Sunday: Berlin House of One

sunday 22nd june 2014, 7.15-7.25am, on bbc radio 4 

sunday (presented by edward stourton) includes …

“In Berlin, a project to have a mosque, a synagogue and a church under the same roof is under way. It was organised by a Protestant pastor who says it’s unique – in no other place do the three faiths share premises. Steve Evans reports…

We assess the life and legacy of Rabbi Nachman Sudak who died last week, a leader in the Lubavitch community.”

including interviews with … 

• rabbi tovia ben chorin 

• pastor gregor hohberg 

• imam kadir sanci 

• rabbi shmuel lew

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27872551)

FOOC: selfies at Auschwitz

yesterday morning (saturday 22nd), 11.33-11.38am, on bbc radio 4
from our own correspondent (presented by kate adie) leads with …

“Steve Evans reflects, amongst other things, on people taking selfies at Auschwitz and at other atrocity sites”

Sunday: German WWI Jewish soldiers

yesterday morning (sunday 6th) 7.10-7.55am, on bbc radio 4
sunday includes …

“Steve Evans reports from Berlin on the reaction of faith communities in Germany to the outbreak of World War I …”

including how the german government used a census of german soldiers to try to prove that jews were under-represented in the army, and a contribution from daniel wildmann of the leo baeck institute;
and …

“… orthodox Rabbi Natan Levy says he’s frustrated at what he sees as a lack of engagement between Jews and Muslims in the UK, and is observing Ramadan to increase the understanding between the two faiths.”

Sunday: Berlin, Rabbi Nachman Sudak, Mor Karbasi

this morning (sunday 22nd), 7.15-7.35am, on bbc radio 4
sunday includes …

“In Berlin, a project to have a mosque, a synagogue and a church under the same roof is under way. It was organised by a Protestant pastor who says it’s unique – in no other place do the three faiths share premises. Steve Evans reports.”

“We assess the life and legacy of Rabbi Nachman Sudak who died last week . A leader in the Lubavitch community, Rabbi Shmuel Lew, tells edward stourton why he was so influential.”

“Today the Fes festival in Morocco has become not only very popular but a beacon of religious tolerance and religious pluralism in the middle of the Muslim world. John Laurenson talks to Israeli-born singer Mor Karbasi, who sings a Ladino song about a Jewish martyr.”

1,406 Nazi-looted paintings

yesterday afternoon (tuesday 5th), 1.05-2.00pm, on bbc world service radio:
newshour: details of nazi-looted art revealed
steve evans reports on the 1,406 paintings by toulouse-lautrec picasso dürer renoir chagall and others