Audio archive
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Thought for the Day: Purim 2023
“The innate human instinct to reveal what is hidden runs deep.” Last week, readers of the Jewish Chronicle were surprised by a news report that King Charles is Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Holocaust Memorial Day 2023
“Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it”. (Psalms 34) A finger pointing to the left meant slave labour. To the right – immediate death. Read more... -
Thought for the Day – Chanukah 2022
The Power of Words – Chanukah and the importance of sharing good news Can you imagine there being not a single signpost in the UK to London? That was effectively Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Simchat Torah 2022
“God spoke the universe into existence, to teach us the immeasurable power of words.” “Not everything I think should be said, not everything I say should be written, Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Yom Kippur 2022
“Instead of trying to impose values on others, we should strive to inspire them, of their own accord, to wish to do what is right and beneficial for themselves and Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Rosh Hashana 2022
“Awe is the combination of vastness and accommodation… forcing us to re-evaluate the way that we think about ourselves and the world around us.” “Awe inspiring”. This comment Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Shavuot 2022
“We can channel resilience and fortitude to create a more optimistic future.” Earlier this week, in the BBC documentary ‘Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen’, Her Majesty the Queen said, Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Pesach 2022
“Freedom is not the right to do as we please, but the opportunity to do what is right.” At the Grammy awards this week, President Zelensky of Ukraine Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Purim 2022
“When we have opportunities to use any resources or influence we might have to make a positive impact, we are measured by the way that we react to those moments.” Read more... -
Thought for the Day: Holocaust Memorial Day 2022
“Whoever listens to a witness, becomes a witness” “The boy is not a Picasso”. With these words, in 1946, a London publisher explained why the drawings of Thomas Read more...