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Jonny Gould's Jewish StateBONUS EPISODE: As Israel pounds Iran, what's Israel's aid to Gaza REALLY like? How will the Foreign Office get stranded Brits home?Find all of Jonny's podcasts and writing at his Substack, where you can also support his efforts.
Iran's reckless retaliation against Israel's highly targeted attacks on military targets is throwing up new challenges for Israel, the US and other western countries who SHOULD be rallying around the Jewish State.
In this episode, listen to the incredulous response of stranded British nationals Max Radford and Gabriella Somerville telling them to go to Egypt in order to fly home!
And Colonel Richard Kemp becomes one of the first international voices to eyewitness the heroic work...2025-06-1914 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateBONUS EPISODE: “Operation Rising Lion”, Israel attacks Iran with devastating resultsSupport Jonny's work and find all of his podcasts and writing here.
A people that rises like a lioness and raises itself like a lion.
כדהֶן־עָם֙ כְּלָבִ֣יא יָק֔וּם וְכַֽאֲרִ֖י יִתְנַשָּׂ֑א
More than 200 fighter jets from the Israel Air Force, guided by Israeli Intelligence, struck over 100 targets across Iran, including hideouts of senior operatives in the Iran’s military leadership. The strikes eliminated the three most senior military commanders of the Iranian regime: Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Iranian regime, Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hossein Salami and Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya (Emergency Command). Support Jonny...2025-06-1517 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State185: Richard Tice MP, Deputy Leader, Reform UK: "There's a competition to see who can use 'child killers' and 'genocide' more often in a more dramatic way. Hamas are the bad guys".Support Jonny's work here, find all his writing and podcasts here and follow his YouTube Channel.
Reform UK are gathering momentum if polls are anything to go by.
The only one that matters is of course, the next General Election which isn’t until 2029 at the latest.
Despite that, and a massive majority in the commons, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is treating Reform UK like the opposition, with the Tories in turmoil.
Would you vote for Reform? Is it safe to vote for them? How do you feel about Nigel Farage? Can we trust Refor...2025-06-0929 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State183: David Pleat: Just One More Goal. Anglo-Jewry's most famous football managerHelp support Jonny's podcasts by buying him a coffee here.
This is for every Jewish fan of the Beautiful Game! It's a hearty football discussion with the one and only David Pleat, featuring Paulo di Canio, chicken soup, Alex Ferguson, chopped liver, Brian Clough & Peter Taylor and Leslie Silver at Leeds.
Oh, and throw in Chris Waddle and mum's meatballs for good measure.
Tipped as “the next Tom Finney” as an England Schoolboy, David rejected the overtures of a host of clubs to stay at home, finish his ‘O’ Levels and enjoy his mum's ho...2025-04-291h 10
Jonny Gould's Jewish State182: Julia Haart: from ultraorthodox Jewish wife to billion dollar fashion mogulFind the rest of Jonny's podcasts at http://jonnygould.substack.comJulia Haart doesn’t hold back in this raw and riveting conversation. From her early years in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community to building a billion-dollar global fashion powerhouse, she shares the gripping, often painful journey behind the headlines. This is the woman behind My Unorthodox Life—but what she reveals here goes far beyond reality TV.In this interview, Julia opens up about what really drove her to walk away from a life of religious constraints, how she buil...2025-04-0340 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State180: Joe Walsh: "Donald Trump doesn't care for Israel. He cares for Donald Trump"Find the rest of Jonny’s podcasts and writing here. Agree or disagree, Joe Walsh’s counter-intuition on American politics, Donald Trump and the Middle East is hard to ignore. With one and half million followers across his social media channels, Joe, who served Illinois's 8th district in the House of Representatives returns to Jonny Gould’s Jewish State for a second time. Because having appeared on the show before Donald Trump’s second election victory, here’s why.A lifelong Republican with a penchant for throwing a Tea Party, Joe opposed Dona...2025-03-2152 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State179: Rachel Moiselle: the huge price of defending Israel and the Jewish people in Ireland“I can’t align with Palestinian protests and they say I’m less Irish because of it”.Rachel Moiselle is a young woman born and bred in Dublin, a PhD. student who calls herself a city girl. She loves the place she grew up in - but the feeling among her people isn’t much reciprocated.Raised a Roman Catholic, her father’s family were Jewish - and in standing up for Ireland’s community of around 3,000, Rachel’s found out the hard way about antisemitism since October 7th. She’s been shunned, canc...2025-03-1141 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateTrailer: Have you listened recently? Surprising interviews await you.Find more Jonny and buy him a supportive coffee here and he's got a Substack too.Tell your friends and become a regular listener and part of the community of Jonny Gould's Jewish State listeners and YouTube viewers!And become a member with a small monthly donation which helps Jonny make the shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-02-0304 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State174: Ghaith al-Omari, Palestinian Authority negotiator: “I believe in the justice of the Palestinian cause and their own state. I also think the Jews deserve their state that exists already”.Find the rest of Jonny's podcasts here and support him with a well-earned coffee here.I was in Brussels as the European Jewish Association gathered experts together from all backgrounds to discuss Middle East post October 7th.In between sessions in the hotel conference centre, I found myself outside the entrance with Ghaith al-Omari, taking in the fresh air and we started talking. Sporting a blue pinstripe suit, Bohemian ponytail and smoking what looked like a Gitanes, Ghaith and I drummed up a chat that moved onto the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, which he wa...2025-01-3130 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State173: Dr. Dan Diker, Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs: "The world is really suffering from the lack of a rules-based order".Find and follow the rest of Jonny's interviews in the series here.Is Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office a cause for celebration in Jerusalem, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh - and fear in Tehran? Is the multipolar world but a consequence of America’s loosened grip on the world by previous administrations? Will President Trump reassert his nation on the world stage? And the hostage deal: what should we make of its grievous cost in terms of future security with the release of hundreds of convicted murderers? Will we see a repris...2025-01-2849 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State171: Erin Molan: "Point out what I've said ever that's controversial. Ever!"Find and follow the rest of Jonny's interviews in the series here.Erin Molan’s moral clarity, critical thought and searing conviction has elevated her voice to a world stage.Tasked with making testy opinion pieces straight down the barrel at Sky News Australia, Erin was removed rather abruptly from her starring role towards the end of 2024.Aside from her forthright journalism, it's her background which also makes her so compelling. Moving around the world as a child, her father Jim Molan was a Major General in the Australian Army and later a li...2025-01-1051 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State170: Mark Birbeck, Our Fight UK founder. Why I fight for Israel, the Jewish people and the WestFind more of Jonny's podcasts here. Support his podcast work here.Mark Birbeck’s civic life changed on October 7th. Taken aback by the lack of widespread support for the victims from his fellow Britons, he set about being the change he wanted to see. He founded Our Fight UK to support the Jewish community and Israelis following the terrible events of that morning and the wars and plight of the hostages ever since.With other key figures, notably Kurpa Patel and Iranian dissident Niyak Ghorbani, Mark has fronted protests and counter-protests, challenged boy...2024-12-171h 02
