Original version

BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

BBC Radio 3

Radio 3

The Essay Podcast

The Essay

Discussion & Talk

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: Looking for Ghosts

The Essay: Looking for Ghosts: Episode 2: Moses Mendelssohn

Moses Mendelssohn

Episode 2

Episode 2: Moses Mendelssohn

Looking for Ghosts

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Looking for Ghosts, Moses MendelssohnClose menu

Michael Goldfarb travels to Berlin and retraces the steps of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn

Michael Goldfarb travels to Berlin and retraces the steps of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, discovering the origins of the Jewish salon.

Emancipation was an important part of Jewish history. Segregated for hundreds of years, Jews were integrated and assimilated into European society. But, because of the Holocaust, most of these ghosts have been forgotten, because the community that might have remembered them no longer exists. Michael Goldfarb travels through Europe in search of these ghosts. 

In Berlin, he tells the story of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn who refused to convert to Christianity and did much to encourage Jews to hold on to their religion and identity. His family went onto establish the Jewish women's salons where all classes and creeds could openly debate art, music, literature and politics. (Rpt) 
 
Producer Julia Hayball.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Documentaries

Factual: Life Stories

Factual: History

Religion & Ethics

Michael Goldfarb searches for forgotten figures who were important to Jewish emancipation

Michael Goldfarb travels across Europe in search of forgotten figures who were a critical part of Jewish emancipation

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Essay

Looking for Ghosts

Episode 2: Moses Mendelssohn

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3