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Archive on 4 is available on BBC Sounds featuring previously unheard tapes of Kenneth Williams reading Bible stories. They were recorded by a young James Jones, now the retired Bishop of Liverpool when he was a young producer working for a Christian charity, charged with getting new recordings that would bring new audiences to Christianity. The tapes explore Williams's talent in bringing these well-known stories to life and 'open a window into his soul', exploring his own relationship with faith through the people who knew him. Edward Stourton discusses Kenneth Williams' faith with Mark Oakley who is the dean of Southwark Cathedral, and James Jones, the former bishop of Liverpool.Also on the programme; the founder of the first secure school for young offenders with a faith ethos, says the spiritual health of teenagers needs addressing. Steve Chalke says schools in his Oasis group use an holistic approach to address bad behaviour. According to a new Teacher Tapp survey commissioned by the BBC, more than a third of secondary school teachers say they've seen misogynistic behaviour from a pupil in their school in the last week. But while Steve Chalke argues that a faith ethos in a school can help, are some religious beliefs part of the problem?As Israel continues its bombardment of Gaza, six UN aid agencies have this week appealed for a ceasefire and the resumption of urgently needed aid deliveries. We hear from Muslim Aid, which has worked with aid workers in the strip for the last 19 years. Meanwhile Jewish people around the world are celebrating the start of Passover – but in Israel some of the hostages who've been released say it's hard to celebrate this festival of freedom when 59 hostages are still in captivity. The President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews gives us the view from the British Jewish diaspora.Presenter: Edward Stourton Producers: Bara'atu Ibrahim & Amanda Hancox Studio Managers: Sam Smith & Nat Stokes Editor: Tim Pemberton

Send us a textIn this episode of State of the Nation, Phillip Rosenberg, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, tells us about the challenges facing the British Jewish community in the aftermath of October 7th. At just 38 years old, Rosenberg is the youngest leader in the organization's history and brings fresh perspectives to a community navigating a surge in antisemitism and political extremism in the UK.The conversation explores the rise of hate crimes, the role of interfaith alliances with British Muslims, and the fight to preserve Jewish identity amid mounting pressures. They delve into the geopolitical ramifications of Hamas's attack, UK-Israel relations, and the broader implications for British society. Rosenberg also shares his optimistic vision for combating extremism and building bridges across communities.

To hear the full discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-tony-118747245 Katie talks to Tony Greenstein, the co-founder of Britain's Palestine solidarity campaign and the author of "Zionism During the Holocaust: The Weaponisation of Memory in the Service of State and Nation." Then Katie speaks to Rabbi Hershel Gluck is a British rabbi, chairman of the Arab-Jewish Forum and chairman and founder of the Muslim-Jewish Forum. Jenny Manson a British Jewish activist, author, former civil servant, former Labour Party councillor for Colindale on Barnet London Borough Council, and co-chair of Jewish Voice for Labour. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: @kthalps

Judeo-Presian & Early New Persian | فارسیهود در آیینه ی تاریخ‎ آیا می‌دانید نخستین نامه‌ی برجای‌مانده به زبان پارسی نو را يک یهودی نوشته است؟ به بيان دیگر، هر هر پژوهشگر ایران‌شناس اگر بخواهد کاوشی در زبان پارسی نو بکند، نباید این نامه را نادیده بگیرد. منظور از پارسی نو، زبانی است که از پارسی میانه و پارسی باستان جداست. بدون اینکه بتوان به‌روشنی زمانی دقیق برای این دگرگونی‌ها برگزید، باید به‌گونه‌ای کلی گفت که فارسي باستان به دوره‌ی هخامنشیان و پارسی میانه به دوره‌ی پس از یورش تازیان بازمی‌گردد. در سال ۱۹۰۱ میلادی، یک باستان‌شناس یهودی انگلیسی تبار به نام مارک اورل اشتاین (۱۸۶۲–۱۹۴۳) به هنگام کندوکاو در یکی از دورترین بخش‌های ایران بزرگ آن دوران، یعنی جایی به نام دندان اویلیق، که در ترکستان خاوری نزدیک ختن است، نامه‌ای پیدا کرد که تا به امروز موضوع بررسی و پژوهش ایران‌شناسان بوده است. این نامه در سی‌وهفت سطر بر پوست گوسفند به پارسیهود، یعنی به خط عبری و زبان پارسی نوشته شده است. به دلیل گذر زمان و فرسودگی، پیرامون این نامه آسیب دیده است. پژوهش‌های نخستین نشان می‌دهد که این نامه، که از واژگان و آمیخته های بیگانه تهی است، باید در میانه‌های سده‌ی هشتم نگاشته شده باشد. متن نامه در پیوند با کارهای بازرگانی است و گویا به خریدوفروش گوسفند ربط دارد. در این گفتگوی دوستانه با خاخام مُشه (پیام) شیرازی در برنامه ي تلويزيوني درخت زندگي ما پیرامون پارسهیود سخن خواهیم گفت!   Did you know that the earliest extant letter written in New Persian was composed by a Jewish individual? In other words, any scholar engaged in Iranian studies who intends to explore the New Persian language must not overlook this document. By "New Persian," we refer to a language distinct from both Middle Persian and Old Persian. While it is not feasible to assign a precise chronological demarcation to these linguistic transitions, it is generally understood that Old Persian pertains to the Achaemenid period, whereas Middle Persian corresponds to the era following the Arab invasions. In 1901 CE, a British-Jewish archaeologist by the name of Sir Marc Aurel Stein (1862–1943), during his excavations in one of the most remote regions of Greater Iran at the time—specifically, a site known as Dandan Uiliq, situated in eastern Turkestan near Khotan—unearthed a letter that has since been a subject of extensive scholarly examination by Iranologists. The letter, consisting of thirty-seven lines, was inscribed on sheepskin in a script referred to as "Judeo-Persian" (Farsihud), using the Hebrew script but written in the Persian language. Owing to the passage of time and natural deterioration, portions of the letter have sustained damage. Initial research suggests that this letter, which is devoid of foreign loanwords or expressions, was likely composed in the mid-8th century. The content pertains to commercial transactions, possibly involving the trade of sheep. In this conversation with Rabbi Moshe (Peyam) Shirazi on the Persian-speaking television programme Derakhte Zendegi (The Tree of Life), we shall explore the subject of Judeo-Persian (Farsihud) in greater depth.

Recently the kids and I watched the film 'A house in Jerusalem' by filmmaker Muayad Elayyan who happens to be a far cousin and friend of my husband Tariq. Although he told me that he had a small role as an extra in this film, which he's had in all Muayad's films, I did NOT recognize him. Turns out the policeman in the scene when Rebecca wanders off from the summer school activity in Jerusalem and ends up with the Palestinian puppeteer, is MY husband!! We only realized at the end of the film when we saw his name in the end credits, that we had missed out on recognizing him. It was a hilarious moment when we played it again and then figured out the policeman was Tariq!Muayad visits Singer Cafe regularly so it wasn't hard to catch him for a podcast interview. After his earlier films: 'The reports on Sarah and Saleem' and 'Love Theft and Other Entanglements' this film 'A House in Jerusalem' is the latest. It came out in January 2023 and it is still being shown at film festivals around the world.In this film a British Jewish girl named Rebecca comes with her father to Jerusalem after her mother has died in a tragic car accident. Her grandfather has a house in West Jerusalem where they can live. They are both overwhelmed with the trauma of losing the mother, but the father is trying to make things work in their new environment. Rebecca explores the garden, finds an old well, manages to open it and finds a traditional rag doll in the well. This leads her to connect with the ghost of the young Palestinian girl Rasha. What follows is the story of what happened to this girl Rasha during the 1948 Nakba when the family was forcibly displaced from their home.In the podcast interview with Muayad we touch on many aspects of the film and on Muayad's personal family history. His both grandparents were displaced from their homes. The theme of intergenerational trauma both on an individual level as well as on the collective level are very present in the film.Muayad could never have imagined that his film would come out just months before the 7th of October and before the ethnic cleansing campaign in the Gaza strip. "There are many parallels to what happened in 1948 and what is happening in Gaza."If you want to follow up with news of screenings of the film then this is the facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ahouseinjerusalem Connect to Stories from Palestine on social media, sign up for the newsletter, read more about traveling to Palestine and if you can, please support the podcast on Ko-fi. All the links can be found here: https://linktr.ee/storiesfrompalestineSupport the podcast with a donation: https://ko-fi.com/storiesfrompalestine