Jonny Gould's Jewish State167: Jotam Confino discusses the themes of his new book, "Netanyahu's Israel: Rise of the Far Right"Jotam Confino is one of Israel’s brightest young journalists. Both disciplined and intrepid, Jotam brings together old school standards with open source leads which surround us all on the socials today. The key is to discern which video is real, which source reliable. That’s journalism. Originally from Denmark, Jotam made Aliyah (the Jewish ideal of return) because he wanted to live and work in Israel as a journalist. His career only really began when he moved there in February 2018, when he was 27. He holds an MA in Security and Diplomacy and a BA in...2024-12-0249 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State166: "Midas Man", the Brian Epstein story. The movie's screenwriter, Brigit Grant tells the story of Brian and the filmFollow the rest of Jonny’s podcasts here Brian Epstein is one of the most significant cultural figures in Anglo Jewry’s 20th century. Midas Man is the fifth Beatle's story.Also from Liverpool, Brian saw the fledgling Fab Four performing at the Cavern one lunchtime, was bedazzled by them and went about masterminding their rise to global fame.He crafted their image, secured their first record deal, and so heralded the British cultural invasion of America.Brigit Grant wrote the screenplay for "Midas Man” highlighting his journey from family d...2024-11-271h 08
Jonny Gould's Jewish State164: Imshin 3: Hamas still controls Gaza because they steal scores of aid trucks to pay salaries and decide who gets what."An urgent ceasefire, get humanitarian aid in without further delay, release the hostages. Oh, and let's move towards a Two-State Solution". When we switch on the news, that's the agenda-setting drumbeat from politicians, aided and abetted by international institutions and their media lackies.The unrepentant, unaccountable BBC and others don't care about the mess they leave.Welcome back for the third time to Jonny Gould's Jewish State, Imshin, Jacqui Peleg.Her sources are impeccable, transparent and open source and they tell the REAL story in Gaza.Because they come fr...2024-11-0442 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateBONUS EPISODE: Mosab Hassan Yousef, The Green Prince addresses the European ParliamentFind more of Jonny’s podcasts and writing here.Israel is fighting an existential war on seven fronts but an eighth one always seems to be discounted from the reckoning. It’s the battle of narratives, played through media, both legacy and social.Somewhere since October 7th 2023, the truth has been trampled down a long deep rabbit hole. What you’re about to listen to is totally irreconcilable with the shorthand, throwaway phrases you get from mainstream bulletins. Mosab Hassan Yousef, born in 1978 is a child of the Israel Gaza conf...2024-10-2843 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State162: Brendan O'Neill: "After the Pogrom": Why have the young and educated classes come out for Hamas?Support Jonny's work here.“After The Pogrom” - what now for Israel and the Jewish diaspora? And for western civilisation for that matter? The swirling dust of conflict has brought with it significant changes to our world and yet amid Israel’s fight on seven fronts, Brendan O’Neill’s coherent methodic analysis explains what we’re witness to. Brendan’s not on X, you’ll only find “burntoakboy” as he’s known on Instagram “because the rest of social media is far too rough and ugly” for him.And it’s where since October 7th 2023...2024-10-1554 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State161: Irit Lahav, Kibbutz Nir Oz survivor on October 7th: "I love the ground, the soil, the place, the people"Help Jonny make the podcasts: buy him a coffee here.Amid the IDF's push into Lebanon to eliminate Hezbollah, the thwarting of terror attacks on Israel’s streets and the hail of rockets fired into them, we must always, always keep in our minds the plight of our hostages incarcerated by the savages of Hamas and their accomplices in Gaza. For it was on that fateful Shabbat and Simchat Torah morning of October 7th 2023, that the lives of Israeli and Jewish people around the world changed forever. Free the hostages. Bring them home now...2024-10-0725 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State160: Joe Walsh, the lifelong Republican who wants Kamala to beat Trump and wishes "to retire and die in Israel"If you like Jonny's podcasts, support by buying him a drink or make him a monthly donation with Gift Aid.Here’s a voice from the American right, steeped in generations of support for Israel and so recognisable through the decades.But times, they are a changing, even for this staunch supporter of the Jewish State. Joe Walsh remains so, amid the swirling winds of university protests for Hamas and rallies in major cities right across America. But even as a former Congressman, a lifelong Republican, he strenuously opposes Donald Trump so m...2024-09-2943 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State159: The Hezbollah Endgame: what now in the north? 2006 Lebanon War veteran Benjamin Anthony discusses Israel's zero optionFind more of Jonny’s podcasts here: https://podfollow.com/jonny-goulds-jewish-stateHow should Israel tackle Hezbollah and its estimated 150,000 rockets all pointed at them? Is pushing the Lebanon’s terror insurgency back behind the Litani River enough? In this era of long range technology, isn’t a river just an arbitrary line? The terrorists can still reach Israel from there. Hezbollah is a battalion of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Wouldn’t it be best if they were removed completely? Let’s talk about the sheer audaciousness of the pager and wa...2024-09-2244 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State157: Tuvia Tenenbom's Careful, Beauties Ahead! A year with Israel's ultraorthodox communitiesJonny would love your help. If you buy him a coffee while looking through all his previous interviews, do it right here.They told Tuvia Tenenbom, don’t go to Mea Shearim, Jerusalem’s ultra orthodox enclave, it’ll be dangerous, they’ll throw stones at you. But after living among Israel’s Charedi communities in Jerusalem and Beer Sheva, Tuvia found the community to be quite the contrary. And, he believes they’re more liberal and progressive than the world beyond. This is the story behind Careful, Beauties Ahead! Tuvia’s follow up book...2024-09-0446 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State156: Paul Martin: "I knew slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. i was a reporter jailed by him in Gaza".Jonny needs your help to battle the wave of anti-Israel media coverage. Do you want to help his podcast counter this? Donate here or buy him a coffee hereFind all of Jonny's previous episodes here.Who was Ismail Haniyeh, Leader of Hamas? He was assassinated in Tehran on the last day of July 2024 and buried in Doha two days later. He's been branded a "moderate”, but was in charge of Hamas’ so-called political wing, who’s murderers, rapists and kidnappers pillaged - and filmed - their way through southern Israel on the S...2024-08-061h 00
Jonny Gould's Jewish State155: Major Andrew Fox (Ret.): "Iran could FIVE nuclear warheads in THREE weeks". So what's stopping them?Subscribe/follow Jonny Gould’s podcasts hereThe October 7th War in Gaza is the longest war in Israel’s history.
