later occasions.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)