Today: Violence in Baita

this morning (saturday 30th), 8.50-8.54am, on bbc radio 4 (repeated 7.25am monday on newsday on bbc world service radio) 

today (presented by simon jack and justin webb) includes  …

“The number of Palestinians killed in confrontations with Israelis in the occupied West Bank this year is more than seventy, the highest figure in five years.

The worst hotspot for violence has been in the Palestine village of Baita.

Eight people have been killed there, and many hundreds injured. Locals began organising protests after hard-line Jewish settlers set up a new outpost on land claimed by Palestinian olive-farmers.”

including report from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

5F: Nigerian community

this afternoon (friday 29th), 12.33-12.43pm (repeated 6.33pm and 3.33pm), on bbc world service radio 

fifth floor (presented by faranak amidi) includes … 

“A small Nigerian community claims to have Jewish ancestry dating back hundreds of years, and draws parallels between the Jewish and Igbo cultures.

We meet one of their leaders, and also investigate the Israeli response to their desire for recognition.”

including report from … 

• bbc africa online reporter nduka orjinmo 

P4t: Goldberg 29/10/2021

this morning (friday 29th), 5.44-5.47am, on bbc radio 2

pause for thought by rabbi alex goldberg

“My grandfather’s ingenuity makes him a standout modern role model.”

WDYTYA: Alex Scott

yesterday evening (tuesday 26th), 9.04-9.25pm, on bbc 1 tv (repeated 12.09am 20th november on bbc 2 tv) 

alex scott (in the who do you think you are series) (narrated by phil davis) includes …

“Presenter and former footballer Alex Scott delves into both sides of her family history.

Having known nothing of her Jewish ancestry on her mum’s side, Alex is proud to discover that her great grandad Philip Gittleson was at the Battle of Cable Street in London’s East End in 1936, facing down fascist followers of Oswald Mosley.”

including contributions from …

• historian alan dean 

• historian tony kushner 

• historian vicki long 

(see also https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/alex-scott-proud-of-her-cable-street-relative-in-who-do-you-think-you-are/)

6ocn: Eitan Biran returned

this evening (monday 25th), 6.28-6.30pm, on bbc radio 4 

six o’clock news concludes with …

“An Israeli judge has ruled that a six-year-old boy who was the sole survivor of a cable car crash in northern Italy should be returned to an aunt living in the country.”

including report from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/court-rules-cable-car-crash-survivor-eitan-biran-6-will-be-returned-to-italy/)

We: Nuremberg 75

this morning (sunday 24th), 7.48-7.58am (repeated 2.51pm and 9.51pm on newshour without discussion), on bbc world service radio (repeated from 8.39am on tuesday on today on bbc radio 4, with added discussion)

weekend (presented by julian worricker) concludes with …

“It’s seventy-five years since judgment at Nuremberg, the trial that found nineteen high-ranking Nazis guilty of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and waging illegal war.”

including contributions from …

• international lawyer philippe sands  

• karim khan, chief prosecutor, icc 

• robby dundas, daughter of nuremberg judge sir jeffrey lawrence

• navi pillay, former unhcr 

• howard morrison, retired judge, icc 

• theresa fallon, founder and director, creas (centre for russia europe and asia studies)  

• journalist alan posener, die welt  

SML: Lily Ebert

this morning (sunday 24th), 10.45-10.50am, on bbc 1 tv 

sunday morning live (presented by sean fletcher and jacqui joseph) includes …

“There aren’t many people who become both best-selling authors and social media stars at the age of ninety-seven.

As one of the last remaining survivors of Auschwitz, she teamed up with her seventeen-year-old great-grandson Dov to find a way to tell her story during lockdown.

The result was a book, Lily’s Promise, that became a Sunday Times top ten best-seller.”

including interview with …

• survivor lily ebert, 97

• great-grandson dov forman 

(see also https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/watch-auschwitz-and-covid-survivor-97-i-chose-life-i-cannot-give-up/ and https://www.timesofisrael.com/keeping-a-vow-to-tell-her-tale-auschwitz-survivor-becomes-tiktok-sensation/)

Sunday: Coronavirus changes

this morning (sunday 24th), 7.16-7.22am, on bbc radio 4 

sunday (presented by edward stourton) includes …

“We brought together two rabbis. They come from different Jewish traditions, and we asked them to discuss the way the innovations in ritual and prayer they introduced during the pandemic are likely to develop.”

including discussion between …

• rabbi miriam berger 

• rabbi jonathan wittenberg 

Twt: Human rights controversy

yesterday evening (friday 22nd), 10.05-10.06pm, on bbc radio 4 

the world tonight (presented by james coomarasamy) includes …

“Israel has declared six Palestinian human rights groups to be terrorist organisations.”

including report from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-terror-designation-of-palestinian-ngos-sparks-furious-backlash/)

LW: Myriam Sarachik

this afternoon (sunday 24th), 4.16-4.23pm (repeated 8.44pm sunday), on bbc radio 4 

myriam sarachik, b. 8.8.1933, d. 7.10.2021 (part of last word, obituary programme) 

“A ground-breaking female scientist in the electronic and magnetic behaviour of materials, who had to contend with deeply entrenched sexism.”

including interview with … 

• journalist kenneth chang