But how to grasp the nettle that is Hezbollah?
What will “the day after” really look like in Gaza?: are the oil rich gulf states the answer to a more moderate Palestinian state?
How soft have the West been on Iran? Is dethroning the theocracy in Tehran the key to an Islamic reformation?
Is Britain’s foreign policy reset really pondering between Qatar and Saudi? And is it a Hobsons choice anyway?
And as President Trump dodges a...2024-07-1636 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State154: Ivor Perl: Auschwitz and Dachau survivor, "I paid a terrible price for being Jewish, but how can I break the chain?"Find the rest of Jonny's podcasts right here.This is Ivor Perl, survivor of Auschwitz and Dachau.Born Yitzchak Perlmutter, in a family of 11 in Mako, Hungary in 1932, Ivor’s youth and education was stolen from him in 1944. His orthodox Jewish childhood was stable enough, but there were always antisemites who slapped and pushed him about on the way to school - but it got far worse during World War II, because the Nazis began targeting Jews in Hungary. In 1944, when he was just 12, Ivor, along with his whole family, were abducted and put...2024-07-0853 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State152: Imshin returns: "Hezbollah isn't Hamas, it's much stronger. As a family, we're planning for war”.Back by popular demand, Imshin returns to Jonny Gould’s Jewish State Scroll back and listen to our first episode, an introduction to Imshin, real name, Jacqui Peleg.Imshin’s feed on X with the famous hashtag, #TheGazaYouDontSee is a phenomenon of the social media era.And what Jacqui achieves couldn’t have existed before Twitter, YouTube and TikTok.Because such a specific subject via these video news sources, couldn’t have been so constantly delivered in real time. It’s now so readily available via the socials.So Jacqui lifts...2024-06-2829 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateIran's War on Israel: Conricus on Iran nuclear threat, Bibi arms wrestle with Biden, sex crimes on October 7thThis is the latest on Iran’s War on Israel, produced and presented by Jonny Gould.All of the soundbites you’ll hear in this bulletin are compiled from interviews in episodes of Jonny Gould’s Jewish State podcast. Subscribe and follow now and scroll down for previous episodes - wherever you get your podcasts. The headlines:Israel faces full military confrontation with Hezbollah in Lebanon because of a significant escalation of tensions.The IDF’s Chief of Staff meets with Arab counterparts in Abraham accords ally, Bahrain, while operations...2024-06-1926 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateIran's War on Israel: Hostage stories and reaction plus the latest with Jonny GouldSubscribe and follow Jonny Gould's Jewish State podcast now and scroll down for previous episodes.Jonny is back with the latest on Iran's war on Israel including the moment the IDF came to rescue the "diamonds", the code word for the hostages incarcerated in Gazan hell since October 7th.All of the soundbites you’ll hear in this bulletin are compiled from interviews right here - in episodes Jonny Gould’s Jewish State podcast. The IDF continue its operations against Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah launches drone attacks against Hurfeish and Nazareth in northern Israe...2024-06-1329 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateIran's War on Israel News Bulletin with Jonny GouldIran's war against Israel emerges from behind its terror proxies across the Middle East.Since Iran's unprecedented direct attack on Israel, Jonny compiles and hosts a regular news bulletin rounding up major stories as the Middle East conflict is being realised as the Iran-Israel War.These regular bulletins expose the Iran Octopus as the prime mover in the Middle East conflict.The top stories in this bulletin.We hear from Yoseph Haddad with an unequivocal rebuttal of the accusations pointed at the IDF for the civilian deaths in Rafah. N...2024-05-2818 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateIran's War on Israel News Bulletin with Jonny GouldIran's war against Israel comes fully out of the shadows.Since Iran's unprecedented direct attack on Israel, Jonny compiles and hosts a regular news bulletin rounding up major stories as the Middle East conflict is being realised as the Iran-Israel War.These regular bulletins expose the Iran Octopus as the prime mover in the Middle East conflict.The top stories in this bulletin:The Butcher of Tehran Raisi is killed in a helicopter crash, the IDF continues its operations in Rafah as the ICJ issue war crimes arrest threats against Hamas...2024-05-2024 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateIran's War on Israel Latest News Bulletin with Jonny GouldIran's war against Israel comes fully out of the shadows.Since Iran's unprecedented direct attack on Israel, Jonny compiles and hosts the first of a regular news bulletin rounding up major stories as the Middle East conflict is being realised as the Iran-Israel War.These regular bulletins expose the Iran Octopus as the prime mover in the Middle East conflict.All of the soundbites from world-class experts are compiled from interview episodes of Jonny Gould's Jewish State podcast. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts.To support Jonny's coverage of October 7...2024-05-0717 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateIran's War on Israel Latest News Bulletin with Jonny GouldIran's war against Israel comes fully out of the shadows.Since Iran's unprecedented direct attack on Israel, Jonny compiles and hosts the first of a regular news bulletin rounding up major stories as the Middle East conflict is being realised as the Iran-Israel War.These regular bulletins expose the Iran Octopus as the prime mover in the Middle East conflict.All of the soundbites from world-class experts are compiled from interview episodes of Jonny Gould's Jewish State podcast. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts.To support Jonny's coverage of October 7...2024-05-0117 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State145: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis: "If you're a rabbi and everyone loves you, you're not a rabbi and if you're a rabbi and nobody loves you, you're not a mensch!"This is a rather special episode featuring a competition winner from North West London Jewish Day School who won the chance to make an episode of Jonny Gould's Jewish State. Awareness of news and current affairs is certainly heightened by the pressure of social media - so imagine a young person growing up in this day and age.I ran a competition for the pupils of Year 6 and I said to the class, “get me an interesting interviewee and write down the questions you’d like to ask them”.I was delighted that 11-year-o...2024-04-2529 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateIran's War on Israel News BulletinIran's war against Israel comes fully out of the shadows.Since Iran's unprecedented direct attack on Israel, Jonny compiles and hosts the first of a regular news bulletin rounding up major stories as the Middle East conflict is being realised as the Iran-Israel War.These regular bulletins expose the Iran Octopus as the prime mover in the Middle East conflict.All of the soundbites from world-class experts are compiled from interview episodes of Jonny Gould's Jewish State podcast. