Episodes

  • 90: Israel at the Tour de France

    90: Israel at the Tour de France
    Jul 24 2022
    One of the fastest-growing teams at the Tour de France is one that carries the name of Israel. But is it an effort to develop cycling as a sport, or simply a promotional opportunity for the country? Michael Daventry speaks to Sylvan Adams, Ron Baron and Chris Froome
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    17 mins
  • 89: Did the pope ignore the Holocaust?

    89: Did the pope ignore the Holocaust?
    Jun 16 2022
    Pius XII has long been criticised for failing to act as Jews were being rounded up across Europe and on his doorstep. The Vatican says new papers released in recent years go some way to absolving him but historian David Kertzer tells Michael Daventry there was much more he could have done
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    27 mins
  • 88: Israel at the United Nations

    88: Israel at the United Nations
    May 20 2022
    Danny Danon, Israel’s former ambassador to the United Nations and now a senior figure in Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, talks about ancient coins, his Arab counterparts and his future ambitions in Israeli politics with Michael Daventry
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    18 mins
  • 87: Keir Starmer: 'judge me by my actions now’

    87: Keir Starmer: 'judge me by my actions now’
    Apr 14 2022
    In a wide-ranging interview ahead of Passover, the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer tells Jewish News’ political editor Lee Harpin his party has undergone a seismic shift under his watch – and shares his seder secrets. Introduced by Michael Daventry
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    15 mins
  • 86: Tributes to a fallen hero of Ukraine

    86: Tributes to a fallen hero of Ukraine
    Mar 18 2022
    In this special edition of the Jewish News podcast, we discuss the plight of Jews on the ground in Ukraine with journalist Natalie Gryvnyak and the potential impact of sanctions on Russian philanthropists.
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    36 mins
  • 85: The battle to help Jews in Ukraine

    85: The battle to help Jews in Ukraine
    Mar 3 2022
    Ukraine is the only news story in town at the moment and in this week’s episode Michael Daventry speaks to eyewitnesses, charities, aid agencies and journalists to help you make sense of how Jews in the country and around the world are being affected
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    42 mins
  • 84: Impact of Covid restrictions being lifted

    84: Impact of Covid restrictions being lifted
    Feb 25 2022
    After Boris Johnson announced the end to coronavirus restrictions, we examine the measures community institutions are taking to keep everyone safe. Joining this week’s podcast are, Daniel Carmel-Brown, chief executive of Jewish Care, Rabbi Alex Chapper, of Elstree and Borehamwood United Synagogue, Liberal Judaism’s chief executive officer, Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Raymond Simonson, CEO of community centre JW3.
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    32 mins
  • 83: Condemning Bezalel Smotrich: did the Board of Deputies do the right thing?

    83: Condemning Bezalel Smotrich: did the Board of Deputies do the right thing?
    Feb 17 2022
    A far-right Israeli politician visits London and is unexpectedly denounced by Britain's largest Jewish communal body, with reverberations around the world. Jewish News foreign editor Michael Daventry discusses a bewildering week with Jerusalem Post editor Yaakov Katz, Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum and Dov Ben-Shimon from the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest New Jersey
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    43 mins