At this time, many of us are mindful of the suffering caused by the region’s past and present violence. That’s why the latest in our unique series of Muslim-Jewish podcasts looks at how people around the world are still inspired by a vision of a peaceful, harmonious life for everyone in the Middle East.

Podcast 8 “Gaza and Dialogue” features contributions from many of our own team of Bristol-based Muslim and Jewish volunteers. It also hears from two influential women. Robyn Sclafani, Director of Brussels-based CEJI (A Jewish Contribution to an inclusive Europe) and Palestinian Ahlam Akram, National Co-ordinating Committee Member for the Ministry for Peace (a small voluntary sector membership organisation which meets fortnightly in the House of Commons). The programme is hosted by Peter Brill.

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Our next podcast, #9 “Gaza and Vision”, will be available shortly from our website.

A very busy 30 days featuring Hanukka, Christmas, New Year and the beginning of the Muslim year 1430 Al-Hijira.  With global attention once again on the Middle East, we provide a timely reminder that fighting is not the only thing happening in today’s world.

People are still talking, still interacting, still learning from each other.

Radio Salaam Shalom’s latest Muslim-Jewish programme is now available for download. Recorded in December, it’s a bumper edition featuring more stories and some great music collected by our team in Bristol, UK.

In these 100 minutes of unique intercultural dialogue, your co-hosts Javed and Tal are joined by:
-Ken Masters and Stefan Freedman to discuss how dancing brings people together with ‘Dancing Through Walls‘,
- author Michael Morpurgo talks about his new book ‘The Mozart Question’,
- Holocaust survivor and human rights campaigner Hedy Epstein (part 2 of her interview with Peter Brill),
- Victoria Feltham’s ‘Stages’ slot features intercultural jazz collective The Berekah Project,
- in ‘Arabesque‘, presenter Andy Roberts talks to one of the world’s few male belly dancers.
There’s also music submitted by some of our listeners around the world, plus we feature new sounds from Jewish band Rockiah.

Phew! Download and enjoy Podcast 7 at http://radiosalaamshalom.podomatic.com.

SALAAM SHALOM!

Eid Mubarak to our Muslim friends! In this drama-centred podcast, Lisa Saffron interviews playwright Sheila Yeger about her newest work. Dove.

Dove is a short play with a message of peace. It’s set nowhere in particular but relevant everywhere.

Available as part of this podcast as a rehearsed reading, it was recorded at Radio Salaam Shalom and was directed by Roger Stennett with the part of Joe played by Vincenzo Pellegrino, Hanne played by Pameli Benham and Meg Whelan as Salma.

For more information about Radio Salaam Shalom, visit our website at www.salaamshalom.org.uk.

In this podcast, Radio Salaam Shalom’s Peter Brill and Shabana Kausar bring you the latest Muslim and Jewish news.

Libby and Len Traubman’s ‘Living Room Dialogues‘ share 6 stories of Muslim and Jewish co-operation from all around the world.

Radio Salaam Shalom were at the mid-year launch of the UK Friends of the Abraham Foundation Initiatives (TAFI-UK). The local team have an exciting plan to extend the profile of the inspiring work carried out by their Israel-based parent organisation. TAFI-UK Chairman Lawrence Kaye tells us more about what’s ahead.

In ‘Stages’, Victoria Feltham talks about comedy musical duo ‘Good for the Jews‘ and gives a preview of a forthcoming tour from the UK’s leading Muslim-Jewish-Christian jazz collective, the Berakah Project.

‘Crossing Cultures’ co-presenters Kalsoom and Naomi share thoughts on the meaning of empathy with Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, a world authority in autism and professor of Psychopathology at Cambridge University.

We hear the first part of an interview with holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein as she talks about how she was saved from the concentration camps as a young girl and escaped to start a new life away from the horrors of wartime Europe before experiencing the postwar realities for Jews and their new neighbours in the Middle East

Plus, DJ Phoenix and sidekick ‘Natural Bliss’ are ‘Kickin’ It Back’ with their take on the recent US elections and a look at how it connects with Jewish and Muslim communities in the US and around the world.

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Episode 4 - Jewish Muslim Podcast

Our podcast for mid October is now online.