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts.To support Jonny's coverage of October 7...2024-04-2314 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State143: Amichai Chikli: "October 7th has created a reset for world Jewry. There is an awakening of the Jewish spirit"Support thirsty Jonny here with a coffeeJonny also produces and presents 🍎 number one hit podcast, 🎙️Jonny Gould’s Jewish State. Follow now at this link:This is Israel’s minister of the diaspora Amichai Chikli, with me in Krakow, just a short distance from Auschwitz, where we’d journeyed together with other international leaders as part of a European Jewish Association delegation.We were all there for a symposium on antisemitism in Europe called, "Never Again: Lip Service or Deep Commitment?"Also among the notables, former Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, who pushed bac...2024-04-1020 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State139: Einat Wilf in London: Israel SHOULD demand the Palestinians declare, “our war with Israel is over”Support Jonny's podcast here, buy Jonny a coffee!It’s always a pleasure to see Einat Wilf, here again on a whistlestop tour of London, she met with politicians of all parties at the Houses of Parliament, plus journalists and Jewish leaders and their communities. And it’s her clarity which is arresting. She elevates Zionism above politics, creating unity for Jews of every stripe to coalesce around. Not to mention the millions of non-Jews who believe in the Jewish people’s right to self determination too. And she’s been on a metaphor...2024-02-2928 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State137: Loay Alshareef in London: "The Israel-Hamas War is a war Israel didn't ask for or want. Hamas, release the hostages, lay down your arms. End the war"Support Jonny here.Loay Alshareef has been on quite a journey. Growing up in Saudi Arabia and brought up a religious Moslem, he was exposed to antisemitic schooling about Israel and the Jews.“Jews are the fierce enemies of the Arabs and you shouldn’t have them as friends. Christians too. But first, Jews.” Loay was part of a generation of young Saudis who stood no chance. Isolated from the world, taught to hate. It still goes on - although less so. But the poisoning of his young mind was challenged when he...2024-02-2033 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State119: Israelophobia: Jake Wallis Simons on the newest version of the oldest hatredHelp support Jonny's coverage of Israel and the Jewish diaspora by making a donation here or buying him a coffee here.Let’s confront the latest expression of antisemitism: that which hates Jewish people for the State of Israel. I’m delighted that Jake Wallis Simons has given his first interview about his new book to Jonny Gould’s Jewish State, “Israelophobia: The Newest Version of the Oldest Hatred and What To Do About It”.We can’t really have a conversation about Jew-hate in the 21st century without confronting those who try to separate anti-Zionism...2023-08-2758 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State118: Edy Cohen: Can Saudi-Israel normalize? The tragedy of judicial reform, Swedes burn holy booksOur guest today says the unedifying term “civil war” bandied describing judicial reform in Israel is a useful device to maintain pressure on both sides to find a solution.Let me be clear: I spent much of July and August 2023 in Israel and the country is not “entering a state of civil war” as former Prime Minister and convicted criminal, Ehud Olmert claimed. There’s no curfews, no rubber bullets and no army in place of cops on the streets.But that’s not to say this isn’t a serious situation. As positions entrench further, is ho...2023-08-0844 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State117: Jonny goes to the Knesset to meet governing Likud MK: judicial reform, Arab Israelis and IranJonny Gould’s Jewish State heads for the Knesset in Jerusalem and a couple of nights out in Tel Aviv, fresh from an eye opening visit to the Israel-Gaza border (scroll back one episode for that atmospheric discussion beneath an Iron Dome rocket launcher). I was part of an Elnet UK delegation, an organisation sharing democratic values and strategic interests between the Jewish State and the UK and Europe. Now let’s talk to politicians and an Iranian expert for a snapshot on regional and domestic issues. The white heat of judicial reform has seemingly push...2023-07-2345 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State116: Inside an Iron Dome staging post and crossing Kerem Shalom into Gaza: Jonny heads for Israel’s Gaza borderLet’s take you to a top secret location in the south of Israel to observe at firsthand an Iron Dome battery, followed by a trip to Kerem Shalom, the border frontier exchanging goods and workers between Gaza and Israel.We were told by the IDF the night before not to come because there’d been incoming rocket fire which they’d defended against from that very location.But in the end, the invite and clearance was reinstated. When I arrived there, I was surprised by the personnel in charge of the two bulky anti-missile launch...2023-07-1223 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State114: UAE's evolving diplomacy, what's the state of the Abraham Accords. Should Israel be worried?This episode of Jonny Gould’s Jewish State focuses on the United Arab Emirates.The UAE is asserting itself diplomatically on the regional and world stage. Should Israel be worried about the swirling winds of interests in the region? The Emiratis have followed Saudi Arabia in re-establishing diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran - and Syria has been welcomed back into the Arab League fold, despite Bashar al Assad’s brutal and bloody decade-long civil war. Furthermore, Assad has been invited by the hosts to the forthcoming COP28 conference in Dubai, posi...2023-06-1530 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State113: The Escape Artist: Jonathan Freedland talks to Dr Bea Lewkowicz, "I knew both Vrba and Wetzler"Jonny Gould’s Jewish State circles back to a previous episode, uncovering startling new revelations. New details so rich, a bestseller has been updated to include them.In episode 88, I sat down with my old friend, Jonathan Freedland to discuss The Escape Artist, the story of two young Jewish men who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world of the horrors within. Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler’s 32-page report reached the desks of Roosevelt, Churchill and the Pope and they warned Hungary’s Admiral Horthy to stop the deportation of his country’s Jews to Auschwit...2023-06-0550 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State112: Ronen Bergman: Rise and Kill First, Israel's secret history of targeted assassinationsFollow Jonny Gould’s Jewish State podcast here.