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

Fake news

this morning (tuesday 21st), 9.00-9.30am (repeated 9.30pm), on bbc radio 4
targeted fake news (in the the long view series) (presented by jonathan freedland)

“Jonathan Freedland compares the current wave of fake news stories, particularly those targeted at Muslims and immigrants in the UK, with the anti-Semitic story of an eight-year-old Christian boy, William of Norwich, who was murdered in woodland outside his native city in 1144. His death was later reported as a Jewish conspiracy and ritual, becoming the founding myth of the so-called ‘blood libel‘.”

including contributions from …
• professor miri rubin
• canon librarian peter doll of norwich cathedral
• james ball, author of post-truth: how bullshit conquered the world