Blue, Lionel
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Name (Hebrew)
בלו, ליונל
Name (Latin)
Blue, Lionel
Date of birth
1930-02-06
Date of death
2016-12-19
Place of birth
East End (London, England)
Field of activity
Broadcasting
Judaism
Occupation
Broadcasters
Journalists
Rabbis
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Guardian WWW site, viewed Dec. 21, 2016(Lionel Blue, rabbi and broadcaster, born 6 February 1930; died 19 December 2016; one of the most respected religious figures in the UK, largely on the strength of the regular three-minute homilies he gave on the Today programme's religious slot, Thought for the Day, on BBC Radio 4; his popularity as a radio broadcaster--on Radio 2 as well as Radio 4--led to occasional television appearances, including a documentary, In Search of Holy England (1989), and to a string of lightly religious books with titles such as A Backdoor to Heaven, How to Get Up When Life Gets You Down, The Little Blue Book of Prayer and The Godseeker's Guide; there were one-man shows in theatres around the country and two autobiographies: My Affair With Christianity (1998) and Hitchhiking to Heaven (2004))
- His Bright Blue, 1986:CIP t.p. (Rabbi Lionel Blue) pubr. info with CIP (British; lives in London)
- LC data base, 9-16-85(hdg.: Blue, Lionel)
- LCN
- Rabbi Lionel Blue, the broadcaster, journalist and first openly gay British rabbi, died in the early hours of Monday morning [December 19, 2016], born in the east end of London in 1930 ( (The Independent website, viewed 19 December 2016) )
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Rabbi Lionel Blue appearing in "John Wells and the Three Wise Men" in 1988
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Wikipedia description:
Lionel Blue (né Bluestein; 6 February 1930 – 19 December 2016) was a British Reform rabbi, journalist and broadcaster, described by The Guardian as "one of the most respected religious figures in the UK". He was best known for his longstanding work with the media, most notably his wry and gentle sense of humour on Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. He was the first British rabbi publicly to declare his homosexuality.
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