An unprecedented presentation of 200 radio broadcasts ever the three channels of West Germany’s radio network, Suedwestfunk, will take place from December 1980 through June 1981 under the title “Meeting With Judaism.”
Willibald Hilf, head of Suedwestfunk, headquartered in Baden-Baden, said that such on intensive and systematic presentation of Judaism is unique in the German mass media. If will include the broadcasting of round-table discussions, documentaries, news reports, music, essays, excerpts from literary works, lectures and theater productions.
Hilf said the aim of the 200 broadcasts is to promote understanding and tolerance by circulating information about Jewish life and acquainting people with different aspects of Jewish culture. He added that the broadcasts will deal with a wide scope of Jewish cultural and religious traditions with a stress on their continuity and vitality.
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