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Toby Lloyd didn't grow up religious. But the British Jewish author became fascinated with Orthodoxy—how different people, even in the same family, can interpret biblical texts as either literal or metaphorical. Wanting to tap into the meaning and effects of people's belief systems, as well as reinterpreting stories from the Torah and wrapping it in the guise of horror, Lloyd wrote his debut novel, Fervour, out March 19. The story blends difficult family dynamics, a critique of religion and intergenerational Holocaust trauma, when a patriarchal grandfather survivor dies, sparking his adult children to suspect their own daughter of falling deep into Jewish mysticism and becoming a witch. To explain how and why he wrote the book, Lloyd joins Ralph Benmergui on Not That Kind of Rabbi for a conversation about writing and the role of religion in modern British Jewry. Credits Not That Kind of Rabbi is hosted by Ralph Benmergui and produced by Michael Fraiman. We're a member of The CJN Podcast Network. To support The CJN and receive a charitable tax receipt, please consider a monthly donation by clicking here.

(Bonus) The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British Government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small minority Jewish population. The declaration was contained in a letter dated 2 November 1917 from the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. The text of the declaration was published in the press on 9 November 1917. Immediately following their declaration of war on the Ottoman Empire in November 1914, the British War Cabinet began to consider the future of Palestine; within two months a memorandum was circulated to the Cabinet by a Zionist Cabinet member, Herbert Samuel, proposing the support of Zionist ambitions in order to enlist the support of Jews in the wider war. A committee was established in April 1915 by British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith to determine their policy towards the Ottoman Empire including Palestine. Asquith, who had favoured post-war reform of the Ottoman Empire, resigned in December 1916; his replacement David Lloyd George favoured partition of the Empire. The first negotiations between the British and the Zionists took place at a conference on 7 February 1917 that included Sir Mark Sykes and the Zionist leadership. Subsequent discussions led to Balfour's request, on 19 June, that Rothschild and Chaim Weizmann submit a draft of a public declaration. Further drafts were discussed by the British Cabinet during September and October, with input from Zionist and anti-Zionist Jews but with no representation from the local population in Palestine.

Stephen Marks is Jewish member of Jewish Voice for Labour. He is a former county councillor and was previously elected to the Labour Party's National Constitutional Committee. Jenny Manson is a British Jewish activist, author, former civil servant, former Labour Party councillor for Colindale on Barnet London Borough Council, and co-chair of Jewish Voice for Labour. Interview recorded on Wednesday 24th January.

With the death toll soaring in Gaza, the international community urging Israel to show restraint, and Israelis and Jews still reeling from the October 7 Hamas attacks, Hannah Weisfeld is firm in her belief that a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians is the only viable route to peace. She is the founder of Yachad, a British Jewish organisation working to empower British Jews to support a political resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

This is The Zone of Disruption! This is the I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST! His name is Michael Rapaport aka The Gringo Mandingo aka The Monster of Mucous aka Captain Colitis aka The Disruptive Warrior aka Mr. NY aka The Inflamed Ashkenazi aka The Smiling Sultan of Sniff aka The Flat Footed Phenom aka The Jewish Don King is here with Lee Kern (Academy Award Nominated Writer on Borat 2 & Who Is America?/British Jewish Superhero @LeeKern13)  to discuss: Getting into entertainment, working on Prank Shows, agents & what he's working on next, people ripping down posters of kidnapped Israeli's, things that have been the most frustrating & what makes him want to speak out, Hamas being an Islamic Fundamentalist Organization, Anti-Israel people wanting to kill Jews & Anti-Semetism, Jews being comfortable in chaos, support to the West, Tyson Fury, fighting a little battle day by day & a whole lotta mo'! This episode is not to be missed!   Stand Up Comedy Tickets on sale at: MichaelRapaportComedy.com   Follow on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelRapaport   If you are interested in NBA, NFL, MLB, NCAA, Soccer, Golf, Tennis & UFC Picks/Parlays/Props & Single Sport! Follow @CaptainPicksWins on Instagram & signup for packages at www.CaptainPicks.com   www.dbpodcasts.com   Produced by DBPodcasts.com Follow @dbpodcasts, @iamrapaport, @michaelrapaport on TikTok, Twitter & Instagram Music by Jansport J (Follow @JansportJ)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are partnering with Prospect Magazine, so that we can continue to bring our listeners brilliant investigations. You can join Tortoise as a member to get early and ad-free access to new series and support our investigations at www.tortoisemedia.com/inviteThe BBC has come under fire for the way it has reported on the war between Israel and Hamas — but is it the only organisation to have made mistakes? In this episode of Media Confidential - a brand new podcast from Prospect Magazine - Lionel Barber and Alan Rusbridger analyse the way that the massacre of 7th October and subsequent war have been covered, including explosion at Al-Ahli hospital, which some media outlets initially blamed on Israeli strikes. Jake Wallis Simons, editor of the Jewish Chronicle explains how damaging it is to the British Jewish population when errors are made, and former BBC editor and Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer defends the role of the war reporters on the ground.Listen to Media Confidential and follow the feed wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The BBC has come under fire for the way it has reported on the war between Israel and Hamas—but is it the only organisation to have made mistakes? Lionel Barber and Alan Rusbridger analyse the way that the massacre of 7th October and subsequent war have been covered, including explosion at Al-Ahli hospital, which some media outlets initially blamed on Israeli strikes. Jake Wallis Simons, editor of the Jewish Chronicle explains how damaging it is to the British Jewish population when errors are made, and former BBC editor and Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer defends the role of the war reporters on the ground.Today you can get an annual Prospect subscription for as little as £49, and *while stocks last* you'll get a free signed copy of Breaking News, Alan's excellent book about the remaking of journalism and why it matters, which is worth £10.99. Sign up now at: https://subscribe.prospectmagazine.co.uk/mediaconfidential We'd love your feedback! Tell us more at: https://f9ce3vpjrw3.typeform.com/to/bxJBPxN2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Henry Kissinger Just Woke-Up: Racial, Sexual and Societal Pressure Groups Can Destroy America… Or, We Can Refuse To Give-In.A 100-year-old man has an important epiphany: "Repressive Tolerance Pressure Groups" are being formed within our borders in the U.S. These groups provide a home for Hamas terrorist cells that logic demands are already here among us. These cells have support across college campuses with their message to "Gas the Jews." Here, we discuss what we are allowing into the country and what is already present, from economic pressure groups to groups advocating murder, all with one purpose in being here, to destroy the country. Steve Scalise steps down from the speaker's race.What does God's Word say? 1 Corinthians 3:18-20 18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”; 20 and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”Episode Links:Henry Kissinger has a revelation at 100: "It was a grave mistake to let in so many people of totally different culture and religion and concepts.”Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) announces he is withdrawing from the speaker raceIf Scalise is elected to Speaker - THIS is what we just got! “Zelensky is rallying, inspiring people around the world….”Stumbled upon a protest today at the @UWMadison campus, gross chants including “glory to the murders.” They believe the only good Jew is a dead Jew #IStandWithIsraelIf You Think Trump Is Pro-Hezbollah, You're Too Stupid For WordsStephen Miller goes mega-viral for posting the reason why there was global peace only under Trump…“The recent terror attacks are also a reminder of the deadly dangers that we face from Joe Biden's demolition of our own borders here on American soil.”@realDonaldTrumpWe said ‘never again.' The UK was a safe haven. Now, after the biggest massacre of Jews since the holocaust, British Jewish children are being advised to hide their identities as they walk to school, for their own safety. There should be mass outrage that this is necessary. - JK RowlingJUST IN: White house does 180 on Ukraine funding, "we're coming near to the end of the rope!" Is it time to stop funding Ukraine?Sen. Mike Lee on the $6 billion allotted for Iran and what the people who run Joe Biden are saying about itKJP completely freezes out @NYPost's @StevenNelson10, stating with a smirk that "I'm not calling on you today!" Nelson hit back: "You should be ashamed of that! That shows disrespect to a free and independent media! It's blasphemous to one of our country's largest & widely read newspapers, Karine. That shows contempt for a free and independent press."BREAKING: Josh Kruger, the left-wing Philly journalist who was murdered in his home last week by 19-year-old Robert Davis, had been in a sexually relationship with him starting when Davis was 15 and had threatened to post sexually explicit photos of him online, per the family.Philadelphia Inquirer Article4Patriots https://4patriots.com Protect your family with Food kits, solar generators and more at 4Patriots. Use code TODD for 10% off your first purchase. Alan's Soaps https://alanssoaps.com/TODD Use coupon code ‘TODD' to save an additional 10% off the bundle price. American Financing https://americanfinancing.net Visit to see what American Financing can do for you or call 866-887-2275 BiOptimizers https://bioptimizers.com/todd Use promo code TODD for 10% off your order. Bonefrog https://bonefrog.us Enter promo code TODD at checkout to receive 10% off your subscription. Bulwark Capital http://KnowYourRiskRadio.com Find out how Bulwark Capital Actively Manages risk. Call 866-779-RISK or visit KnowYourRiskRadio.com Patriot Mobile https://patriotmobile.com/herman Get free activation today with offer code HERMAN. Visit or call 878-PATRIOT. SOTA Weight Loss https://sotaweightloss.com SOTA Weight Loss is, say it with me now, STATE OF THE ART! Sound of Freedom https://angel.com/freedom Join the two million and see Sound of Freedom in theaters July 4th. GreenHaven Interactive https://greenhaveninteractive.com Digital Marketing including search engine optimization and website design.

