Rabbinic Craic: Recent Episodes
Rabbinic Craic
This is a weekly parsha lecture looking at the message that we learn from being commanded to build the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant together. This was created in the midst of a rise in community conflict in the UK and around the world.
This is the final reflection in an occasional series that Rabbi Alex Goldberg recorded on BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex. This aired on Sunday 24th March 2019.
Producer: Emily Jeffery
BBC Sixty Second Sermon: Uncertainty | 2nd July 2017 | BBC Surrey and BBC Sussex - the story of Moses striking the rock has a contemporary message in these times of uncertainty. #BBCSurrey #BBC Sussex #Chukat
"Kaddish and Ariana Grande" - thought for the day recorded on BBC Surrey and Sussex 4th June 2017 #manchester #concert #bbc #sixtysecondsermon #OneLoveManchester
BBC Sixty Second Sermon: Reflection on Shabbat HaGadol | 9th April 2017- BBC Surrey and Sussex | Emily Jeffery - #bbcsurrey #bbcsussex #shabbat #passover
BBC Interview on the Danny Pike Show: Alex Goldberg on Ken Livingstone | 6th April 2017 | #antisemitism #labour #kenlivingstone
Alex Goldberg speaks about the rise of reported antisemitism in the UK. Live interview on 2nd Feb 2017.
BBC Sixty Second Sermon: Hidden Identity - 1st January 2017 Looking at the story of Joseph in Egypt and relating it the identities of Carrie Fisher and George Michael, who both passed away recently. #BBC #BBCSurrey #BBC Sussex #GeorgeMichael #CarrieFisher
Succot | Beginners Guide to the Lulav | 16th Oct 2016 | BBC Sussex | BBC Surrey #Succot #lulav #etrog #bbc sussex #bbc surrey #brighton #jewish
Sixty Second Sermon: Pale Blue Dot | BBC Sussex | BBC Surrey | 16th October 2016. Broadcast before #Succot 5777.
LBC: Alex Goldberg and Shelagh Fogerty discussing Justin Welby's Essay on Antisemitism aired on 27 09 2016
Antisemitism #Labour #Welby #Alexander #Goldberg #Christian #Jewish #Relations #Interfaith
BBC Sixty Second Sermon: Justice, Justice, Shall You Pursue. This was aired on #BBC #Surrey and #Sussex on 11th September 2016. It looks at the meaning of 'justice, justice, shall you pursue': justice and compromise
Interview on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire about being an Olympic and Paralympic Chaplain in 2012 on the weekend that the Rio 2016 Games opens. Interview by Justine Greene.
Rabbi School Diaries 11: Mending the rift: Recorded in the aftermath of #EURef First aired on BBC Surrey & BBC Sussex on 10th July 2016
Sixty Second Sermon given on #BBC Surrey and Sussex in the wake of the death of Jo Cox MP on the BBC Breakfast Show with Emily Jeffery.
This looks at how and why rabbis are tested on areas of Jewish law as Alexander Goldberg, rabbi in training, enters the exam period for both himself and his students at the University of Surrey
Faith and Football Interview | BBC Leeds | 22nd May 2016 #BBCLeeds #AlexGoldberg #Faith #Football
BBC Sixty Sermon : time to end scapegoating people in modern politics today in America and Europe. Originally aired on #BBC #Sussex and #Surrey
BBC Rabbi School Diaries: Episode 9: Passover and Memory | 17th April 2016 | BBC Surrey | BBC Sussex
BBC Sixty Second Sermon | 13th March 2016 | BBC Surrey | BBC Sussex #BBCSurrey #BBC #BBCSussex #Torah #EUReferendum #Pikudei
Speaking on BBC London: My response to Donald #Trump and his comments about #London and #Paris| 9th November 2015
Rabbi School Diaries: Episode 7: Prayer, Paris and Football | 22nd November 2015 | BBC Surrey | BBC Sussex - In this episode Alex reflects on prayer, Paris and football. This was recorded in the aftermath of the tragic events in France. #football #FA #EngvFr #Wembley #prayer
Sixty Second Sermon: BBC Surrey and Sussex | Reflections on Paris Attack | November 15 2015 - Broadcast in the aftermath of the attacks in Paris on Friday November 13th 2015. #paris #prayforparis #bbcsurrey #bbcsussex #religion #Bataclan
Sixty Second Sermon on BBC Surrey and BBC Sussex on 25th Oct 2015. Alex Goldberg reflects on the journey of Abraham and #ShabbatUK and the global #ShabbatProject - the need to create space. #ChiefRabbi #ShabbatUK #Surrey
BBC Rabbi School Diairies: Thoughts from the Sukkah looking at our first class with Lord Sacks, Succot, thoughts about my classmates, bonfires and how to find joy...
