P4t: Chait 30/7/2023
this morning (sunday 30th), 7.12-7.15am, on bbc radio 2
pause for thought by rabbi alby chait
“I am grateful that my poor eyesight gives me the chance to see things clearly.”
(more…)Archive for July, 2023
Nc: Overhaul vote
last friday (28th july), podcast (11 minutes), on bbc news radio
newscast (presented by adam fleming) includes …
“BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen unpicks events in Israel after a tumultuous week which saw mass protests after a vote passed limiting the power of the country’s Supreme Court.”
including report from …
• bbc reporter jeremy bowen
(more…)Sunday: Overhaul vote
this morning (sunday 30th), 7.42-7.54am, on bbc radio 4
sunday (presented by edward stourton) leads with …
“The Israeli parliament this week passed a law to restrict the powers of the country’s supreme court.
There’ve been vast and furious protests by those who oppose the change, there were more last night, the government is planning to introduce more highly controversial legislation in this area.
And the debate has prompted real soul-searching in Israel, not just about the legislation but about broader questions relating to the country’s identity, and the proper relationship between its politics and the Jewish faith.”
including contributions from …
• bbc reporter paul adams
• rabbi yehosuha pfeffer
• rabbi naamah kelman-ezrachi
(more…)WBR: General strike?
last monday (24th july), 7 minutes, bbc podcast
world business report (presented by ed butler) leads with …
“Could Israel see a general strike?
The country’s government has caused turmoil by passing the first part of a new and highly controversial set of laws limiting the power of the Supreme Court to overrule government actions.
There have been angry protests on the streets on Jerusalem, while the Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has appeared on Israeli television saying he was willing to delay the new law for now in the interests of national unity.”
including interview with …
• peter lerner, histadrut, former idf spokesman
(more…)Ao4: Comedy and Antisemitism
this evening (saturday 29th), 8.02-8.59pm, on bbc radio 4
shticks and stones: jewish comedy and antisemitism (presented by david schneider) (in the archive on 4 series)
“David Schneider is joined by fellow funny people including comedians David Baddiel and Judy Gold and Robert Popper, creator of Friday Night Dinner, to delve into the archives and explore what makes Jewish humour distinct and how it reacts in times of rising antisemitism.
(more…)Profile: Benjamin Netanyahu
BBC bias: BBC Profile lies that there were peace talks in 2009.
this evening (saturday 29th), 7.00-7.15pm (repeated 5.45am and 5.40pm), on bbc radio 4
benjamin netanyahu (in the profile series) (presented by timandra harkness)
“Benjamin Netanyahu is Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister, but his government’s plans for judicial reform have triggered one of the most serious crises of his political career.
Timandra Harkness looks at the life of the man who has won six elections, and who is known to his supporters as King Bibi.”
including contributions from …
• guardian journalist bethan mckernan
• political consultant george birnbaum
• journalist gil hoffman
(more…)FOOC: “Social chasms”
this morning (saturday 29th), 11.31-11.37am, on bbc radio 4
from our own correspondent (presented by kate adie) leads with …
“Israel’s culture war over the Supreme Court:
This year has seen the streets of Jerusalem thronged with protests and demonstrations over the Netanyahu government’s plans for legal and constitutional reforms, limiting the powers of Israel’s Supreme Court.
Paul Adams examines the wider social chasms underlying political divides over the Court’s role.”
including report from …
• bbc reporter paul adams
(more…)W: Leonid Finkelstein
yesterday afternoon (friday 28th), 2.45-3.00pm (repeated from may and april 2022 and july 2013), on bbc radio 4
the soviet gulag (presented by mike lanchin) (in the witness series)
“Millions of people were sent to brutal labour camps in the Soviet Union during Stalin’s rule. Political prisoners and criminals worked alongside each other as slave labourers. Many died of disease, starvation, or exhaustion.
Leonid Finkelstein spent more than 5 years in the Gulag.
His crime: to have commented to a fellow student about the growing anti-semitism in the post-war Sovciet Union”
including interview with …
• leonid finkelstein (vladimirov)
(more…)
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