H&S: Journey to Ashkenaz

this afternoon (friday 5th), 1.32-2.00pm, on bbc world service radio (repeated 2.32am, 9.32am, and 11.32pm, tomorrow)
journey to ashkenaz (in the heart and soul series) (presented by michael goldfarb)

”Presenter Michael Goldfarb goes on a journey to the heart of Ashkenaz to find traces of his family’s life …”

including contributions from …
• eli farkas
• professor anna misyuk
• abraham wolff, chief rabbi of south ukraine
• nadia gochman of tikva, a children’s charity in odessa
• musician natalya vakchinska
• professor yaroslav hrytsak
• historian olena andronati

H&S: new Anatevka

this evening (sunday 27th), 11.32-11.59pm, on bbc world service radio (repeated from 9.32am and from 1.32pm friday)
building anatevka (in the heart and soul series) (presented by olga smirnova)

“The community of Anatevka near the Ukrainian capital Kiev has been created to especially welcome Jews from war-torn Eastern Ukraine. Construction started in 2015, and it was named after a hometown of Tevye the Dairyman, from the musical “Fiddler on the Roof”.

The cave: hiding from the Nazis:

this evening (monday 25th), 10.00-11.40pm, on channel 5
the cave: hiding from the nazis:

“Documentary about five Jewish families who descended into a pitch black cave in southern Ukraine to escape the Nazis in 1941, remaining there for nearly 18 months.”