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10/4/2009 10:12:00 PMA7 Radio's "Walter's World" with Walter Bingham
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and .A Walter’s World two hour special investigation into the ongoing painful debate around Jewish divorce. The leading Rabbinical Court of Jerusalem claims that Halacha,Jewish Law restricts their powers to grant a divorce to a woman against her husbands will, because he has an indisputable right to veto; so she has to remain chained until his conditions, sometimes of blackmail, are met. Women’s organizations on the other hand argue that Halacha does allow overriding a husband’s recalcitrance. What next? Hear a Rabbi’s view, and that of a trained orthodox woman Lawyer’s suggested solution. Also: listen to the illuminating story of a chained woman.
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Walter Bingham was born in, Germany. Just days before the outbreak of WWII, with the help of a Zionist youth movement he was selected for a place on the ‘Kindertransport’ to Great Britain. Walter saw front line action during the Normandy invasion of Europe and was awarded the Military Medal for ‘Bravery in the Field’. In England Walter also acted in films including several Harry Potter films. On the day of his Aliyah in August 2004 he transferred his programme ‘Walter’s World’ to Israel National Radio as a weekly Magazine programme and it has been running here regularly ever since. Walter is an accomplished public speaker and was a member of a visiting panel of lecturers at schools throughout the UK, where he spoke on events in the Third Reich. He has also spoken at schools in the USA and addressed audiences in Israel.
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