Jonny Gould's Jewish State

Support thirsty Jonny with a coffee here! Our guest is journalist, author and social commentator, Melanie Phillips. She was once a committed diaspora Jew, pledged to contribute to life and society in her native UK. Moving to Israel was not on the radar; why would it be when she lived in the “goldener mediener”, a “golden country” in Yiddish, where Jews could live and prosper? Today she’s an arch-Zionist, living mostly in Jerusalem with her husband, the BBC’s former legal affairs correspondent Joshua Rozenberg. This episode chronicles Melanie’s change of mindset, using her story to illustrate what’s been happening to Anglo Jewry since the end of World War II. We also ponder the modern Conservative Party, why she thinks the BBC see her as the “acceptable face and voice of lunacy” and whether zealotry can ever be a positive influence. Jonny produces these podcasts for free. You can help support the show with Gift Aid at https://www.donorbox.org/jgpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho

Our guest today is former TV and radio foreign correspondent, now acclaimed best-selling author on geopolitics, Tim Marshall. His book, The Power of Geography, Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World discusses the many changes in a globalised and multipolar world. I’ve known Tim for over thirty years. Our paths have crossed radio and TV newsrooms at Independent Radio News, LBC and Sky News in London and we stayed in touch as he became a bestselling author on geopolitics. He’s one of the media’s good guys, staying clear of political commentary, instead seeing the world from the viewpoint of the people and places he observes. That makes for the integrity of his commentaries and analysis. Understanding people from their perspectives is in such a short supply in today’s social media rage! We can learn a lot from Tim’s generosity of spirit. Enjoy this episode with Tim Marshall and support Jonny Gould’s Jewish State: Paypal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support Jonny Gould’s Jewish State with a cup of coffee! Our guest today is Her Excellency, Tzipi Hotevely, Israel’s first female ambassador to the United Kingdom. Her Excellency’s honeymoon as Israel’s new ambassador to the UK didn’t last long. Israel’s world leading vaccine rollout (Episode 52) dominated headlines as Ambassador Hotovely took the reigns in London from Mark Regev in August 2020. Then the fourth Gaza War ignited wicked antisemitism on our streets. I ask what Israel’s mission can do to help Britain’s diaspora. She was born in Rehovot in 1978, the daughter of ardent Zionist immigrants from Soviet Georgia. As with Ambassador Regev (Episode 31), we talk about social mobility in Israel, the dynamism of the economy. Tragically, anti-Zionism exists among young Jewish people across the West, in the US. And here too. Heads are being turned by media and peer pressure. But while 75% of American Jews support Israel as a Jewish state, 85% say it’s “important or very important” to stand up for the “oppre

Support Jonny Gould’s Jewish State: https://www.paypal.me/JonathanLGould In these troubled times, are we looking back with increased respect to Menachem Begin’s leadership? Is history being kind to one of Israel’s great prime ministers? Our guest today is Jonathan Gruber, film director of “Upheaval, The Journey of Menachem Begin”. Menachem Begin helped build then mould today’s State of Israel, a tireless fighter for all Jewish people. They say his life, both pragmatic and miraculous made him a man of contradictions and nuances. But wasn’t that just because he was charged with such grand responsibility on so many levels? Some events went spectacularly right, some tragically wrong. But throughout, his courage of conviction and unwavering values shone through. I’m joined by the movie’s director, Jonathan Gruber to discuss his film of one of Israel and the Jewish people‘s most important figures of the 20th century. Support Jonny Gould’s Jewish State: https://www.paypal.me/JonathanLGould Learn more about your ad c

Support Jonny Gould's podcast production by buying him a coffee here. Israel’s Gaza conflict in the spring of 2021 lasted eleven brutal days but tragically, there’s no sign it’ll be the last. Israel’s citizens endured a pace and ferocity of Hamas rockets unprecedented in the four conflicts dating back to 2008. Yet over 90% of the 4,200 murderous missiles were shot out of the sky by the Iron Dome radar defence system. This episode is a detailed media briefing by both the IDF and Israeli police BEFORE the assembled journalists distilled what was said to the public. According to the IDF, 680 of the rockets fired from Gaza actually landed inside the strip, an astonishing 16%, putting their own citizens at the same risk as Israel’s. It’s also been horrifying for the Jewish diaspora, facing hordes of thugs loudhailing murderous intimidation at Jewish people from their cars in London and fighting on the streets of Europe and North America. And for the first time, Israel’s war was fought on both sides of its Gaza bor

