P4t: Baginsky 30/11/2021

this morning (tuesday 30th), 2.26-2.30am, on bbc radio 2

pause for thought by rabbi charley baginsky, ceo, liberal judaism

“I need Chanukah right now, and I am sure I am not alone.”

BB: Orthodox Jewish Women

this afternoon (monday 29th), 4.30-5.00pm, on bbc radio 4 

orthodox jewish women (in the beyond belief series) (presented by ernie rea) includes …

“There is a stereotype of the Orthodox Jewish woman. She is confined to domestic duties and bringing up many children whilst being dominated by a husband who wears a large round fur hat (a shtreimel) and has side curls and a bushy beard. This stereotype is based on the Ultra-Orthodox community which has recently been portrayed in the very popular Netflix dramas Unorthodox and Shtisel. The truth is that the Orthodox Jewish community is more diverse than this and that mainstream Orthodox Jewish women are taking on more responsibility in their community.

To discuss the stereotype, their faith and their lives, Ernie Rea is joined by three Orthodox Jewish women.”

• rebbetzen abi kurzer 

• rabbi dr lindsey taylor-guthartz, controversially ordained this summer in new york

• avigail simmonds-rosten, jewish programme manager, council of christians and jews, london 

P4t: Gelfand 29/11/2021

this morning (monday 29th), 5.44-5.48am, on bbc radio 2

pause for thought by rabbi shoshana boyd gelfand

“Today is the first day of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.”

P4t: Chait 28/11/2021

yesterday morning (sunday 28th), 6.40-6.43am, on bbc radio 2

pause for thought by rabbi alby chait 

“Hanukkah: ‘One candle loses nothing by lighting another candle’.”

Nh: Foreigners banned

this evening (sunday 28th), 9.51-9.58pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by audrey brown) includes …

“Israel is banning the entry of foreigners for two weeks: an Israeli entering the country will have to quarantine … The government is also bringing back a controversial phone tracking scheme run by the Israeli secret service, Shin Bet, to monitor cases.”

including interview with …

• tehilla schwartz altshuler, israel democracy institute 

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/ministers-okay-limited-shin-bet-tracking-program-in-bid-to-head-off-omicron-threat/)

We/BH: Foreigners banned

this morning (sunday 28th), 6.07-6.13am (repeated 7.07am and 8.07am) on bbc world service radio, and 9.02-9.03am on bbc radio 4 

weekend (presented by paul henley) and broadcasting house (presented by paddy oconnell) lead with …

“Israel is to ban foreigners from entering the country for 14 days, and to use surveillance to halt the spread of the new Covid strain. The ban is expected to come into effect at midnight on Sunday.”

including contributions from …

• professor nadav davidovitch 

• bbc reporter tom bateman 

TE: Israel and Palestine

BBC bias: No mention of Jewish presence in Palestine for centuries before Zionism (1897), nor of Jerusalem nearly having a Jewish majority.

BBC bias: No mention of the League of Nations mandate – nothing between Balfour and the 1930s.

BBC bias: No mention of the 1920s Arab riots and massacres (including the 1929 Hebron massacre).

BBC bias and lie: No mention of Jewish immigration into Palestine from 1920 to 1929:

“In the 1930s and 40s, Zionists began moving to Palestine.”

BBC bias: Inserting a racist 1949 BBC broadcast between the Holocaust and the 1947 UN Resolution.

BBC bias: No mention of the ethnic cleansing of the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1948.

BBC bias: No mention of peace with Egypt or Jordan, or of dwindling of Arab countries’ support for Palestinians.

BBC bias: A lie about Napoleon:

“As far back as 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte had offered Palestine as a homeland for the Jewish people.”

BBC bias: Illustrating Palestinian attachment to their land by a story of a Palestinian woman safely visiting her former village to pick fruit without mentioning that no Jew could safely do that in a former Jewish village.

BBC bias: Lying that the PLO was founded to “resist” Israel (it was founded to destroy Israel in 1964) (before the occupation and the resistance).

BBC bias: Lying about the PLO’s name (Palestine Liberation Organisation), in accordance with the BBC’s policy of giving the impression that the Arabs in Palestine have always been called Palestinians:

“The Palestinian Liberation Organisation formed in the 1960s to resist Israel.”

this morning (saturday 27th), 9.32-9.50am (repeated 11.32pm sunday and 3.32am monday), on bbc world service radio 

israel and palestine (2nd of 3 episodes in the the explanation series, each “a snackable audio guide giving you the backstory …  clear analysis along with powerful archive”, presented by bbc south asia expert anu anand) 

“Jeremy has spent over 25 years in the region and has witnessed much bloodshed amidst failed attempts at peace.

But where did this conflict begin? Jeremy looks at the story of two peoples who believe that this land is theirs, their fight over it, and their attempts to find a way to share it – all against a backdrop of foreign intervention.”

including discussion with …

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen 

(if you miss it, available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct2z3j or at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0b6js1f)

PT: Corbyn 2021

this morning (friday 26th), bbc podcast 

political thinking (presented by nick robinson) includes …

“Do you still speak to Jeremy Corbyn?”

including interview with …

• sir keir starmer mp 

(available from 0:05:39 to 0:06:00 and 0:34:10 to 0:40:15 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0b6k9mp)

Today: Corbyn 2021

this morning (friday 26th), 7.07-7.08am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by martha kearney) includes …

“The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says he hasn’t spoken to his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn for over a year.”

including report from …

• bbc reporter chris mason 

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59422675)

MM: Babi Yar 80

last monday evening (22nd november), 10.34-10.45pm (repeated from 12.19pm saturday), on bbc radio 3

music matters (presented by tom service) concludes with …

“Tom also visits director of Dash Arts, Josephine Burton, and musicians Yuriy Gurzhy and Mariana Sadovska, as they rehearse for their new work, Songs for Babyn Yar.

He finds out about the horrors of Babyn Yar, and talks to the musicians about how they are creating a fitting musical memorial to this dark chapter in Ukrainian Holocaust history.

including contributions from …

• director josephine burton 

• singer song-writer mariana sadowska 

• musician yuriy gurzhy