In this edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts Ben M. Freeman, author, educator, and founder of the modern Jewish Pride movement.Born in Scotland, Freeman rose to prominence during the Corbyn Labour Jew-hate crisis and quickly became one of his generation's leading voices against anti-Jewish racism. In February of 2021, he published Jewish Pride: Rebuilding a People, which became known as the Jewish Pride manifesto. In October of 2022, he followed that book up with Reclaiming Our Story: The Pursuit of Jewish Pride, the second in what will become a groundbreaking trilogy when he publishes his finale in 2024.Freeman's journey to Jewish Pride marries two distinct identities and experiences. For a long time, his identity as a gay man and his Jewish identity were, as he puts it "totally separate." While he was raised in a vibrant, tight-knit, strongly Zionist Jewish community in Glasgow and proudly served that community for five years, the 36-year-old Freeman was born in 1987, at the height of the AIDS pandemic."That really clouded society's perception of what it meant to be gay, and I absorbed that, and I internalized it," Freeman tells Rabbi Yoshi. "I felt a huge amount of shame, and had to do a huge amount of work to undo all of that."[RELATED: Wise Members Share Their Story at Pride Shabbat]It wasn't until 2018, when the Jewish community of Britain united to oppose Labour Party MP Jeremy Corbyn's possible ascendance to the office of British Prime Minister, that the connection between Freeman's two identities crystalized. Working at the Hong Kong Holocaust Center, Freeman was somewhat on the sidelines as a firestorm erupted around Corbyn's history of antisemitic behavior, his defense of those espousing antisemitic conspiracy theories, and the increasingly antisemitic attitudes of the party he led. He took to social media with the aim to educate, approaching the situation from with his background as a Holocaust educator.While he was inspired by the united response from the British Jewish community, he noted the difficulty many high-profile, left-leaning Jews had with calling out the clearly racist and antisemitic tropes present in Corbyn's anti-Israel rhetoric."I believe they were so married to their identities as leftists," Freeman says. "That just got me reflecting on my experience with gay pride, how it changed my life, and I thought, 'This is unacceptable. We need a pride movement. We deserve a pride movement,' and I started talking a bit online. I made a video with some friends, being like, 'This is why I'm proud [to be Jewish]; why are you proud?' and it went a little bit viral."Freeman emerged as a thought-leader on Jewish education, history, and identity, and his trilogy of books is informed as much by that as it is his own experiences with LGBTQ+ pride as a gay man. With his trilogy, Freeman aims to educate, inspire, and empower Jewish people to reject the shame of antisemitism imposed on Jews by the non-Jewish world, as well as non-Jewish perceptions of what it means to be a Jew.

The Portnoy Brothers, Israel and Mendy Portnoy — Jerusalem and New York-based musicians — teamed up with the United Synagogue and 200 children from Jewish elementary schools in London and presented a gift to King Charles. The new melody of the Hebrew hymn Adon Olam — "Sovereign of the Universe," arranged by the Israel and Mendy Portnoy with the strings recorded in Ukraine was just released on YouTube and via major media platforms. This new musical arrangement was debuted in the US on America's Roundtable via 65 radio stations on May 6, 2023 in partnership with Lanser Broadcasting Corporation and SuperTalk Mississippi Media. Visit | The Portnoy Brothers (https://portnoybrothers.com/) | Adon Olam The Jewish Chronicle (https://www.thejc.com/news/news/sing-for-the-king-coronation-marked-with-new-melody-for-adon-olam-4Toe2Bnk0KQFOSeFtk7Wao) | Sing for the King! Coronation marked with new melody for Adon Olam (https://www.thejc.com/news/news/sing-for-the-king-coronation-marked-with-new-melody-for-adon-olam-4Toe2Bnk0KQFOSeFtk7Wao) Visit | The Portnoy Brothers | The Portnoy Brothers on You Tube (https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePortnoyBrothers) | The Portnoy Brothers - Social Media (https://www.facebook.com/portnoybrothers) Adon Olam (Teaser) Feat. United Synagogue Schools Coronation Choir (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3153615404935602) According to published reports: Adon Olam, is a hymn in the Jewish liturgy. It is the final prayer of the Musaf service on Shabbat morning and festivals. The word “Adon,” meaning master, was first spoken by Abraham in the Bible, referring to God. The lyrics speak about God's greatness and all-empowering existence. “King Charles III has always been a stalwart personal friend to the Jewish community. We hope that this new recording of Adon Olam will act as further recognition of the community's affection for the Royal Family and our gratitude that Jews can observe their customs and traditions safely and openly in the UK." — Anthony Broza, chief executive of music distributor Wienerworld (https://www.thejc.com/news/news/sing-for-the-king-coronation-marked-with-new-melody-for-adon-olam-4Toe2Bnk0KQFOSeFtk7Wao) americasrt.com (https://americasrt.com/) https://ileaderssummit.org/ | https://jerusalemleaderssummit.com/ America's Roundtable on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-roundtable/id1518878472 Twitter: @portnoybrothers @ileaderssummit @AmericasRT @NatashaSrdoc @JoelAnandUSA @supertalk America's Roundtable is co-hosted by Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy, co-founders of International Leaders Summit and the Jerusalem Leaders Summit. America's Roundtable (https://americasrt.com/) radio program - a strategic initiative of International Leaders Summit, focuses on America's economy, healthcare reform, rule of law, security and trade, and its strategic partnership with rule of law nations around the world. The radio program features high-ranking US administration officials, cabinet members, members of Congress, state government officials, distinguished diplomats, business and media leaders and influential thinkers from around the world. Tune into America's Roundtable Radio program from Washington, DC via live streaming on Saturday mornings via 65 radio stations at 7:30 A.M. (ET) on Lanser Broadcasting Corporation covering the Michigan and the Midwest market, and at 7:30 A.M. (CT) on SuperTalk Mississippi — SuperTalk.FM reaching listeners in every county within the State of Mississippi, and neighboring states in the South including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee. Listen to America's Roundtable on digital platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, Google and other key online platforms. Listen live, Saturdays at 7:30 A.M. (CT) on SuperTalk | https://www.supertalk.fm