Co-presented by Carolyn and Shagufta, this fortnight’s show includes – yes, you guessed it – food. Now that Eid and Yom Kippur have been and gone, what are the treats that our Jewish and Muslim team are tucking into at this time of year? Listen in as they pick through some tasty morsels in the studio without dropping anything on the CD player…

In a packed hour and then some, you’ll share the following Muslim-Jewish news from our team:

• the Aliph-Aleph Schoolslinking project recently celebrated its successful end of year with a function at the House of Lords along with Radio Salaam Shalom who spoke to their Programme Manager Rabia Lemahieu.
• Victoria Feltham takes us onstage with a look at Jewish and Muslim theatre and performance, including the music of Avivit, in STAGES.
• Andy Roberts’ ARABESQ parades the sequinned excellence (try and imagine THAT on radio) of the Bellydance Superstars, currently on tour.
• Farooq Siddique’s MUSLIM IN BRISTOL looks at the issue of forced marriages.
• The forthcoming ‘Anne Frank and You‘ exhibition and news of the Albanian Muslims who helped European Jews escape the Nazi terror of Word War Two.
• Libby and Len Traubman’s LIVING ROOM DIALOGUES from the West coast of the USA.

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Salaam Shalom is a registed charity and its team of volunteers relies on donations and charitable funding. To find out more about supporting this unique broadcast project, please email our UK office.

Radio Salaam Shalom is the UK’s first Muslim-Jewish broadcast project and is run by volunteers in the city of Bristol.  We are always interested to hear from members of the Jewish or Muslim communities wherever they are and we welcome offers of ideas, programme material or financial assistance.

RADIO SALAAM SHALOM PODCAST 2

NEW PODCAST NOW AVAILABLE

The end of September is a festive time for both Muslim and Jewish communities in celebration of the Jewish New Year and marking the end of a month’s fasting for Muslims. In this podcast, Omer and Shereen talk about their experiences of having a film crew follow them around for the month of Ramadhan, the issues surrounding veiling in the UK and its echoes for Jews and Muslims facing persecution because of their faiths, and there’s even the occasional mention of Wales and food. (Well, it IS the season of Eid and Yom Kippur).

Other contributors include Farooq Siddique’s A MUSLIM IN BRISTOL with a look at the meaning of Sept 11th, Andy Roberts‘ ARABESQ features the new Max Pashm album ‘Never Mind the Balkans’, and KICKIN’ IT BACK goes walkabout to ask Bristolians “What comes to mind when you hear the words ‘Jew’ and ‘Muslim’?” We also hear a special holiday message from Salaam Shalom chairman Peter Brill, a reading from the Jewish Torah by Rabbi Berry from the Bristol Progressive Synagogue, and the first contribution from the Californian peace advocates Libby and Len Traubman, whose ‘Livingroom Dialogues’ are doing so much for Palestinian-Jewish interaction.

Radio Salaam Shalom would like to wish all our friends around the world EID MUBARAK and SHANA TOVA!

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Salaam Shalom is a registed charity and its team of volunteers relies on donations and charitable funding. To find out more about supporting this unique broadcast project, please email our UK office.

PODCASTS FOR MID SEPTEMBER NOW AVAILABLE IN 3 PARTS

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The first podcast for Radio Salaam Shalom is now available for download as an mp3. We’ve divided it into 3 easy-to-listen parts of around 20 to 30 minutes each (just right for your trip into town or a stroll down to the shops).

ON PART THREE OF THIS PODCAST: Abraham Nexus presenters Javed and Tal wrap-up their discussion on ‘What is a Jew?’ They talk to a member of a secular Jewish Bristol organisation called DAVAR, DJ Andy Roberts reviews KlezFest, London’s annual celebration of Jewish music, song and dance and there’s a stew of opinions from the kitchen with the larger-than-life ‘Kickin’ It Back’ crew.

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PODCASTS FOR MID SEPTEMBER NOW AVAILABLE IN 3 PARTS

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN IN 3 PARTS

The first podcast for Radio Salaam Shalom is now available for download as an mp3. We’ve divided it into 3 easy-to-listen parts of around 20 to 30 minutes each (just right for your trip into town or a stroll down to the shops).

ON PART ONE OF THIS PODCAST: Abraham Nexus presenters Javed and Tal begin their discussion on ‘What is a Jew?’ They talk to a member of a secular Jewish Bristol organisation called DAVAR, delve into the book ‘Palestinian Walks’ as writer Raja Shehadah describes six walks he’s made through the Middle East at  different times in Palestinian history and play the music of Jewish jazz legend Gilad Atzmon as he tours the UK. There are also Balkan beats from ‘Arabesq’ DJ Andy Roberts, ‘A Muslim in Bristol’ read by Farooq Siddique of the Bristol Muslim Cultural Society, and a stew of opinions from the kitchen with the larger-than-life ‘Kickin’ It Back’ crew.

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Part 1

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TECH NOTE: Any problems, let us know at info@salaamshalom.org.uk.

Kicking It Back is LIVE on-air every Friday between 8PM and 10PM (GMT +1) BST.

The new series will return on Friday July 4th 2008. Watch the recording of the ‘finale show’ here:

Watch the Live Archived Video of Kicking It Back from Radio Salaam Shalom