My profile login | | Directory | Search | FAQs | Board home   Printer-friendly view   » Ship of Fools   »   » Oblivion   » Rabbi Lionel Blue RI.P. Email this page to a friend or enemy.     Source: (consider it) Thread: Rabbi Lionel Blue RI.P. leo Shipmate # 1458 Posted                           A great loss and the chief Rabbi didn' even mention it. -------------------- My Jewish-positive lectionary blog is at http://recognisingjewishrootsinthelectionary.wordpress.com/ My reviews at http://layreadersbookreviews.wordpress.com Posts: 23198 | From: Bristol | Registered: Oct 2001  |  IP: Logged Pangolin Guerre Shipmate # 18686 Posted                        I have to confess that I was unaware of him, but he sounds like a remarkable man, a man after my own heart (and stomach). RIP, indeed. Posts: 758 | From: 30 arpents de neige | Registered: Nov 2016  |  IP: Logged Anselmina Ship's barmaid # 3032 Posted                       For many, many years I remember this humorous, wise man contributing to countless radio and TV programmes. Always worth listening to. God bless his family in their loss. -------------------- Irish dogs needing homes! http://www.dogactionwelfaregroup.ie/ Greyhounds and Lurchers are shipped over to England for rehoming too! Posts: 10002 | From: Scotland the Brave | Registered: Jul 2002  |  IP: Logged Ecclesiastical Flip-flop Shipmate # 10745 Posted                        Rabbi Lionel Blue RIP Thursday 6th March 1930 - Monday 19th December 2016. -------------------- Joyeuses Pâques! Frohe Ostern! Buona Pasqua! ¡Felices Pascuas! Happy Easter! Posts: 1946 | From: Surrey UK | Registered: Dec 2005  |  IP: Logged David Goode Shipmate # 9224 Posted                       Rabbi Lionel Blue was a good bloke, and is without doubt now in his rightful place in heaven. Posts: 654 | From: Cambridge | Registered: Mar 2005  |  IP: Logged Wesley J Silly Shipmate # 6075 Posted                        -------------------- Be it as it may: Wesley J will stay. --- Euthanasia, that sounds good. An alpine neutral neighbourhood. Then back to Britain, all dressed in wood. Things were gonna get worse. (John Cooper Clarke) Posts: 7354 | From: The Isles of Silly | Registered: May 2004  |  IP: Logged Spike Mostly Harmless # 36 Posted                        I think he was the first non-Christian to present Thought for the Day. He had the knack of putting across serious points in a lighthearted and numerous manner. A great man who will be missed. -------------------- "May you get to heaven before the devil knows you're dead" - Irish blessing Posts: 12860 | From: The Valley of Crocuses | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Ferijen Shipmate # 4719 Posted                        Even as a child, when he was on the radio on a Monday morning, it made the day a better one. Posts: 3259 | From: UK | Registered: Jul 2003  |  IP: Logged Jack o' the Green Shipmate # 11091 Posted                        His light hearted manner on the radio could be quite deceptive in a sense. He was very intelligent and a respected scholar within the Reform community. I still enjoy reading his Thoughts for the Day. His three autobiographies are also well worth reading - especially his most recent one which is extremely honest. Posts: 3121 | From: Lancashire, England | Registered: Feb 2006  |  IP: Logged Printer-friendly view Go to: Select a board: Category: Ship's business -------------------- The Styx Category: Community discussion -------------------- Heaven Purgatory Hell All Saints Category: Special interest discussion -------------------- Ecclesiantics Kerygmania The Circus Dead Horses The Eighth Day Category: Ship's Locker -------------------- Glory Limbo Category: Things we did -------------------- Nativity Play Auctions The Laugh Judgment The Da Vinci Code Chapter & Worse Contact us | Ship of Fools | Privacy statement © Ship of Fools 2016 UBB.classicTM 6.5.0