PM/6ocn: Lag B’Omer deaths

this evening (friday 30th), 5.04-5.05pm, 5.17-5.21pm, and 6.06-6.09pm, on bbc radio 4 

pm (presented by evan davis) and six o’clock news include …

“Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said there will be a full investigation into a crush at Jewish festival in which at least 45 people died. More than 150 people were injured.”

including contributions from … 

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

• avi marcus, united hatzalah 

• bbc reporter tom bateman 

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56938657)

(see also list of deceased at https://www.timesofisrael.com/victims-of-the-mount-meron-tragedy-named/, and news reports at https://www.timesofisrael.com/dozens-said-hurt-as-stand-collapses-at-mass-lag-bomer-gathering-in-mount-meron/, https://www.timesofisrael.com/buried-alive-i-thought-i-was-going-to-die-says-teen-injured-in-meron-tragedy/, https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-dead-were-all-around-us-survivors-describe-mount-meron-crush-horror/, https://www.timesofisrael.com/state-comptroller-warned-for-years-of-overcrowding-danger-at-meron-site/, https://www.timesofisrael.com/warnings-for-years-of-meron-bottleneck-police-commander-takes-blame-for-tragedy/, https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-packed-narrow-walkway-a-slippery-metal-floor-how-the-meron-tragedy-unfolded/, https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-laments-terrible-disaster-as-politicians-react-to-meron-tragedy/, https://www.timesofisrael.com/justice-ministry-unit-probing-whether-police-negligence-led-to-stampede/, https://www.timesofisrael.com/families-gather-at-forensic-center-as-officials-work-to-identify-44-meron-dead/, https://www.timesofisrael.com/arab-towns-offer-food-drink-to-meron-survivors-hundreds-give-blood-in-tel-aviv/, and https://www.timesofisrael.com/mass-confusion-as-tens-of-thousands-try-to-leave-mt-meron-after-deadly-stampede/)

W@1/Nh: Lag B’Omer deaths

this afternoon (friday 30th), 1.01-1.02pm on bbc radio 4, and 2.06-2.15pm on bbc world service radio 

world at one (presented by edward stourton) and newshour (presented by james menendez) lead with …-

“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to investigate a crush at a crowded religious festival that left dozens of people dead.

At least 45 people were killed and 150 were injured at the all-night Lag B’Omer festival near Mount Meron, which attracted tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews.”

including contributions from … 

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

• uriel goldberg, magen david adom 

Today: Lag B’Omer deaths

this morning (friday 30th), 6.02-6.03am, 6.33-6.36am, 7.02-7.03am, 7.13-7.18am, and 8.02-8.03am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by justin webb and martha kearney) includes …

“Emergency workers in Israel say at least 44 people have been killed and many more have been injured, in a crush at a Jewish festival.”

including contributions from … 

• bbc reporter tom bateman 

• dov maisel, united hatzalah 

Nd: Lag B’Omer deaths

this morning (friday 30th), 6.07-6.12am and 7.07-7.12am (possibly** repeated from 5.07am), on bbc world service radio, and 

(**for unknown reasons, the 5.06am versions of newsday are not being made available online)

newsday (presented by james copnall) leads with …

“At least 44 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a crush at an orthodox Jewish festival.

Crowds of pilgrims were trying to pass through a new and narrow pathway when some slipped and fell. 

The local mobile network collapsed because of so much use after the tragedy – leaving many families unable to reach loved ones.”

including interviews with …

• journalist efrat finkel

• journalist tzvi joffre

Tftd: Wittenberg 29/4/2021

this morning (thursday 29th), 7.49-7.52am, on bbc radio 4

thought for the day, by rabbi jonathan wittenberg 

“We need to carry the wounds of our society and world with a compassionate consciousness, while drawing strength from our roots to create new growth.“

P4t: Stanley 27/4/2021

yesterday morning (tuesday 27th), 2.26-2.29am, on bbc radio 2 

pause for thought by rabbi benji stanley 

“If I could have one wish: ‘I will live in this world and do my small bit to make it better’.”

P4t: Marks 26/4/2021

last monday morning (26th april), 9.15-9.18am, on bbc radio 2

pause for thought by laura marks 

“Our hair is our choice, an expression of ourselves.”

P4t: Ashworth-Steen 25/4/2021

last sunday morning (25th april), 6.50-6.53am, on bbc radio 2

pause for thought by rabbi robyn ashworth-steen

“I hope that I can move towards always acting as an active bystander.”

FT: Jewish/Christian history

tomorrow evening (wednesday 28th), 10.00-10.45pm, on bbc radio 3 

links between judaism and christianity (presented by matthew sweet) (in the free thinking series)

“From the Jewishness of the New Testament to attempts by 19th- and early 20th-century British Jews to blend in to Christian England, Giles Fraser’s new book Chosen shows how the two religions have a vexed history but are also surprisingly interconnected.

Matthew Sweet explores this relationship between Judaism and Christianity through medieval, early modern and modern history.”

including discussion with …

• giles fraser

• miri rubin, professor of medieval and early modern history, queen mary, university of london

• david feldman, professor of history, director of the pears institute for the study of antisemitism, birkbeck, university of london

STW: Giles Fraser

yesterday morning (monday 26th), 9.29-9.36am, on bbc radio 4 

start the week (presented by tom sutcliffe) includes …

“In 2011, Canon Giles Fraser suffered a crisis of faith and mental health.

In Chosen: Lost and Found Between Christianity and Judaism, Fraser explores his own religious roots, and discovers the healing power of theology for the individual and society.”