The Elizabethan Age draws to a close. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest serving monarch passed away peacefully at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire on Thursday 8th September 2022 after 70 years on the throne. Her loss is indescribable and her passing has sparked the most extraordinary outpouring of grief from across the world. But what did she mean to her Jewish subjects? Will the nation's temperature change? Is the end of the Elizabethan age a symbol of the end of the post World War II settlement? Will King Charles live upto his role? And where does Israel fit into it? As the nation comes to terms with the loss of the Queen, Jonny Gould covers the whirlwind of constitutional events and political change. The episode also includes audio tributes from the Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Lord Stuart Polak, Lord David Wolfson, the Right Hon. Grant Shapps and international royal correspondent, Jonathan Sacerdoti. I also have a lovely anecdote from Israeli President, Isaac Herzog. I'm not ashamed to ask for your help. A one-off donation to help me make these podcasts is always gratefully received - but a monthly donation really gets our service off the ground. Your donation can also be made with Gift Aid. It's so easy to do so just click on: https://donorbox.org/jgpodcast Are you in? Please share my series with your friends and .. thank you for listening

This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by the critic Nelly Kaprièlian and the TLS's French editor Russell Williams to discuss ‘Anéantir', the latest novel by France's best-known and maybe most controversial writer, Michel Houellebecq; the TLS's Toby Lichtig talks us through a new memoir by the ‘pre-eminent author of British Jewish novels', Howard Jacobson, and we consider a masterclass in sympathy from Anne Tyler, a tale of revenge by Japan's ‘Queen of mysteries', and a wartime reckoning in Finland.‘Anéantir' by Michel Houellebecq‘Mother's Boy: A writer's beginnings' by Howard Jacobson‘French Braid' by Anne Tyler‘Lady Joker: Volume one' by Kaoru Takamura, translated by Marie Iida and Allison Markin Powell ‘Land of Snow & Ashes' by Petra Rautiainen, translated by David HackstonProduced by Sophia Franklin See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When Tuvia Tenenbom's in London, it's always a pleasure to catch up with him. The Taming of the Jew, Tuvia's book on British antisemitism and Anglo Jewry's approach to it was showcased at London's Jewish Book Week. And while his dim view of British Jewish leadership is pretty much the same as when he was finalising his findings back in 2019, the world has moved on and he has plenty of new observations to make. His view of progressives and woke culture, the standard of journalism across the western world and the sudden outbreak of war in the Ukraine are all covered in another gripping and vital conversation. Listen here to the one and only, Tuvia Tenenbom. Jonny Gould's Jewish State is brought to you with UK Toremet. 

A few weeks ago, Knesset Member Bezalel Smotrich visited the UK. The Board of Deputies of British Jews, UK Jewry's mainstream umbrella organization, greeted him with the following tweet: “We reject the abominable views and the hate-provoking ideology of Bezalel Smotrich. We call on all members of the British Jewish community to show him the door. Get back on the plane, Bezalel, and be remembered as a disgrace forever.” Why were they so negative and uninviting? How should we best characterize Smotrich and his "Religious Zionism" party? How much tolerance should we have for intolerance? Liel, Mike and Calev discuss these questions about the identity of the Jewish State. Join us! TOI Article on the UK ReactionThis episode was edited by the amazing Ben Wallick Studios. Ben is awesome!Masa WebsiteFacebook pagePlease rate, review, share and recommend our podcast.If you have further questions about Israel, please feel free to contact your Masa teacher.

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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. ToI founding editor David Horovitz and environmental reporter Sue Surkes join host Jessica Steinberg. Horovitz offers some key points from his interview with US ambassador Tom Nides, along with Tal Schneider, Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid, including Nides' staunch Zionism and the US stance on Iran. Horovitz then discusses the latest revelations in the NSO spyware allegations, how the Israel Police are reacting now and ToI's conversation with a former senior government official who appears to have been the subject of NSO use by the Israeli police. He also comments on the UK Board of Deputies of British Jews telling far-right MK Bezalel Smotrich to ‘get back on a plane', offering an unexpected change in British Jewish behavior. Surkes speaks about Truaa, Israel's now official new earthquake warning system and offers some quick reminders about what to do in case of an earthquake warning. She also updates listeners on the latest in the Israeli bottle recycling system, which has become more confusing since the change in the law in December 2021. Discussed articles include: US envoy to Times of Israel: ‘My job is to calm things down, not to jazz things up' Israel gets new earthquake warning system, sends alert within seconds of 1st tremor Over 1,000 Israelis complain about stores refusing to comply with bottle deposit law Artist Beverly Barkat creates globe from miles of plastic waste Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. IMAGE: US Ambassador Tom Nides is interviewed by The Times of Israel at the US Embassy in Jerusalem, January 7, 2022 (David Azagury / US Embassy) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President of Israel Isaac Herzog's visit to Great Britain in November 2021 set a new high mark in the nation-to-nation relationship. His Excellency met the Prince and Princess of Wales, who themselves just returned from a Royal tour of the Middle East in Jordan and Egypt and an exhibition at Chelsea FC, honouring elite Jewish athletes murdered in the Holocaust, President Herzog departs the chair of the Jewish Agency to become Israel's head of state, pledging to strengthen diaspora ties to his nation. As you'll hear his family spent over a century in the UK before moving to Israel and says his British-Jewish heritage shapes his identity and his mission as President. The brilliant new theme tune on this episode is by Danya Vodovoz.

In this episode, Andy McClenaghan is joined by guests Sam Lethbridge, Incidents Manager at the Community Security Trust and Paul Shuttleworth, Professional Officer with BASW England to discuss antisemitism—what it means, what its impacts are and how social workers can stand against and address antisemitism across our society. Both Paul and Sam draw on their personal experiences as British Jewish people as they share their views on how antisemitism affects them and their communities. Community Security Trust (CST) is a charity that protects British Jews from antisemitism and related threats. If you are the victim of an antisemitic incident or you have information regarding an antisemitic incident that happened to somebody else, please contact CST https://cst.org.uk/report-incident. David Baddiel's book, ‘Jews Don't Count', is mentioned several times during the conversation as something Paul and Sam found reflected their own experiences of antisemitism. To find out more about the book visit https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52710961-jews-don-t-countDuring the conversation, reference is made to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Organisations, including Amnesty International have claimed Israeli authorities are committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians. To read Amnesty International's report outlining this perspective, visit https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/02/israels-apartheid-against-palestinians-a-cruel-system-of-domination-and-a-crime-against-humanity/To read BASW UK's statement against antisemitism and anti-Jewish discrimination and hatred, visit https://www.basw.co.uk/basw-uk-statement-against-antisemitism-and-anti-jewish-discrimination-and-hatred See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michele K. Troy is professor of English at Hillyer College at the University of Hartford. She studies Anglo-American literary modernism in continental Europe and is the author of Strange Bird: The Albatross Press and the Third Reich, the first book to be written about the Albatross Press, a Penguin precursor, that entered into an uneasy relationship with the Nazi regime to keep Anglo-American literature alive under fascism. The press was, from its beginnings in 1932, a “strange bird”: a cultural outsider to the Third Reich but an economic insider. It was funded by British-Jewish interests. Its director was rumored to work for British intelligence. It distributed fiction in English by both mainstream and edgier modernist authors such as D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, and Ernest Hemingway to eager continental readers. Yet Albatross printed and sold its paperbacks from the heart of Hitler's Reich. Michele and I talk about how weird this is, among other things. 