“Since World War II, Israel has assassinated more people than any other country in the Western world.” is a brutal sentence from the start of “Rise and Kill First”.Our guest is Ronen Bergman, author of the New York Times bestseller, which has sold hundreds of thousands of copies. It’s the product of a thousand interviewees, some of whom Ronen quizzed multiple times, along with millions of words of research.The detail also comes from a wealth of unclassified documents, some long forgotten in the private...2023-05-1256 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State106: The Abrahamic Family House, UAE’s permanent expression of pluralism as they prepare for COP28Big things are happening in the United Arab Emirates, really big things.As the nation which reached out to Israel in the most expansive expression of peace yet with an Arab partner, it’s time Jewish people understood more about this nation.Abu Dhabi is the stage for a new era of religious pluralism. The Emirati capital has opened the Abrahamic Family House, a beacon of mutual understanding, coexistence and religious peace.It consists of a mosque, church, synagogue and educational center. In this episode, we hear from the Chief Rabbi of the UK...2023-02-2515 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State105: Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs' Dan Diker: Africa seeks Israeli defense, judicial reformIsrael's judicial reform row is proving an awful spectacle for the watching world.I wanted to find voices of moderation and considered opinion - and in particular, within the ruling Likud Party: is there anyone willing to stand up to Benjamin Netanyahu over the division this is causing?As a diaspora Jew, I look on in dismay at the threat to unity of the Jewish people.Just as bad has been some Jews in the diaspora publicly dissociating themselves with the Jewish State. Never. Not in this podcast.I’m not sa...2023-02-2153 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State104: Emily Schrader: everyday Iranians love Israel! Emily’s social media outreach resets the talkEmily Schrader was back in London with Yoseph Haddad on a whistlestop UK speaking tour, which included a nasty confrontation with pro-intifada students on campuses in London and Nottingham.Scroll back an episode for one of his energetic and hopeful speeches from the tour. Emily is an American-Israeli journalist and opinion former, a regular on the Jerusalem Post and the co-host of TV show, Headlines with the Haddads, an explainer on the Middle East to American audiences and tackling biogotry misinformation. In planning our conversation, we decided this time to take a snapshot of where the Middle...2023-02-1242 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State102: The Greatest Comeback, Bela Guttmann’s Benfica glory with David BolchoverThis is a truly heroic story which starts in Holocaust disaster and heads to the glory of winning Europe’s greatest football prize. David Bolchover is the author of a biography on Bela Guttmann, “The Greatest Comeback, From Genocide to Football Glory”.David recounts the story of Bela, the ultimate Jewish footballing hero, who survived to become a twice-winner of the European Cup with Benfica and the inspiration for one Portugal’s greatest stars, Eusebio.Jonny Gould’s Jewish State is brought to you with the support of Dangoor Education.Help support Jonny's work and s...2023-01-2625 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State101: Uri Geller: "Israel was the making of me"Uri Geller went around the world, found and fame and fortune and has now returned home to Israel. Before Gal Gadot and Lior Raz, who was Israel’s biggest celebrity?Uri magnetised the world - literally - with his amazing feats of showmanship. Jonny Gould’s Jewish State wouldn’t be complete without a record of the life of Uri Geller!So what’s he doing now? Where is he? How did he attain such huge fame and notoriety and I ask him if Israel is the only place he could’ve possibly come from?He’s...2023-01-2444 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State🗣️Trailer: Radio! A new era for Jonny Gould’s Jewish StateA new era has started for your favourite Jewish podcast: http://www.jewishstate.radio
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Jonny Gould's Jewish State98: Winston Marshall: Mumford's Wise SonMumford and Sons were huge.Over 14 glorious years, Winston Marshall and his friends rocked stadia in front of hundreds of thousands of adoring fans and headlined Glastonbury!If you remember all the bearded hipsters and the tweed the kids were rocking, it’s likely they were listening to the Mumfords on their AirPods.But Winston left the band in 2021 after tweeting about Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy, a book written by American journalist Andy Ngo.At first, Winston apologised for praising the book and decided he’d take a br...2022-12-171h 21
Jonny Gould's Jewish State97: Jonny in Abu Dhabi: Amjad Taha, "The Abraham Accords is the miracle in the Middle East"This is the second podcast of discussions from a first ever trip to the United Arab Emirates.I attended the Global Media Congress in the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi, an impressive showcase of regional media with a clear message: “The UAE is reaching out to the world in peace and cooperation”. Amjad Taha is a well-known influencer in the Gulf Cooperation Council with a significant following on social media.The author of The Deception of the Arab Spring, an adviser to key institutions in the Arab world, Amjad was part of the first Bahrain UAE yout...2022-12-0828 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State95: Fleur Hassan-Nahoum: Jerusalem, Israeli law and order, Abraham Accords, Qatar and meSupport Jonny with a coffee hereFleur Hassan-Nahoum is Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem with an ambitious eye on the future. Her flying visit to the UK gave us a chance to chat on Jonny Gould’s Jewish State for the second time.Another year to go in office in Jerusalem, but will she stand for another term? There’s a Likud government to be a part of - and given her unique background, what about becoming an ambassador? She has strong diplomatic skills with her experience In Jerusalem in dealing with diverse communities. And Fleur come...2022-11-1140 min
Radio and Social Media News ChannelWeekly Middle East bulletin: presented by Jonny GouldJonny hosts this weekly digest of international stories as they affect the Persian Gulf and Middle East/
In this episode, we have Rishi Sunak's doorstep speech as he enters Downing Street for the first time as prime minister, followed by his comments about not attending the forthcoming COP27 climate conference which takes place at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt.
From the British Parliament, we have a full urgent questions exchange on Iran.
