Enjoy the liveliest Jewish audio experience in cyberspace, with our podcast, ‘Sounds Jewish’. Produced in association with The Guardian, our monthly programme, hosted by Jason Solomons, will give you the low down on Jewish arts, Jewish events, Jewish music, the latest Jewish happenings in London and sparky debate on issues of the moment.

Sounds Jewish – July 2010

Joining Jason Solomons in studio this month are broadcaster, journalist and author of The Extra Mile: The Twenty First Century Pilgrim, Peter Stanford, and Rabbi Miriam Berger, from Finchley Reform Synagogue in North London.

Ahead of his official trip to Britain, we find out why Pope Benedict is wading into troubled waters – again – with Jews. And should we be worried about the pope re-opening the door of the Catholic church to a disgraced Holocaust denier (and then half-closing it again)?

And while Christians are tying themselves up in knots over women bishops and priests, female rabbis are on the rise: half of progressive Judaism's rabbis are now women, and this month they celebrate a big birthday: Britain's first woman rabbi was ordained 35 years ago this month. We'll hear some choice examples of sexism in the synagogue.

And grab your fiddle, tune your accordion and krekhts like crazy on your clarinet because KlezFest is hitting London for one week only in August. Cellist Francesca Terberg and accordionist Carol Isaacs join Jason in the studio to perform a live acoustic Klezmer set.

Sounds Jewish is taking a break on August, and will be back again in September.

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