Few literary characters have loomed as large and felt as "real" as Shakespeare's Shylock. Though, as early 20th-century British Jewish historian Cecil Roth reminds us, he is a "sheer figment of Shakespeare's imagination." Or was he? In this episode, Dr. Chaya Sima Koenigsberg illuminates Shakespeare's (in)famous portrait of Shylock with her research on medieval Ashkenaz Jewry and the lives of the Rokeach and his wife, Dulce. She also sheds new light on the presence of Hebrew bible figures Jacob and Leah and the underexamined presence of prayer in the play. Audio Credits Paterson Joseph as Shylock, “You call me misbeliever” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vSR6W8_uBU Upstart Crow, “The Apparel Proclaims the Man” (Series 1, Episode 3) The Merchant of Venice, dir. Jonathan Munby, Shakespeare's Globe (2015) The Merchant of Venice, dir. John Sichel (1973) The Merchant of Venice, Arkangel Shakespeare Collection, 2005) Laura Carmichael as Portia, “The quality of mercy” https://youtu.be/wmmBT_4dmI0 Mentioned in this episode Rokeach, Rabbi Elezar of Worms James Shapiro's Shakespeare and the Jews Janet Adelman's Blood Relations: Christian and Jew in The Merchant of Venice Michelle Ephraim's Reading the Jewish Woman on the Elizabethan Stage Sara Coodin's Is Shylock Jewish? Citing Scripture and the Moral Agency of Shakespeare's Jews The Bible on Shakespearean Stage: Cultures of Interpretation in Reformation England, eds. Thomas Fulton and Kristen Poole Hosted by Straus Center Resident Scholar Dr. Shaina Trapedo Produced by Uri Westrich and Sam Gelman Outro by Straus Scholar Ayelet Brown Learn more about the Straus Center Like the Straus Center on Facebook Follow the Straus Center on Twitter Follow the Straus Center on Instagram Connect with the Straus Center on

Historian Dr Edward Madigan, Senior Lecturer in Public History, Royal Holloway, University of London, talks about his research into the experience of British Jewish communities during the Great War.

Louis Jacobs was Britain's most gifted Jewish scholar. A Talmudic genius, outstanding teacher and accomplished author, cultured and easy-going, he was widely expected to become Britain's next Chief Rabbi. Then controversy struck. The Chief Rabbi refused to appoint him as Principal of Jews' College, the country's premier rabbinic college. He further forbade him from returning as rabbi to his former synagogue. All because of a book Jacobs had written some years earlier, challenging from a rational perspective the traditional belief in the origins of the Torah, the Jewish Bible. The British Jewish community was torn apart. It was a scandal unlike anything they had ever previously endured. The national media loved it. Jacobs became a cause celebre, a beacon of reason, a humble man who wouldn't be compromised. His congregation resigned en masse and created a new synagogue for him in Abbey Road, the heart of fashionable 1970s London. It became the go-to venue for Jews seeking reasonable answers to questions of faith. A prolific author of over 50 books and hundreds of articles on every aspect of Judaism, from the basics of religious belief to the complexities of mysticism and law, Louis Jacobs won the heart and affection of the mainstream British Jewish community. When the Jewish Chronicle ran a poll to discover the Greatest British Jew, Jacobs won hands down. He said it made him feel daft. In Reason To Believe: The Controversial Life of Rabbi Louis Jacobs (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2021), Harry Freedman tells the dramatic and touching story of Louis Jacobs's life, and of the human drama lived out by his family, deeply wounded by his rejection. Harry Freedman is a leading British author of popular works on Jewish culture and history. His publications include The Talmud: A Biography, Kabbalah: Secrecy, Scandal and the Soul, The Murderous History of Bible Translations and The Gospels' Veiled Agenda. He has written for the Guardian, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Quarterly, Judaism Today and contributed to the Encyclopaedia of Modern Jewish Culture. Schneur Zalman Newfield is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, and the author of Degrees of Separation: Identity Formation While Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism (Temple University Press, 2020). Visit him online at ZalmanNewfield.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Louis Jacobs was Britain's most gifted Jewish scholar. A Talmudic genius, outstanding teacher and accomplished author, cultured and easy-going, he was widely expected to become Britain's next Chief Rabbi. Then controversy struck. The Chief Rabbi refused to appoint him as Principal of Jews' College, the country's premier rabbinic college. He further forbade him from returning as rabbi to his former synagogue. All because of a book Jacobs had written some years earlier, challenging from a rational perspective the traditional belief in the origins of the Torah, the Jewish Bible. The British Jewish community was torn apart. It was a scandal unlike anything they had ever previously endured. The national media loved it. Jacobs became a cause celebre, a beacon of reason, a humble man who wouldn't be compromised. His congregation resigned en masse and created a new synagogue for him in Abbey Road, the heart of fashionable 1970s London. It became the go-to venue for Jews seeking reasonable answers to questions of faith. A prolific author of over 50 books and hundreds of articles on every aspect of Judaism, from the basics of religious belief to the complexities of mysticism and law, Louis Jacobs won the heart and affection of the mainstream British Jewish community. When the Jewish Chronicle ran a poll to discover the Greatest British Jew, Jacobs won hands down. He said it made him feel daft. In Reason To Believe: The Controversial Life of Rabbi Louis Jacobs (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2021), Harry Freedman tells the dramatic and touching story of Louis Jacobs's life, and of the human drama lived out by his family, deeply wounded by his rejection. Harry Freedman is a leading British author of popular works on Jewish culture and history. His publications include The Talmud: A Biography, Kabbalah: Secrecy, Scandal and the Soul, The Murderous History of Bible Translations and The Gospels' Veiled Agenda. He has written for the Guardian, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Quarterly, Judaism Today and contributed to the Encyclopaedia of Modern Jewish Culture. Schneur Zalman Newfield is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, and the author of Degrees of Separation: Identity Formation While Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism (Temple University Press, 2020). Visit him online at ZalmanNewfield.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Louis Jacobs was Britain's most gifted Jewish scholar. A Talmudic genius, outstanding teacher and accomplished author, cultured and easy-going, he was widely expected to become Britain's next Chief Rabbi. Then controversy struck. The Chief Rabbi refused to appoint him as Principal of Jews' College, the country's premier rabbinic college. He further forbade him from returning as rabbi to his former synagogue. All because of a book Jacobs had written some years earlier, challenging from a rational perspective the traditional belief in the origins of the Torah, the Jewish Bible. The British Jewish community was torn apart. It was a scandal unlike anything they had ever previously endured. The national media loved it. Jacobs became a cause celebre, a beacon of reason, a humble man who wouldn't be compromised. His congregation resigned en masse and created a new synagogue for him in Abbey Road, the heart of fashionable 1970s London. It became the go-to venue for Jews seeking reasonable answers to questions of faith. A prolific author of over 50 books and hundreds of articles on every aspect of Judaism, from the basics of religious belief to the complexities of mysticism and law, Louis Jacobs won the heart and affection of the mainstream British Jewish community. When the Jewish Chronicle ran a poll to discover the Greatest British Jew, Jacobs won hands down. He said it made him feel daft. In Reason To Believe: The Controversial Life of Rabbi Louis Jacobs (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2021), Harry Freedman tells the dramatic and touching story of Louis Jacobs's life, and of the human drama lived out by his family, deeply wounded by his rejection. Harry Freedman is a leading British author of popular works on Jewish culture and history. His publications include The Talmud: A Biography, Kabbalah: Secrecy, Scandal and the Soul, The Murderous History of Bible Translations and The Gospels' Veiled Agenda. He has written for the Guardian, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Quarterly, Judaism Today and contributed to the Encyclopaedia of Modern Jewish Culture. Schneur Zalman Newfield is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, and the author of Degrees of Separation: Identity Formation While Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism (Temple University Press, 2020). Visit him online at ZalmanNewfield.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/jewish-studies