Bob Blackman MP and Foreign office Minister Gillian Keegan discuss whether Western nations should withdraw their ambassadors and embassies from Iran as continuing street protests dominate the news.
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Jonny Gould's Jewish State94: "I met the Ayatollah when I lived in Iran. He asked me to write his memoirs. I'm Jewish". Catherine Perez-ShakdamYou’ve never heard a story like this!Catherine Perez-Shakdam lives in the UK. She was born and raised in France and also lived in Yemen and Iran.While living in Tehran and married with kids, she mixed in the regime classes, socialising, even going on pilgrimages to Iraq. Nothing unusual about that, you say.But Catherine is Jewish, of French Sephardi background. As an outsider in plain sight, Catherine never revealed her Jewishness - obviously - so got up close to the leadership. She says it’s a deeply political and ideological regi...2022-10-261h 18
Radio and Social Media News ChannelWeekly Middle East bulletin: presented by Jonny GouldIn this episode of the Daily Middle East podcast, Jonny discusses:
The US congressional election and how it will affect Amereican policy in the Persian Gulf and Middle East.
The UAE pledges $100 million of humanitarian aid to Ukrainian civilians.
Iran sells long and short range missiles to Russia, which are then used in airstrikes against Ukrainian civilian targets.
The resignation of Liz Truss and what happens next in the United Kingdom.
The Israel maritime border dispute with Lebanon over two new discoveries of gas in the Mediterranean appears to be resolved.
The bulletin includes exclusive audio actuality about and with:
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Radio and Social Media News ChannelWeekly Middle East Bulletin: presented by Jonny GouldJonny Gould hosts a weekly digest of the big international stories as they affect the Persian Gulf and the wider Middle East.
In this episode, Jonny focuses on the UK's self-imposed financial crisis and the opportunities it's creating for the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
It includes audio actuality with the Prime Minister, Liz Truss and her new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt.2022-10-1813 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State93: Israel-Lebanon maritime border dispute and Iran protests: Edy Cohen’s verdictThe decades old Israel-Lebanon maritime border dispute is making headlines again with the planned Israeli start-up for drilling for offshore gas in Karish in the Mediterranean. But escalating rhetoric from Iranian-sponsored Shiite terror group Hezbollah threatens war. Their leader Hassan Nasrallah claims some of Karish sits north of Lebanon’s border line. Western Europe needs Mediterranean gas since Russia invaded Ukraine. Germany and their like need to extricate themselves from Putin’s weaponisation of energy. Can Israel avoid war to become a regional energy power? And what about the Iranian protests at t...2022-10-0945 minRadio and Social Media News ChannelWeekly Middle East Bulletin: presented by Jonny GouldJonny Gould hosts a weekly podcast reviewing the week in news for the Daily Middle East.
In this episode, we look at the economic fallout from the forthcoming cut in oil production decided by the OPEC+ countries including Russia and Saudi Arabia.
Jonny also looks at the maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel over the discovery of a gas field in their Mediterranean offshore boundaries.2022-10-0912 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State92: Jason Greenblatt: will Biden unmake Trump’s Middle East peace? In the Path of AbrahamJason Greenblatt joins us for a second time as he looks on at how the Abraham Accords has matured since those historic signings in 2020. In our last instalment, Jason had just left Washington DC after co-writing President Trump’s "Peace to Prosperity Plan for Palestinians and Israelis" with Jared Kushner and US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman.It was a breakthrough document which helped seal the first four Abraham Accords agreements. Now he’s here to discuss his book, “In the Path of Abraham: How Donald Trump Made Peace in the Middle East - and How to Stop J...2022-09-2158 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State91: Queen Elizabeth II: Jewish community pays tribute to Her Majesty and what the future may holdThe Elizabethan Age draws to a close. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest serving monarch passed away peacefully at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire on Thursday 8th September 2022 after 70 years on the throne.Her loss is indescribable and her passing has sparked the most extraordinary outpouring of grief from across the world.But what did she mean to her Jewish subjects? Will the nation’s temperature change? Is the end of the Elizabethan age a symbol of the end of the post World War II settlement? Will King Charles live upto his role? And where does Isra...2022-09-1240 min
Radio and Social Media News ChannelDaily Middle East Bulletin: The next PM's policy priorities and the legacy of Mikhail GorbachevJonny Gould produces a deep dive weekly bulletin in English with comment from the newsmakers and experts on the top national and international stories.
In this bulletin, Jonny focuses on the policy priorities of the new British prime minister as polling draws to a close and the leadership winner is announced.
We have audio comment from outgoing Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, plus the man he sacked just before his own resignation, Michael Gove.
We also have comment from former British foreign secretary, Malcolm Rifkind on the legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, who died this...2022-09-0315 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State90: Hillel Neuer: “The Saudis, the UAE, Bahrain, Jordan and Egypt want MORE, not less Israel”Hillel Neuer is so often the lone voice talking truth to power at a United Nations seemingly on interminable mission creep.Western countries are loosening their resolve in countering dictatorships. And worse still, power groups inside the UN Human Rights Council are trying to silence him.Hillel is Executive Director of UN Watch, the human rights NGO based at the UN in Geneva. Since 2009, he’s headed the annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, a renowned international gathering which provides a platform to courageous pro-democracy dissidents who put their lives on the line to...2022-09-021h 12
Jonny Gould's Jewish State89: Julie Burchill: "Without Jewish people, we'd all be sitting in caves grunting"She’s one of Britain’s most successful and irreverent writers. I met Julie Burchill at one of her favourite places on the Sussex coast - in Hove, actually, her home town for the last 27 years. Julie started her glittering career at the NME in 1976, aged 17 and left when after just two years as she thought that people in their twenties who still wrote about music were ‘sad old men'. Since then she’s had number one best-selling novels, won an Emmy and been condemned in the House of Commons. Now, in her sixties...2022-08-051h 28
Jonny Gould's Jewish State88: Jonathan Freedland: The Escape Artist, Rudolf Vrba. The teenage Jew who escaped AuschwitzOnly four Jewish prisoners ever escaped the vicious SS guards, their ferocious dogs, rows of tall electrified fences and men on watchtowers wielding automatic weapons of Auschwitz-Birkenau.But Walter Rosenberg, just 19-years-old used knowledge, cunning and patience to do what no Jew had done before.He and Alfred Wetzler, in his early twenties, escaped from Auschwitz. But Walter, later to become Rudolf Vrba, hasn't been legendized like others who emerged from what became known as the Holocaust.Until now. Because his audacious breakout with Fred saved the lives of 200,000 Jews, mostly from Budapest...2022-07-141h 30
Radio and Social Media News ChannelWeekly Middle East Bulletin: presented by Jonny GouldIt's been a week of high-drama in British politics as Boris Johnson resigned as Conservative leader, but will stay on as Britain's Prime Minister until a new Tory leader can be elected.
