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Children in Need Total and Mumsnet

Children in Need's Gareth Hydes reveals the record breaking total for 2016 and we get end of term gift advice from Mumsnet's Jane Gentle.

Children in Need's Gareth Hydes reveals the record breaking total for 2016. Plus Chris calls on Mumsnet's Jane Gentle for end of term gift advice ahead of the school holidays. Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by former England cricketer Steve Harmison to talk about his new book Speed Demons. We ask for your tenuous links to celebrity teachers in today's Top Tenuous and the Pause For Thought comes from Senior Rabbi at the West London Synagogue, Julia Neuberger.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 6 Jul 2017 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Glory Days

    • Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA.
    • CBS.

  • Ariana Grande

    One Last Time

    • My Everything.
    • Republic Records.

  • Chuck Berry

    You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie)

    • The Best Of Chuck Berry.
    • MCA.

  • UB40

    (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You

    • The Love Album (CD 1) (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Luis Fonsi

    Despacito (Remix) (feat. Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie

    Red Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • East West.

  • Scissor Sisters

    Take Your Mama

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • The Belle Stars

    Iko Iko

    • Rain Man O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Capitol.

  • The Rascals

    Groovin'

    • It's Cool (Various Artists).
    • Parlophone.

  • Betsy

    Little White Lies

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Barry White

    Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe

    • Afrodisiac (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Bruno Mars

    Treasure

    • Unorthodox Jukebox.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Wham!

    Bad Boys

    • Wham! - Fantastic.
    • Epic.

  • Anna Kendrick

    Get Back Up Again

  • Blur

    Coffee & TV

    • Now 43 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Liam Gallagher

    Wall Of Glass

  • Taylor Swift

    Shake It Off

    • (CD Single).
    • Big Machine.
    • 1.

  • The Bellamy Brothers

    Let Your Love Flow

    • Country Moods (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Janet Jackson

    Together Again

    • Now 39 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Bran Van 3000

    Drinking In L.A.

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Supertramp

    Give A Little Bit

    • The Very Best Of Supertramp.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Lorde

    Perfect Places

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Sigue Sigue Sputnik

    Love Missile F1-11

    • The Best Of The Eighties.
    • EMI Gold.
    • 11.

  • Feargal Sharkey

    You Little Thief

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • Kasabian

    Bless This Acid House

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Frankie Laine

    Rawhide

    • Rediscover The 60's - Sealed With A K.
    • Old Gold.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    California

    • Lenny Kravitz - Baptism.
    • Parlophone.

Pause For Thought

From Julia Neuberger, Senior Rabbi at the west London Synagogue:

听

Seven new rabbis were ordained by Leo Baeck College last Sunday afternoon, in a wonderful celebratory service. All were exceptional in their own ways, but one, Haim Casas, has made history, as the first Spanish progressive rabbi ever ordained- being progressive means not believing that the Torah, the five books of Moses, were literally handed down by God to Moses, and not being orthodox. Haim鈥檚 ordination is remarkable because it is only recently that Spain has been home to any significant number of Jews. They were thrown out by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492, or forced to convert to Christianity. They faced the Inquisition and constant suspicion if they stayed, so many went to the Netherlands, to the UK eventually, and to Latin America. But now Spanish people are discovering, five centuries on, that some of them have Jewish roots, whilst other Jews are moving to Spain from elsewhere. So Spain has small but growing Jewish communities, and the accepted wisdom that Jewish life in Spain had ended has been overturned.

听

So Haim鈥檚 ordination was very significant. It was a sign of hope and a statement of belief in a Jewish future in Spain. And it turned the experts鈥� opinions on their heads. I love it when that happens, when totally unexpected turns in history give us hope. I love the fact that many Muslim communities are opening up their iftars, their fast breaking dinners during Ramadan, to non-Muslims, and I love the fact that Jews, Christians and others host iftars for their Muslim brothers and sisters- none of this even dreamt of 20 years ago. I love the fact that Germany, where there were no Jews after the Holocaust, is now home to a rapidly growing Jewish community. I love the fact that in London and beyond, churches and synagogues are working together on winter night shelters and food distribution projects, something not even thought of 20 years ago. And I love the fact we can now celebrate this diversity, and this coming together. 鈥淏ehold, how good it is and how pleasant, for brothers and sisters to sit together in harmony鈥�, wrote the Psalmist. But how much more pleasant and wonderful it is when the fact that we鈥檙e sitting together, and working together, is new, unexpected, and a real sign of hope.听

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