Jewish communities and friends right across the world came together in solidarity with French Jews in sorrow and outrage at the murder of Dr. Sarah Halimi. Episode Lineup: (02:01) Muslims Against Antisemitism’s Liz Arif-Fear (02:25) Karine Gould (07:10) Maureen Lipman (11:43) Sophie Wiesenfeld (13:22) Hen Mazzig (16:44) Raphael Landau (19:35) Gideon Falter. The 65-year-old retired medic and teacher fell victim to a heinous and brutal attack before being thrown to her death over the balcony of her Paris apartment. The Court of Cassation, the highest in the French Republic, ruled Kobili Traore couldn’t face trial as he was high on marijuana while committing the most gruesome and sustained attack on his neighbour. All this despite being a violent drug dealer and known antisemite. He’d verbally abused Sarah and her daughter in the lead up to the murderous crime. Jonny Gould and his wife, Karine went to the rally organised in the UK by the Campaign Against Antisemitism. Despite Covid restricting numbers, the event

Our guest today is the Conservative Party candidate for London mayor, Shaun Bailey. Support Jonny Gould’s Jewish State: Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/JonathanLGould I spent more time in a modest queue of journalists observing Shaun Bailey than I did actually talking to him directly. But it was just as instructive. As a Tory, Shaun is the best-placed candidate to beat Sadiq Khan in London’s mayoral election on May 6th 2021. But what chance does he have? He’s not particularly well-resourced by his party which means it’s more down to him to drive his own campaign. But as you’ll hear, he counts himself as a characteristic London “hustler”, insisting his town is not necessarily a Labour city. He makes an impression with his honesty, but is he too unguarded to be a unifying London politician? With many thanks to Hendon Ward councillor Nizza Fluss, who organized his appearance with representatives of Shomrim and Hatzola at Hendon and Golders Green, Shaun answered my questions with clarity and brevity. We talk about

Our guest today is renowned author, playwright and journalist, Tuvia Tenenbom. Tuvia tells unvarnished, uncomfortable truths. He challenges what you actually believe to be true, confronts what you think you believe in. Some Jewish people are scared by him. Some rant back and threaten him as a form of denial. Leadership runs from him. The Taming of the Jew are a collection of his observations on the outward antisemitism he encountered while travelling the British Isles. Utterly unrepentant, listen to Tuvia’s view of British Jewry. Hear which Lord threatened to sue Tuvia if he published what he told him in their interview and the shock at how some Jews are actually colluding with their accusers. You can buy The Taming Of The Jew by Tuvia Tenenbom here: https://amzn.to/3rATAcc Support Jonny Gould’s Jewish State: Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/JonathanLGould Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jonnygould?fan_landing=true Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/jonnygould Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buy me a cup of coffee to support my work at https://ko-fi.com/jonnygould Our guests today are Member of Knesset, Professor Nachman Shai PhD and former Israel Ambassador to the USA, Danny Ayalon. PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s built his coalitions on the ultra-religious - but Covid disrupted their society. Some are moving into secular academia and productive jobs, while Arab Israelis, 20% of the population are reaching the higher echelons of Israeli society for the first time, thanks to Bibi the pragmatist. Israel’s longest serving prime minister changes course without causing the upheaval that comes with it.

Bristol University's reputation is being tarnished by their inaction over a conspiracy theorist professor who calls for an end to Zionism in lectures. Support Jonny Gould’s Jewish State: Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/JonathanLGould Professor David Miller's called for "an end to Zionism in the world", a dogwhistle which has attracted support from Chris Williamson and Asa Winstanley, whose supporters have trolled Sabrina Miller and other Jewish students incessantly on social media. I've handed the mike to Sabrina to tell the story of their struggle and included clips from the #HateOffCampus rally they organised by government advisor on antisemitism, Lord John Mann, Countdown superstar and antisemitism campaigner, Rachel Riley and JSoc President Edward Isaacs. I’ve also included interviews I've personally collected along the way from US Special Envoy Elan Carr and Baroness Ruth Deech. The fight against David Miller shouldn't just be left to a small group of Bristol's highly-motivated, inspiring Jewish students.