Jonny Gould speaks to the first MP to declare himself for the leadership. Tom Tugendhat and discusses the Labour opposition's pledge not to open old wounds over Brexit, if Sir Keir Starmer is to form a future government.
We also discuss warming relations between Israel and Poland and how the Gulf's airline industry is making a startling return to business form after the terrible problems it faced during...2022-07-1116 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State86: Douglas Murray: The War On The West: how to prevail in the age of unreasonOur guest today is Douglas Murray, best-selling author of The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity and Islam and The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity - and now The War On The West, how to prevail in the age of unreason.All the narratives and assumptions which underpin our understanding of the western societies we grew up in are under attack - from within.Much of it is being fought through the prism of race. Douglas examines how Western civilisation and its achievements in culture, science medicine and free thought, not to mention...2022-06-131h 03
Jonny Gould's Jewish State85: Ron Dermer and Ed Husain: The first steps on the road to the Abraham AccordsAmbassador Ron Dermer and Ed Husain addressed a live audience for StandWithUs UK, which I hosted in Central London.These two friends were instrumental in creating the pathway which led eventually to the Abraham Accords.This was no ordinary occasion and I won’t forget posing the questions, just as those in attendance will remember being there.We talk about Israel’s relationships with Russia, the Jews in Ukraine even Russian coordination in Syria over Israel’s security issues.Then there’s Iran and the JCPOA nuclear treaty, BDS and diaspora Jewry, J...2022-05-261h 30
Jonny Gould's Jewish State83: National Jewish Assembly: Anglo Jewry's new leadership organizationThe National Jewish Assembly's held its inaugural reception for brand new members and interested parties at London's Jewish Museum in Camden Town.CEO James Marlow and Chairman and founder Gary Mond were joined by members of the new advisory board to outline their plans and directions.So why has this all come about?What’s wrong with Anglo-Jewish leadership which they think needs to be addressed? Is it just a column of disaffected right wingers as certain media have insinuated?I caught up with both James and Gary, who set the re...2022-05-1219 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State81: Finding Abraham: Malcolm Green's Abraham Accords-inspired tour through IsraelMalcolm Green, filmmaker, innovator and storyteller who targets new audiences with new medium. “Finding Abraham” is his movie on how the most important diplomatic breakthrough of our age is filtering down to ground level across the Middle East.It follows a trip through Israel with the “Leaders of Tomorrow, a group from Israel, Bahrain, the UAE, Egypt and Morocco recording their reaction to what they see - and to each other.Our conversation is twice as long as the movie because we delve deeper into its themes, discussing the characters, the region, Malcolm’s own backgrou...2022-04-271h 14
Jonny Gould's Jewish State78: Tuvia Tenenbom: “Call yourself a progressive? What a chutzpah!”When Tuvia Tenenbom’s in London, it’s always a pleasure to catch up with him.The Taming of the Jew, Tuvia’s book on British antisemitism and Anglo Jewry’s approach to it was showcased at London’s Jewish Book Week.And while his dim view of British Jewish leadership is pretty much the same as when he was finalising his findings back in 2019, the world has moved on and he has plenty of new observations to make. His view of progressives and woke culture, the standard of journalism across the western world and the sudden...2022-03-1335 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State76: Emily Schrader and Yoseph Haddad come to LondonSupport Jonny and buy him a coffee.Yosef Haddad and Emily Schrader educate the world and rebut the lies told about the State of Israel. They’re an Israeli couple who are engaged to be married, but that doesn't mean they're a Jewish couple.Yoseph is an Arab Israeli from Nazareth while Emily, who’s Jewish is originally from Seattle, Washington in the US. They are both implacably committed to the Jewish and democratic State of Israel.Yoseph volunteered three years of his life to serve in the IDF (in the elite Golani batt...2022-02-271h 03
Jonny Gould's Jewish State75: The Wolf of Baghdad: Carol Isaacs' colourful history of Babylonian Jews“I’m a proud Babylonian Jew”. Carol Isaacs is an author, cartoonist, accordionist and keyboard player. This is a wonderful creation matched by a wonderful conversation with Carol.And she’s poured every part of her extraordinary musical and graphic gifts into recounting her family‘s history in Babylon across 2,600 years.“The Wolf of Baghdad” is a vivid, vital recollection of Jewish life and culture stretching back generation after generation in what is now modern day Iraq. Jews lived there long before Christianity and Islam spread among its people.Our episode includes the stirring music...2022-02-2051 min
Radio and Social Media News ChannelPMQcast: The Spectator’s Jonny Gould at WestminsterThis is the report of PMQs for Wednesday 20th January 2020, presented by Jonny Gould, featuring exchanges between the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, Leader of the Opposition, Sir Keir Starmer and the MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, Tulip Siddiq.2022-02-1806 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State72: Jon Medved: Israel Scaleup Nation and OurCrowd's venture investing platformDid Saul Singer and Dan Senor imagine their best-selling book, Start-up Nation, would reframe Israel’s brand - even its perception - right across the world?The book describes our guest today as “one of Israel’s legendary business ambassadors… whose taken on a role that anywhere else, would typically belong to the Chamber of Commerce, Minister of Trade, or Foreign Secretary.”But what is it that drives Israel’s extraordinary economic miracle and investability? And what extra dividends will peace and normalisation with the Arab world bring to the Middle East?Welcome to Jonny Gou...2022-01-2551 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateIsrael Briefing 4 with James Marlow: What's Biden's game with Iran in Vienna?What has happened to American foreign policy since Joe Biden took the presidency from Donald Trump? Is every despot in the world emboldened by the shocking withdrawal from Afghanistan? And what does this mean to Israel as it faces the existential threat of Iran edging closer to nuclear capability? As the latest round of JCPOA talks between Iran and the US continue in Vienna, Israel correspondent James Marlow brings his latest “Israel Briefing 4” to Jonny Gould’s Jewish State. Help support Jonny Gould’s Jewish State (including Gift Aid) at https://www.donorbox.org/jgpo...2022-01-0421 