Louis Jacobs was Britain's most gifted Jewish scholar. A Talmudic genius, outstanding teacher and accomplished author, cultured and easy-going, he was widely expected to become Britain's next Chief Rabbi. Then controversy struck. The Chief Rabbi refused to appoint him as Principal of Jews' College, the country's premier rabbinic college. He further forbade him from returning as rabbi to his former synagogue. All because of a book Jacobs had written some years earlier, challenging from a rational perspective the traditional belief in the origins of the Torah, the Jewish Bible. The British Jewish community was torn apart. It was a scandal unlike anything they had ever previously endured. The national media loved it. Jacobs became a cause celebre, a beacon of reason, a humble man who wouldn't be compromised. His congregation resigned en masse and created a new synagogue for him in Abbey Road, the heart of fashionable 1970s London. It became the go-to venue for Jews seeking reasonable answers to questions of faith. A prolific author of over 50 books and hundreds of articles on every aspect of Judaism, from the basics of religious belief to the complexities of mysticism and law, Louis Jacobs won the heart and affection of the mainstream British Jewish community. When the Jewish Chronicle ran a poll to discover the Greatest British Jew, Jacobs won hands down. He said it made him feel daft. In Reason To Believe: The Controversial Life of Rabbi Louis Jacobs (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2021), Harry Freedman tells the dramatic and touching story of Louis Jacobs's life, and of the human drama lived out by his family, deeply wounded by his rejection. Harry Freedman is a leading British author of popular works on Jewish culture and history. His publications include The Talmud: A Biography, Kabbalah: Secrecy, Scandal and the Soul, The Murderous History of Bible Translations and The Gospels' Veiled Agenda. He has written for the Guardian, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Quarterly, Judaism Today and contributed to the Encyclopaedia of Modern Jewish Culture. Schneur Zalman Newfield is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, and the author of Degrees of Separation: Identity Formation While Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism (Temple University Press, 2020). Visit him online at ZalmanNewfield.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

Louis Jacobs was Britain's most gifted Jewish scholar. A Talmudic genius, outstanding teacher and accomplished author, cultured and easy-going, he was widely expected to become Britain's next Chief Rabbi. Then controversy struck. The Chief Rabbi refused to appoint him as Principal of Jews' College, the country's premier rabbinic college. He further forbade him from returning as rabbi to his former synagogue. All because of a book Jacobs had written some years earlier, challenging from a rational perspective the traditional belief in the origins of the Torah, the Jewish Bible. The British Jewish community was torn apart. It was a scandal unlike anything they had ever previously endured. The national media loved it. Jacobs became a cause celebre, a beacon of reason, a humble man who wouldn't be compromised. His congregation resigned en masse and created a new synagogue for him in Abbey Road, the heart of fashionable 1970s London. It became the go-to venue for Jews seeking reasonable answers to questions of faith. A prolific author of over 50 books and hundreds of articles on every aspect of Judaism, from the basics of religious belief to the complexities of mysticism and law, Louis Jacobs won the heart and affection of the mainstream British Jewish community. When the Jewish Chronicle ran a poll to discover the Greatest British Jew, Jacobs won hands down. He said it made him feel daft. In Reason To Believe: The Controversial Life of Rabbi Louis Jacobs (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2021), Harry Freedman tells the dramatic and touching story of Louis Jacobs's life, and of the human drama lived out by his family, deeply wounded by his rejection. Harry Freedman is a leading British author of popular works on Jewish culture and history. His publications include The Talmud: A Biography, Kabbalah: Secrecy, Scandal and the Soul, The Murderous History of Bible Translations and The Gospels' Veiled Agenda. He has written for the Guardian, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Quarterly, Judaism Today and contributed to the Encyclopaedia of Modern Jewish Culture. Schneur Zalman Newfield is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, and the author of Degrees of Separation: Identity Formation While Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism (Temple University Press, 2020). Visit him online at ZalmanNewfield.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

Louis Jacobs was Britain's most gifted Jewish scholar. A Talmudic genius, outstanding teacher and accomplished author, cultured and easy-going, he was widely expected to become Britain's next Chief Rabbi. Then controversy struck. The Chief Rabbi refused to appoint him as Principal of Jews' College, the country's premier rabbinic college. He further forbade him from returning as rabbi to his former synagogue. All because of a book Jacobs had written some years earlier, challenging from a rational perspective the traditional belief in the origins of the Torah, the Jewish Bible. The British Jewish community was torn apart. It was a scandal unlike anything they had ever previously endured. The national media loved it. Jacobs became a cause celebre, a beacon of reason, a humble man who wouldn't be compromised. His congregation resigned en masse and created a new synagogue for him in Abbey Road, the heart of fashionable 1970s London. It became the go-to venue for Jews seeking reasonable answers to questions of faith. A prolific author of over 50 books and hundreds of articles on every aspect of Judaism, from the basics of religious belief to the complexities of mysticism and law, Louis Jacobs won the heart and affection of the mainstream British Jewish community. When the Jewish Chronicle ran a poll to discover the Greatest British Jew, Jacobs won hands down. He said it made him feel daft. In Reason To Believe: The Controversial Life of Rabbi Louis Jacobs (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2021), Harry Freedman tells the dramatic and touching story of Louis Jacobs's life, and of the human drama lived out by his family, deeply wounded by his rejection. Harry Freedman is a leading British author of popular works on Jewish culture and history. His publications include The Talmud: A Biography, Kabbalah: Secrecy, Scandal and the Soul, The Murderous History of Bible Translations and The Gospels' Veiled Agenda. He has written for the Guardian, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Quarterly, Judaism Today and contributed to the Encyclopaedia of Modern Jewish Culture. Schneur Zalman Newfield is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, and the author of Degrees of Separation: Identity Formation While Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism (Temple University Press, 2020). Visit him online at ZalmanNewfield.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

Martin Newman is joined by Simon Johnson, the chief executive of the Jewish Leadership Council and interim chair of the Rugby Football League. With years of experience advocating on behalf of the British Jewish community, Simon shares the best and the worst of how Jewish customers are treated in stores across the UK.