This is the extended interview with Col. Richard Kemp, of which excerpts appeared alongside other world-class experts in the previous episode 52 on Israel's world leading vaccine rollout. I’ve produced this full version of the interview with Richard because we discussed wider global issues beyond just Israel’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis. We go on to the continuing threat of Iran’s nuclear aspirations and if the Islamic theocracy will only be emboldened by the new Biden Administration. Richard also pays tribute to the outgoing Trump Administration - in particular Jared Kushner, Ambassador David Friedman and Jason Greenblatt, recalling as eyewitness how Israeli PM Netanyahu’s 2015 address to the US Congress proved the kernel which grew into the Abraham Accords. There’s also the growing threat of China, which he says “affects the whole world”. LISTEN TO COL. RICHARD KEMP

Support Jonny with coffee How has Israel built a world-leading reputation in combatting the Coronavirus threat? Why do foreign governments look to Israel for their lead? It all started with the incredible vaccine rollout in the summer of 2020. A deep faith in science and healthtech, a militarised efficiency, a high price on the value of life and a commitment to innovation and a unifying national cause. I’ve spoken to leading figures from the worlds of medical research and innovation, national security, diplomacy, politics and journalism. We hear from Israel’s chief researcher in its largest healthcare organisation, Clalit’s Ran Balicer, Colonel Richard Kemp, the UK’s former national security chief who chaired Cobra, responsible for coordinating national intelligence including MI5 and MI6. His Excellency Mansoor Abulhoul, the UAE’s ambassador to the UK, who declares the vaccine rollout as the early dividend of the Abraham Accords. And journalist, writer, author and hawklike watcher of the Middle East, Jake Wal

If you enjoy Jonny's podcasts, you can help him by buying a coffee here. Our guest today is Spiked Online's chief political writer, Brendan O’Neill. Brendan is one of the English-speaking world’s foremost political commentators. He came to fore as the excruciating drama of Britain’s departure from the European Union edged on (and on). I first spoke to Brendan leading up to the 2016 referendum when I was talkRADIO’s evening show host. I’ve watched him ever since, battling away for the 17.4m who voted Leave. In this Jewish and Israel podcast, I frame our discussion around the hard-left and its changing attitude to national self-determination, Israel and the anti-Zionist antisemitism which has followed. We also draw the obvious parallels between Brexit and Israel the nation state and discuss the woke left’s cancellation of Julie Burchill, also an outspoken supporter of Israel and the Jewish people. There’s football’s “taking the knee”, being Irish in the UK. buying your council house and civil liberties in the e

Jonny Gould's Jewish State presents Israel correspondent, James Marlow for a special report on the fallout from the assassination of Iran's chief nuclear scientist. Support Jonny Gould’s Jewish State: Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=BW4GZLQCCL29Y&item_name=Podcast+production+¤cy_code=GBP&source=url Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jonnygould?fan_landing=true Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/jonnygould Find Jonny on Social Media:  https://twitter.com/jonnygould https://www.facebook.com/jonnygouldshow https://www.instagram.com/jonnygould This is Israel Briefing 2, the second in a series of major event reporting from International Affairs and Middle East specialist, James Marlow. Not just Jonny Gould’s Jewish State Israel correspondent, but also a contributor for ITN, Al Jazeera and LBC Radio. James has written about this subject for the Times of Israel and Spiked-On-Line. So much has changed so suddenly in the Middle East. Now Joe Biden has replaced Donald Trump as US

Today’s guest is Paul Harris, editor, proprietor and chief executive of the Jewish Telegraph newspaper. The Jewish Telegraph, the north of England (and Scotland’s) foremost community newspaper is 70. Paul Harris is the editor, proprietor and chief executive. Every week - and for the last seventy years, he and his mother and father before him have published the newspaper. Started in Manchester on their dining room table with a borrowed typewriter and £50 capital, it’s grown into a newsroom and advertising platform with 4 regional offices in Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds and Liverpool. He regales us with some great stories over the years involving Yasser Arafat, Michael Jackson and Sharon Osbourne, although they weren’t all in the same room together! If I told you the one about Paul interviewing the PLO leader inside his Tunis compound while on a family holiday and who he took into the terrorist leader’s cage with him, you'd never believe me. Paul will have to tell you. “Hold my beer, hold the front page!”

