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Ida Cook and Leo Rosten

Michael Freedland talks to Ida Cook who rescued 29 Jews from the Nazis. He also speaks to Reform Jewish leader Rabbi Dow Marmur and to legendary Yiddishist Leo Rosten.

Michael Freedland talks to Ida Cook, famous as romantic novelist Mary Burchell, who rescued 29 Jews from the Nazis. He also speaks to Reform Jewish leader Rabbi Dow Marmur about Muslim-Jewish dialogue, to legendary Yiddishist Leo Rosten and to the head of the newly-founded Ilford Jewish Primary School in Ilford, Stanley Roslin. There鈥檚 a closing thought from Robert Rietti.

This is a programme from the 成人快手 archive, originally broadcast on 成人快手 Radio in the 1970s. Aspects of the programme reflect the time when it was made, the sound quality is at times poor and due to rights considerations, the music may be shorter than in the original programme.

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18 minutes