the job that the taxpayer pays you for. this is a bloody disgrace. in this episode of this cultural life, the radio 4 podcast, he reveals his formative influences and experiences, and how at the age of 86, he s still as fired up as ever. there s an anger. is there? i think that s what drives you. well, you can t see it happen. you can t see it happen and be indifferent, you know, you can t. if there s something that puts fuel in the tank, it s seeing hope destroyed, you know? camera crew s ready. i think in my acting days, i did a tiny bit of bbc radio. oh, you did? it might have been in this very studio some 60 odd years ago. really, here? fantastic. well, we ve got to dig those performances from the vault. i can t think what it was. it was something. ken loach, welcome to this cultural life. it s a great pleasure to come. and good to see you. you, too. you were born in 1936. you grew up in the midlands. tell me about your family. what did your parents do? my father was an e
i wish god would be merciful and take me because it is better to die take me because it is better to die than to live like this. shalom. i m rabbi yechiel eckstein of the international fellowship of christians and jews. i m standing here in the ukraine in the former soviet union in an area called a shtetl. an old jewish village. i d like to show what happened to the jewish community in the past but even more importantly i would like to show you what the jewish community is like today in the former soviet union. i think you will be surprised. announcer: a 100 years ago russia was the center of the jewish world with 5 to 6 million jews living there. although russia s largest ethnic group, most lived in poverty and persecution. then came the bolshevik revolution. hoffman: the soviets systematically destroyed any kind of base for religious affiliation. they closed synagogues. they closed jewish schools, sent rabbis and teachers to jail and prison. and tried to convert everyone to
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