Today’s guests are Euan Philipps and Emma Picken of Labour Against Antisemitism. Support Jonny Gould’s Jewish State: https://ko-fi.com/jonnygould Jeremy Corbyn spent just nineteen days suspended from the Labour Party after the Equality and Human Rights Commission's report delivered a damning verdict into the party's victimization of its Jewish members. But as Corbyn was restored to the membership, new leader Sir Keir Starmer refused to return the parliamentary whip to his former boss. But even that is open to review. The factional war between Labour’s hard-left and moderates is now in full flow, but what will the outcome be - and can Labour ever be voted into power while this remains unresolved? Euan Philipps and Emma Picken of Labour Against Antisemitism submitted 15,000 pages of evidence to the EHRC. In this episode, they explain their motivations, their hopes and predict what’ll happen now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arnold Roth, father of teenager Malki, who was murdered in a Jerusalem suicide bombing, is calling for the extradition from Jordan of the attack’s planner. He’s also calling for the BBC to apologise to its Arabic audience for “toxic distortions” of the murderer’s characterisation. Malki Roth, just 15-years old, was one of 15 victims of a suicide bomber at the Sbarro pizza restaurant in Jerusalem, orchestrated by Ahlam Aref Ahmad Al-Tamimi, who drove the bomber to the site. Tamimi was sentenced to 16 life terms by Israel for her role in the attack, but was one of the prisoners freed in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit in 2011. She lives freely in Jordan and openly boasts about how she orchestrated the suicide mission, while at the same time presenting herself as a victim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is His Excellency, Mansoor Abulhoul, UAE ambassador to the UK. Support Jonny Gould’s Jewish State. Buy him a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/jonnygould or make a bigger donation with Gift Aid at http://donorbox.org/jgpodcast “Normalization" is possibly the most understated word to describe the seismic changes triggered by the Abraham Accords of September 2020. Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain entered a new era of peace and understanding, brokered by President Donald Trump's US Administration and signed at the White House. The speed by which the peoples of Israel and the UAE are realising the opportunities made possible by diplomacy is quite breathtaking. Expressions of religious similarity and mutual understanding, physical and economic links and recognition of multiple opportunities deliver hourly headlines across the world. Including this interview, recorded just as the Israeli Knesset ratified the treaties. And so it is to this prestigious episode which wouldn't have been possible

If you’ve listened and enjoyed a few episodes, help me by following this link to donate: https://ko-fi.com/jonnygould. Today’s guest is Anne Frank’s stepsister, Holocaust survivor and world renowned speaker, Eva Schloss. Eva Schloss, step-sister of Anne Frank, forgives the Nazis. Aged just 11, her happy family life in Vienna was cancelled as the Germans annexed Austria, turning the populous against the Jews in an instant. She describes this national mood change as “unbelievable”. Non-Jewish friends suddenly shunned her and her older brother was severely beaten by classmates. With her family, she fled for her life through Belgium and Holland, as the Nazis mercilessly hunted Europe’s Jews. Young Eva had to adapt to new schools, languages and countries and was bullied by fellow children and even teachers. Eventually, betrayed by a Dutch underground agent, she was captured and sent to Auschwitz. In 1945, barely alive, she was rescued with her mother by Soviet troops. Her father and brother were killed. But the 91

Today’s guest is His Excellency, Ferenc Kumin, Hungarian ambassador to the UK. “We (Hungary) feel a moral drive to strengthen our ties to Israel and the Jewish community. And when you have that moral drive, it makes it easier, you don’t hesitate”. The words of the new Hungarian ambassador to the UK, Ferenc Kumin. It's been quite a summer covering Israel and it started for me with this remarkable interview with His Excellency, Ambassador Ferenc Kumin at the Hungarian Embassy in London. With Israel, Bahrain and the UAE agreeing to normalization, Muslim-majority Kosovo also establishing diplomatic ties and with Serbia pondering moving their mission to Jerusalem, a reset of positions, some deeply entrenched is now due from nations across the world. There are still present day problems of antisemitism in Hungary, but there is both an awareness and willingness to confront it. I was touched by Ambassador Kumin's sincerity and knowledge of Hungarian Jewish history as we discussed their extremely difficult history of