LordSacks #Succot #Rabbi #Semikah #Goldberg #BBCSurrey #BBCSussex #BBCNews #RabbiSchoolDiaries #AlexGoldberg
BBC #BBCSurrey #BBCSurrey #refugees #refugeeswelcome #RoshHashanah #Jewish #NewYear #Goldberg
In this episode Alex Goldberg is coming to the end of the school year and is taking stock, looking at his future rabbinic career ahead whilst joining the Ariane de Rothschild Fellowship programme at Cambridge University #RabbiSchoolDiaries #BBCSurrey #BBCSussex #ADRFellowship
Sixty Second Sermon on Faith | BBC Surrey and Sussex | 28th June 2015 #BBC #BBCSurrey #BBCSussex #Tunisia #7thJuly
Alex Goldberg gives his occasional Rabbi School Diaries on the BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex Sunday Breakfast Show. This episode aired on Sunday June 21 2015. Intro by Emily Jeffery. This episode is dedicated to the memory of our friend Bero Verberg.
It has been a hard term for the students and staff of #Montefiore College coming to terms with the passing of the College Principal Dayan Amor. As they prepare for #Passover they reflect. This was first broadcast on Sunday 29th March on #BBC #Surrey and #Sussex. Diary by Alexander Goldberg. Introduced by Emily Jeffery.
Second in the series of Rabbi School Diaries. This was recorded in mid-January following the tragic events in Paris.
Chanukah Special on BBC Surrey and BBC Sussex Breakfast Show with the Maccabeats and the Goldbergs - broadcasts on 21st December 2014
A new occasional feature on the BBC Surrey and Sussex Sunday Breakfast Show with Emily Jeffery tracking my progress at Rabbi School (Rabbinic College). #rabbidiary #bbcsurrey #bbcsussex
Alex Goldberg speaks on BBC Surrey and Sussex (Danny Pike) about alleged antisemitic comments made by Dave Whelan, owner of Wigan Athletic FC
Review of the Sunday Papers: Alex Goldberg and Emily Jeffery on the BBC Surrey and BBC Sussex Breakfast show.
In this review we look at a spat between Michael Gove and Teresa May; the Qatar World Cup bid scandal; the Queen in Paris and the pensioner Bernard Jordan who 'escaped' from an old age home in Hove to attend D Day commemorations in Normandy
Chat between Alex Goldberg and Emily Jeffery on BBC Surrey and Sussex about Jewish Pentecost (Shavuot) and an explanation of why Jews eat cheesecake on the festival.
Review of faith and religious news on BBC Surrey and BBC Sussex from both the faith press and mainstream news media. Stories this week from the Jewish Chronicle, Church Times and Jerusalem Post.
We look at stories on charitable giving, prayers for peace in Nigeria, Pakistan and the Middle East and a cancelled balloon release (for animal welfare reasons).
Interview with Baroness Elizabeth Berridge on BBC Surrey and Sussex. Baroness Berridge is the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on International Religious Freedom. Here she chats to Alex Goldberg about the group and her life in Parliament on the terrace of the House of Lords.
Sunday Papers Review | 18th May 1974 | BBC Surrey | BBC Sussex including Sunday Times Rich List; European Elections; Racism and campaigning; Economics; FA calls for Action Against Premiership Chief; Arsenal FA Cup win.
Faith, religion and ethics news that caught the eye from the last seven days and featured on the Sunday Breakfast show on BBC Surrey and Sussex. This week we look at stories relating to combating homophobia; immigration and asylum; ADL antisemitism report and an unusual donation to a Church in Wolverhampton. Alex Goldberg and Emily Jeffery review.
ADL Report of Antisemitism. Alex Goldberg and Emily Jeffery interview Rabbi Jonathan Romain on #ADL Global Report on #Antisemitism on BBC Surrey and Sussex
A Thought for the Week on the Sabbatical Year and environmental concerns over energy policy #energy #fracking #jewish #environment #behar #sabbatical #shemita
Canonisation of Two Popes | BBC Surrey and Sussex | 27th April 2014 - discussing with Alex Strangeways-Booth and Mark Carter the canonisation of John Paul II and John XXIII
Short National Press Review - 27th April 2014 - BBC Surrey and Sussex: Odiham service personnel killed in Afghanistan air crash; Rowan Williams; Sunday Times and Independent on Nigel Farage and David Cameron; Stephen Sutton's brave fundraising effort for Teenage Cancer Trust hits £2.6m
Review of Religious News on BBC Surrey and Sussex: Rowan Williams on Post-Christian Britain; Jews for Jesus YouTube video described as tasteless; Jewish Chronicle and Church Times response to Christian Britain story
Sunday Paper Review | BBC Surrey | BBC Sussex April 6th featuring #indiaelections #mariamiller #grandnational #rwanda #bankimoon
Alex Goldberg talking about CSC Commonwealth Leaders on BBC Surrey | BBC Sussex #commonwealth #cscleaders #bbcsurrey #bbcsussex #schoolinthecloud