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Thought for the day - BBC Radio 4
2008

  • 27 June 2008 - Leadership is not about ruling people but about serving people.
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  • 20 June 2008 - Sometimes the cure lies within ourselves
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  • 06 June 2008 - To be a leader is to be able to tell a story of hope
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  • 18 April 2008 - Civilizations that cherish the young, stay young
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  • 11 April 2008 - Spend less on what we lack - celebrate more what we have
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  • 04 April 2008 - Every nation has to find its own way to tolerance.
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  • 08 February 2008 - Obesity is in our genes: the body's genes, not the jeans we can't fit into if we're obese.
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  • 01 February 2008 - Religion should speak to our shared responsibilities
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  • 25 January 2008 - Courage to change the future
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    2007

  • 14 December 2007 - Festive Seasons.
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  • 07 December 2007 - Chanukah.
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  • 26 September 2007 - Hope is the power of the powerless.
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  • 19 September 2007 - We all make mistakes.
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  • 12 September 2007 - Rituals help us consecrate time, weaving into our lives the things that are important, not just urgent.
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  • 22 June 2007 - Our children deserve the best from our schools. Our schools deserve the best from us.
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  • 15 June 2007 - Sharing a story is the best way of creating shared identity
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  • 08 June 2007 - The price of a house and the value of a home
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  • 23 March 2007 - Anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery
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  • 16 March 2007 - Red Nose Day.
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  • 26 January 2007 - Holocaust Memorial Day.
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    2006

  • 29 December 2006 - We are enlarged, not threatened, by difference.
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  • 15 December 2006 - Chanukah - Make Music With What Remains
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  • 08 December 2006 - The Poverty of Affluence
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  • 01 December 2006 - Hope For Peace
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  • 06 October 2006 - Sukkot
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  • 22 September 2006 - Rosh Hashanah
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  • 14 June 2006 - 350th anniversary of the Jewish community in Britain
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  • 7 June 2006 - Water
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  • 31 May 2006 - A free society rests on moral foundations
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  • 11 April 2006 - Books that change the world
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  • 4 April 2006 - Music, Harmony and Hope
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  • 28 March 2006 - Respect and dignity for the elderly
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  • 09 February 2006 - Freedom of speech and freedom from religious hatred
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  • 03 February 2006 - Freedom of speech and freedom from religious hatred
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  • 26 January 2006 - Holocaust Memorial Day
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    2005
  • 23 December 2005 - Chanukah
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  • 16 December 2005 - Holocaust
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  • 9 December 2005 - John Lennon
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  • 17 October 2005 - Sukkot
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  • 10 October 2005 - Assisted Dying
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  • 03 October 2005 - Rosh Hashanah
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  • 24 June 2005 - Refugees
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  • 17 June 2005 - European Union
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  • 10 June 2005 - Shavuot, Law and Chessed (Lovingkindness)
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  • 21 April 2005 - Passover and National Identity
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  • 15 April 2005 - Passover, Liberation and Hope
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  • 11 Febuary 2005 - The Price of Life
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  • 04 Febuary 2005 - Children, Schools and Discipline
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  • 27 January 2005 - Holocaust Memorial Day
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    2004
  • 14 December 2004 - Children of the World
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  • 7 December 2004 - Chanukah - The Candle of Hope
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  • 30 November 2004 - Gifts and Giving
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  • 21 September 2004 - Terror and Politics
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  • 14 September 2004 - Rosh Hashanah and Children
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  • 7 September 2004 - Attack on School No. 1 in Beslan
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  • 28 June 2004 - Attacks on Jewish Property and People in the UK
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  • 19 March 2004 - Fatherhood
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  • 12 March 2004 - Madrid Terrorist Bombing
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  • 5 March 2004 - Purim and Raoul Wallenberg
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  • 30 January 2004 - Greg Dyke
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  • 23 January 2004 - Holocaust Memorial Day
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  • 1 January 2004 - News
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    Thought for the day - BBC Radio 4
    2003
  • 17 December 2003 - Chanukah
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  • 10 December 2003 - Art
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  • 3 December 2003 - Science
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  • 8 October 2003 - Science
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  • 1 October 2003 - Yom Kippur
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  • 24 September 2003 - Rosh Hashanah / New Year
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  • 11 September 2003 - 9/11 Two Years On
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  • 18 June 2003 - Media and Privacy
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  • 11 June 2003 - Roadmap
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  • 4 June 2003 - Covenant
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  • 11 March 2003 - Freedom
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  • 22 March 2003 - War & Prayer
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  • 5 March 2003 - War
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    Thought for the day - BBC Radio 4
    2002
  • 13 December 2002 - Parents
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  • 6 December 2002 - Education
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  • 29 November 2002 - Hanukkah
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  • 22 November 2002 - Public v Private
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  • 30 September 2002 - Forgiveness
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  • 20 September 2002 - Sukkot / Tabernacles
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  • 13 September 2002 - Ground Zero
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  • 6 September 2002 - Rosh Hashanah / New Year
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  • 1 March 2002 - Humour
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  • 22 February 2002 - Senior Citizens
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  • 15 February 2002 - Environment
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  • 8 February 2002 - Marriage
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    Thought for the day - BBC Radio 4
    2001
  • 10 December 2001 - Chanukah
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  • 3 December 2001 - Peace
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  • 26 November 2001 - Cloning
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  • 1 October 2001 - Sukkot / Tabernacles
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  • 24 September 2001 - Religion
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  • 17 September 2001 - Life
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  • 25 June 2001 - Justice
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  • 18 June 2001 - Politics
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  • 11 June 2001 - Past & Future
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  • 2 April 2001 - Passover
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  • 26 March 2001 - Perspective
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  • 19 March 2001 - Honesty
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    Thought for the day - BBC Radio 4
    2000
  • 18 December 2000 - Blame
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  • 11 December 2000 - From Jerusalem
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  • 4 December 2000 - Togetherness
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  • 25 September 2000 - Time
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  • 26 June 2000 - Roots
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  • 19 June 2000 - Community
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  • 12 June 2000 - Prayer for Peace
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  • 15 May 2000 - Discretion
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  • 6 March 2000 - Mugged
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  • 28 February 2000 - National Marriage Week
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    Thought for the day - BBC Radio 4
    1999
  • 20 October 1999 - Three R's
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  • 6 October 1999 - Chanukah
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  • 10 September 1999 - New Year
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  • 14 June 1999 - Kindness
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  • 21 June 1999 - Teachers
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  • 7 June 1999 - Kosova
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  • 31 May 1999 - Parents
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  • 29 March 1999 - Passover
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