Henry Shukman (Ryu’un-ken) is an Associate Zen Master of the Sanbo Zen lineage, based in Kamakura, Japan, and he teaches at the Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, NM. He has trained primarily with Joan Rieck Roshi, Zen teacher John Gaynor, Ruben Habito Roshi, and now continues his training under the guidance of Yamada Ryoun Roshi, current abbot of Sanbo Zen. Henry is dedicated to what he sees as core Zen training — clarifying our essential nature to our own satisfaction, and thereby finding true peace of mind, and then living that essential nature in every moment of daily life, in freedom, love, and deep responsiveness.Henry is a writer and poet of British-Jewish origin, who has published eight books to date, of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. He writes regularly for Tricycle, The New York Times, and other publications, and his most recent book is One Blade of Grass: Finding the Old Road of the Heart, a Zen Memoir.LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE One Blade of Grass: Finding the Old Road of the Heart, a Zen Memoir by Henry Shukman More Books by Henry Shukman Mountain Cloud Zen Center Waking Up with Sam Harris App Transcendental Meditation San Francisco Zen Center Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema) Symptoms and Causes | Mayo Clinic The Beatles and the Transcendental Meditation: In Their Own Words | Transcendental Meditation Deepak Chopra | Twitter University of Oxford Why Now is Bliss | The Age David Wants To Fly | Prime Video 5 Types of Meditation Decoded | Chopra.com Vatican Inc.: 5 Facts About the Business of the Catholic Church | CNN Money History of Zen Buddhism | International Zen Association Japanese Zen Buddhist Philosophy | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy The Difference Between Rinzai and Soto Zen | Sanpai Japan Sanbo Kyodan | Wikipedia Sanbo-Zen What Is a Koan? | New World Encyclopedia What an Ayahuasca Retreat Showed Me about My Life | Vox David Eagleman: Can We Create New Senses for Humans? | TED Talk Thich Nhat Hanh: The Fullness of Emptiness | Lion's Roar The Buddhist Concept of Emptiness (Sunyata) | Buddhist Sympathizer Buddha: How to Tame Your Monkey Mind | HuffPost What Is a Flow State and What Are Its Benefits? | Headspace Nihilism | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy How to Meditate: The Buddhist Guide | Lion's Roar Intro to Meditation Talk 1 with Henry Shukman: Fundamentals of Why We Sit | Mountain Cloud Zen Center After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path by Jack Kornfield Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) | CDC How Two Weeks of Protests Have Changed America | Vox The Coronavirus Pandemic's Impact On Pollution And Climate Change | NBC News Racial Trauma Is a Public Health Emergency | Psychology Today My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem Comparing Democratic Distress in the United States and Europe | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace The Bodhisattva Ideal | Dharmanet Fact-Checking the Portland Protests: How Violent Are They? | The New York Times How to Practice Zen Koans | Lion's Roar 61 Zen Koans with Commentary by Clark Strand | Tricycle Four Myths About Zen Buddhism's "Mu Koan" | OUPblog The Gateless Gate | Wikisource Zen: The Authentic Gate by Yamada KounSHOW NOTES How we each began the journey toward practicing meditation. [01:30] Henry suffered from extreme eczema for decades. Here's how meditation was instrumental in relieving his condition. [04:38] The pros and cons of Transcendental Meditation (TM) as we understood them, and why we each chose to move on. [09:09] An awakening epiphany Henry experienced around the time he wrote his first book -- before he discovered meditation. [11:00] One problem with epiphanies: they don't come with a user's manual. [17:53] Further musings (and concerns) about TM. [22:22] Henry shares an overview of Zen and how he became involved with it. [25:49] What is a koan? [28:41] Zen vs. psychedelics. [29:48] Can enlightenment be explained by existing language, or does it need to be experienced? [34:25] The "emptiness" of Buddhism, the relief of lightening psychic burdens, and some thoughts on the way our senses process reality. [36:09] Zen is not always about enlightenment, but applying the practice to the practical aspects of our lives. [43:10] What does Henry's Zen practice look like, and how does someone get involved? [45:21] What are the benefits of having a guide when you're learning to meditate? Does Henry consider it necessary for everybody? [47:42] A koan awakening. [52:23] The importance of recognizing life's transformational passages as we encounter them, as well as the beauty of valuing the ordinary. [54:50] How does Henry go from appreciating life's mundane moments to coping with 2020's more sensational aspects like politics and COVID-19? [58:50] Feeling powerless to engage in the political process? Take a lesson from the bodhisattvas and help work toward good without getting wrapped up in potential outcomes. [1:06:04] A deeper dive into koans and how we can work with them. [1:08:13] A computer science guy's approach to understanding koans. [1:12:52] Henry takes us through a few particularly famous koans. [1:16:07] Are koans ever meant to shock a student into enlightenment? [1:20:59] What can we expect from Henry's latest book, One Blade of Grass: Finding the Old Road of the Heart, a Zen Memoir? [1:24:48] Parting thoughts and ways to get in touch with Henry. [1:27:07]  PEOPLE MENTIONED Sam Harris Deepak Chopra Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Eckhart Tolle Yamada Koun John Gaynor Darya Rose Resmaa Menakem Zhaozhou Congshen

In this episode, CJ speaks with a British Jewish activist who leads protests against China's consulate in London on behalf of 3 million Muslim concentration camp detainees. Please help this podcast by pledging as little as $1/month here: www.patreon.com/cjwerleman

On this week’s episode of People of the Pod, the President of the UK’s Union for Jewish Students Esther Offenberg joins us to discuss how the British Jewish community is feeling after the Conservative Party's landslide victory in yesterday’s general election. Then AJC Chief Legal Officer Marc Stern breaks down President Trump’s executive order aimed at strengthening efforts to combat antisemitism on college campuses. Finally, Raoul Wootliff, political correspondent for The Times of Israel, explains why Israel is set to hold its third election within a single year.

Polish Ambassador to Israel attacked 60 year old Swedish Jewish woman critically wounded in Anti-Semitic stabbing #POLAND #SWEDEN __________________ NSO group allegedly releases new spyware Amnesty int'l petitions Israeli courts to revoke Israeli company's export license   #NSO #WHATSAPP ____________________ Is there really a leftist plot against the PM? What evidence of a conspiracy is there? Are new legislated protections necessary? Akiva Bigman, Investigative Journalist with Israel Hayom is in the ILTV studio to discuss. #BIBI #AKIVABIGMAN ___________________ PM: stand with US against Iranian aggression Iran threatens to breakaway from certain aspects of JCPOA nuclear deal  #IRAN #USA ___________________ Is Israel facing a cannabis economy bubble? Israeli securities authority says bubble in the burgeoning market is unavoidable #ISRAEL #CANABIS __________________ Eurovision semi-finals updates Celebrations continue as first 17 contestants take to the stage, here to give us all the details are ILTV's Joy Gavillon and Noury Lizarraga.  #NOURYLIZARRAGA # JOYGAVILLON ___________________ Moovit launches special Eurovision edition New version will reveal quickest, cheapest & easiest ways of getting around Tel Aviv #MOOVIT #EUROVISIONTLV ___________________  Today in History May 15, 1800 British Jewish citizen David Moses Ben-Meir Dyte thwarted the assassination of King George the third.    #TODAYINHISTORY #ISRAELHISTORY ___________________  The Weather Forecast Tonight should be clear to partly cloudy and warm with a low of sixty-four or eighteen degrees Celsius. Then tomorrow you can expect sunny skies and a rise in temperatures to a high of eighty-five or twenty-nine degrees Celsius. #ISRAELWEATHER   #ISRAELFORECAST See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LOOK OUT! It’s only Films To Be Buried With! Join your host Brett Goldstein as he and his guest go deep into the subject of mortality via cinema, and this week he is joined by the tremendous actor, writer and director ANDY NYMAN!…so as we bid Andy a hearty ‘olav-ha-sholom’ as he meets his fictional podcast afterlife here with Brett, let’s get a proper dig into his life through film - and as a fully fledged film maker and actor, you can be sure it’s a brilliant lineup. Brett sits down with Andy in his dressing room as he waits stage call for his current role in ‘Fiddler On The Roof’, and they really get into things from the get go, including his sincere love of acting (which most definitely comes through) and ability to make choices that work for him, the British Jewish experience, mad childhood experiences in the cinema, directing and starring in Ghost Stories as well as the incredibly received stage show, the band Goblin, how Richard Dreyfuss pretty much single-handedly got him into acting, how Asian horrors share a lot with the British character, revisiting techy films years after, being a softy in later years, a thumbs down to superhero films and how physical effects win over CGI every time. So much going on - so get started right away, you’ll love this one!EPISODE LINKS:• ANDY on TWITTER!• FIDDLER ON THE ROOF!• GHOST STORIES film!• GHOST STORIES stage show!• BRETT GOLDSTEIN on TWITTER!• BRETT on INSTAGRAM!• BRETT on PATREON!• 'SUPERBOB' - Brett's 2015 feature film!• 'CORNERBOYS' with BRETT & SCROOBIUS PIP!• DISTRACTION PIECES NETWORK on FACEBOOK• DISTRACTION PIECES NETWORK on INSTAGRAM See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 2 of #SohoBites, a #SohoonScreen Podcast. Researching London's Soho in British film. Episode 2 invited Professor of Film Professor Nathan Abrams of Bangor University to talk about The Small World of Sammy Lee (Ken Hughes, 1963). We discussed the importance of studying films in the British-Jewish context and the absence of defining 'Sammy Lee' (part of my own research)as a British Jewish / Soho immigrant film. Nathan will be presenting at several events for #JewishHistoryMonth (Book here: https://www.jewishhistories.com/) and his next book "Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film" will be published this summer, pre-order now! https://global.oup.com/academic/product/eyes-wide-shut-9780190678036?cc=gb&lang=en& Please remember to subscribe and to follow @sohoonscreen

