The unedifying scurry by BBC management to get Gary Lineker back on air after suspending him, diffuses both a row with its staff and kicks the can into the long grass. A couple of tweets by the BBC’s lead football presenter brought down the entire coverage of the Corporation’s TV and radio sport for a weekend. Lineker compared the government’s language on immigration as "not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 1930s”. He was suspended by the BBC’s Director General, Tim Davie on the grounds of breaking impartiality guidelines. In this special episode, we mop up the layers of unresolved is ..read more

A couple of tweets by the BBC’s lead football presenter, Gary Lineker brings down the coverage of the Corporation’s TV and radio sport for a weekend. Lineker compared the government’s language on immigration as "not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 1930s”. He was suspended by the BBC’s Director General, Tim Davie on the grounds of breaking impartiality guidelines. In this special episode, we mop up the layers of unresolved issues that have fallen by the wayside in the rush to appease Gary and chums to get BBC Sport back onair. Stay tuned for exclusive quotes from Panorama documentary ..read more

He’s the youngest ever chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee with a military career served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tom Tugendhat MBE MP is an Arabic speaker and a fervent supporter of Israel who names of one the Jewish state’s Prime Ministers as a political hero(ine), Golda Meir. He takes this opportunity to pay tribute to the small band of Jewish soldiers serving in the British military. This episode remembers Lieutenant Paul Mervis from the 2nd Battalion, The Rifles, who was killed near Sangin in northern Helmand, Afghanistan in June 2009. He’s campaigning for the Law of Treason to ..read more

The shining light in a shimmering city. This is exceptionally good news from the Anglo Jewish community.  “If you build it, they will come”, so said Kevin Costner in the baseball movie, Field of Dreams – and that’s the vision for BNJC, Brighton & Hove’s new Jewish community synagogue and residential property development, not far from the seafront in Hove, actually. There are around 4,000 to 5,000 Jewish people in the East Sussex city and the community has long-standing roots. It’s around 250 years old, a timespan not uncommon in the UK, a nation which repelled full-scale German Nazi invas ..read more

I've not entered the fray in Israel's judicial reform row because I didn't want to fan the flames of what's been an awful spectacle for the watching the world. Instead, I wanted to find voices of moderation and considered opinion - not to mention wisdom. As a diaspora Jew, I've looked on in dismay at the threat to unity of the Jewish people. And not saying for a moment the judiciary doesn't need reform. It's just the way this is unfolding which is causing such upset. Benjamin Netanyahu's government are trying to force legislation "down the throat of half of the population", according to Israel ..read more

Big things are happening in the United Arab Emirates, really big things. As the nation which reached out to Israel in the most expansive expression of peace yet with an Arab partner, Jewish people around the world need to know more about this nation. Abu Dhabi is the stage for a new era of religious pluralism. The Emirati capital has opened the Abrahamic Family House, a beacon of mutual understanding, coexistence and religious peace. It consists of a mosque, church, synagogue and educational center. In this episode, we hear from the Chief Rabbi of the UK and the Commonwealth, Ephraim Mirvis at ..read more

I've not entered the fray in Israel's judicial reform row because I didn't want to fan the flames of what's been an awful spectacle for the watching the world. Instead, I wanted to find voices of moderation and considered opinion - not to mention wisdom. As a diaspora Jew, I've looked on in dismay at the threat to unity of the Jewish people. And not saying for a moment the judiciary doesn't need reform. It's just the way this is unfolding which is causing such upset. Benjamin Netanyahu's government are trying to force legislation "down the throat of half of the population", according to Israel ..read more

I've not been quick to enter the fray in Israel's judicial reform row because I wanted to find voices of moderation and considered opinion - not to mention wisdom. As a diaspora Jew, I've looked on in dismay as Benjamin Netanyahu's government try to force legislation "down the throat of half of the population", according to Israel's former ambassador to the US, Danny Ayalon. Danny also appears in this episode with his views because I searched for Likud grandees to confront what looks like an affront to the unity of Israel. Just as bad has been some Jews in the diaspora publicly disassociating ..read more

It’s always a pleasure to catch up with Emily Schrader, back in town with Yoseph Haddad, on a whistlestop UK speaking tour, which included a nasty confrontation with pro-intifada students on campuses in London and Nottingham. Scroll back an episode for one of his energetic and hopeful speeches. An American-Israeli journalist and opinion former, Emily is a regular on the Jerusalem Post and the co-host of Headlines with the Haddads, a TV show focused on explaining the Middle East to an American audience and tackling biogotry misinformation – alongside her fiance. In planning our conversation, we ..read more

Yoseph Haddad is Arab Israeli who believes with body, mind and soul in his country. And by his country, I mean the State of Israel, Yoseph joined up with StandWithUs UK at one of London’s oldest continuous communities, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in west London. Being counterintuitive, Yoseph is the target of constant protest, even death threats – some substantial - as he advocates for both a Jewish and democratic state. A smallish opposition greeted his arrival at University College London. Campuses are at the epicentre of anti Zionism and Palestinianism. Yoseph was born in Nazareth ..read more