So, the Labour Party NEC has passed the IHRA definition of antisemitism, with clarifications ensuring freedom of speech on Israel/Palestine... But what does that actually mean? In the first episode of Jews Schmooze, join this episode’s guests: writer and director David Schneider, journalists Rachel Shabi and Michael Segalov, barrister Adam Wagner and director of Yachad Hannah Weisfeld as they unpick Labour anti-semitism, modern British-Jewish identity, and what you can and can’t say in the Labour Party about Israel.

A new term of abuse has emerged on social media, Zio, a shortened form of Zionist. Meanwhile the evidence suggests that anti Semitism is on the rise in Britain. There have been high profile cases of politicians who have been disciplined for anti Semitic comments. There appears to be some confusion even within the Jewish community over what Zionism means, whether a distinction should be drawn between anti Semitism and anti Zionism and what the relationship is between Judaism and Zionism. Ernie Rea brings together three Jews to discuss these issues. Robert Cohen is a Jewish blogger and commentator on the British Jewish community and its relationship to the State of Israel: Dr Yaakov Wise is a Manchester based Orthodox Jewish historian and writer: and Jessica Elgot was formerly a journalist for the Jewish Chronicle and is now writing for the Guardian. Producer: Rosie Dawson.

A new term of abuse has emerged on social media, Zio, a shortened form of Zionist. Meanwhile the evidence suggests that anti Semitism is on the rise in Britain. There have been high profile cases of politicians who have been disciplined for anti Semitic comments. There appears to be some confusion even within the Jewish community over what Zionism means, whether a distinction should be drawn between anti Semitism and anti Zionism and what the relationship is between Judaism and Zionism. Ernie Rea brings together three Jews to discuss these issues. Robert Cohen is a Jewish blogger and commentator on the British Jewish community and its relationship to the State of Israel: Dr Yaakov Wise is a Manchester based Orthodox Jewish historian and writer: and Jessica Elgot was formerly a journalist for the Jewish Chronicle and is now writing for the Guardian. Producer: Rosie Dawson.

Todays guest entrepreneur joining us in the Join Up Dots archive 1 series of podcasts, is someone with a fascination for unusual facts and I guess characters and communities across the world.From a young child, he always had a interest for the obscure.And as we have found time and time again on Join Up Dots, he has now taken this childhood interest and created a career around it by travelling around the world to cultivate his curiosity of the obscure.An expert in what he calls “small worlds”, such as the Extreme Metal scene, and the British Jewish community, he loves to research and participate in these communities, and after graduating as a sociologist at University found himself drawn again and again to these worlds.But what became clear is that there are huge commonalities within these small groups,and he developed this interest,by investigating the Luxemburg watersking scene,interviewing the most powerful politician in Alderney,and even jumped across the water to meet the Icelandic special forces known as the Viking squad.So what got him going in this direction, and how has he managed to create a life that is both hugely fascinating, but anything but usual?Well lets find out as we bring on to the show to start joining up dots, the one and only Mr Keith Kahn-Harris.Links:Cover imageClick to view: show page on Awesound

Lord Levy is a prominent figure in British public life on two counts - as a leading voice in a British Jewish community which is increasingly concerned about rising levels of anti-Semitism, and as a key fund-raiser for the Labour Party in the era of Tony Blair and new Labour. Lord Levy remains an influential businessman, networker and fundraiser, but in terms of both the Jewish community and today's Labour Party are there problems that just can't be fixed?(Photo: Lord Levy, former Labour Party fundraiser. Credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Todays guest is someone with a fascination for unusual facts and I guess characters and communities across the world.From a young child, he always had a interest for the obscure.And as we have found time and time again on Join Up Dots, he has now taken this childhood interest and created a career around it by travelling around the world to cultivate his curiosity of the obscure. An expert in what he calls “small worlds”, such as the Extreme Metal scene, and the British Jewish community, he loves to research and participate in these communities, and after graduating as a sociologist at University found himself drawn again and again to these worlds.But what became clear is that there are huge commonalities within these small groups,and he developed this interest,by investigating the Luxemburg watersking scene,interviewing the most powerful politician in Alderney,and even jumped across the water to meet the Icelandic special forces known as the Viking squad. So what got him going in this direction, and how has he managed to create a life that is both hugely fascinating, but anything but usual?Well lets find out as we bring on to the show to start joining up dots, the one and only Mr Keith Kahn-Harris.  

From 1940 to 1945 the Channel Islands were the only part of Britain to fall under Nazi occupation. German anti-Jewish decrees became part of the Islands’ legal structures. Local police and government officials identified and registered the few remaining Jews. Jewish property was Aryanized and Jews were deported, all with the knowing involvement of government officials who remained officially loyal to the British Crown. This lecture examines both the legal and moral failures and the ambiguities which surrounded this little known part of British Jewish history. (This paper was given on 7 March 2013 at the German Historical Institute London as part of the European Leo Baeck Lecture Series London, 2013.)

Rafael Behr, the political editor of the New Statesman, talks to Jason about the magazine's special edition on British Jewish identity; Laura Marks of the Board of Deputies of British Jews addresses sexism in the Jewish community and Francesca Segal discusses her debut novel, The Innocents, set in north-west London

This Friday November 2nd is the 90th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. This is David Billington with the November 1st edition of the Bible in the News. On October 31st, 1917 in the third battle of Gaza led by the British General Allenby, the British succeeded in braking through the Turkish defenses at Beersheba. A key engagement in that battle was a bold charge by 500 members of the Light Horse Regiments of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACS), into the Turkish lines in Beersheba. This event was reenacted in Beersheba this past Wednesday with great fanfare. On November 2nd, 1917 the British government issued the Balfour Declaration by way of a letter from British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to a British Jewish leader named Lord Walter Rothschild, who was to inform the Zionist Federation.