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State68: Beatie Deutsch: marathon champ, charedi mum: “mental & spiritual strength unlocks the physical”Beatie Deutsch, elite marathon runner, Israel’s three-time national champion, Olympic and World Championships hopeful, face of the Adidas “Impossible is Nothing” campaign - and Orthodox Charedi mother of FIVE.She won the Tiberias Marathon, which she called “a useful practice run”. Her running style and extraordinary pace isn’t the first thing one notices.She wears modest clothing and covers her hair while she runs. Her values attracted Adidas to seek her out, joining Lionel Messi, David Beckham and Beyoncé on the roster. For a multinational corporate that usually shies away from G-d and spirituality...2021-12-1240 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateIsrael Briefing 3 with James Marlow: The race to be the Jewish Agency’s new chairIn this special Israel Briefing number 3, Jonny Gould’s Jewish State Israel Correspondent, James Marlow joins us to talk about the race to become the next Jewish Agency chair. The Jewish Agency is the bridge between the diaspora and Israel and prospective candidates are keener than ever to build and sustain relationships between Jews at home and abroad. You’ll hear the latest from James as the race hots up and from two frontrunners for Israel’s most important job behind that of the country’s President and Prime Minister. Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, Fleur Hassan Nahoum and His...2021-10-1713 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State64: ‘Judge’ Robert Rinder JW3: “There are millions of people of goodwill, allies of Jewish people”This is Jonny Gould’s Jewish State live on stage at JW3.Had it not been for the pesky pandemic, live shows would’ve been a far more frequent occurrence for yours truly. So it’s with great pleasure that we present this show in aid of Jewish Blind and Disabled with Robert Rinder LIVE in the main theatre at JW3.In this frank and funny conversation, Rob reveals how his hit daytime show, Judge Rinder was originally pitched as a remake of 70s courtroom drama, Crown Court.He also discusses his lifechanging attitu...2021-10-1256 min
Radio and Social Media News ChannelJack Grealish becomes English football's first £100m player: Jonny speaks to Paul Franks on BBC WMFootball is a global business with financial numbers to match. Fuelled by unending resources of billionaire owners, Manchester City signed Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish for a record transfer fee.
The previous biggest was £89m which Manchester United paid for Juventus and France midfielder, Paul Pogba.
But as Jonny Gould explained to Paul Franks on Birmingham's BBC WM football will always be more than business2021-08-0707 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State61: Tim Marshall: The Power of Geography, "compromise is a beautiful word"My guest today is former TV and radio foreign correspondent, now acclaimed best-selling author on geopolitics, Tim Marshall. His latest book, The Power of Geography, Ten Maps That Reveals the Future of Our World discusses the many changes in a globalised and multipolar world. 📕 BUY Tim’s book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Geography-Much-Anticipated-Bestseller-Prisoners/dp/1783965371Support Jonny Gould’s Jewish State:Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/JonathanLGouldPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/jonnygould?fan_landing=trueKofi: https://ko-fi.com/jonnygouldFind Jonny on Soci...2021-07-1552 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State60: Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely: Israel’s first female ambassador to the United KingdomSupport 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 19...2021-06-2142 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State59: Upheaval: The Journey of Menachem Begin. The documentary film of his life storySupport Jonny Gould’s Jewish State: https://www.paypal.me/JonathanLGouldIn 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...2021-05-3050 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State58: Gaza: Israel and the Jewish diaspora under attackToday’s episode is a detailed media briefing by both the IDF and Israeli police BEFORE the assembled journalists distilled what was said to the public.Israel’s latest Gaza conflict 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. According to the IDF, 680 of the rockets fired from Gaza...2021-05-1944 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State58: Gaza, Israel and the Jewish diaspora under attackSupport 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...2021-05-1946 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State57: Je Suis Sarah Halimi, London: Solidarity with French Jews outside the French EmbassyJewish 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 commi...2021-04-2627 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State54: Can Israel's political system be salvaged? Ambassador Danny Ayalon and Dr. Nachman ShaiMy guests today are prospective Labor Party Member of Knesset, Professor Nachman Shai PhD and former Israel Ambassador to the USA, Danny Ayalon. With thanks to Rozita Pnini, Benjamin Anthony and Alan Langer of the MirYam Institute.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=trueKofi: https://ko-fi.com/jonnygouldFind the MirYam Institute on line: MirYam Ins...2021-03-081h 01
Jonny Gould's Jewish State52.1: Col. Richard Kemp: Educating Israel's public an important driver to their vaccine rolloutThis is the extended interview with Col. Richard Kemp, of which excerpts appeared alongside other world-class experts in the previous episode on Israel's world leading vaccine rollout.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=trueKofi: https://ko-fi.com/jonnygouldFind Jonny on Social Media: https://twitter.com/jonnygouldhttps://www.facebook.com/jonnygouldshowhttps://www.instagram.com...2021-02-1629 minRadio and Social Media News ChannelEp 10 Part 2: Kate Hardcastle MBE on SME trends for 2021This is part 2 of Jonny's conversation with Kate Hardcastle MBE. In the first part, Kate discussed her 25 years at the heart of changing customer insight and how she advised SMEs and larger corporations on how to anticipate those changes.
In this second episode, Kate argues there was "patterning" going on before lockdown - and Covid has only served to speed things up.
Jonny Gould's SME Walkabout is supported by BOOST&Co.2021-01-2013 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State52: Israel's world-leading Covid vaccine rolloutMy guests today illuminate Israel’s world leading vaccination rollout. 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=trueKofi: https://ko-fi.com/jonnygouldFind Jonny on Social Media: https://twitter.com/jonnygouldhttps://www.facebook.com/jonnygouldshowhttps://www.instagram.com/jonnygouldHow has Israel managed to rollout the Coronavirus vaccine at such speed? A dee...2021-01-1950 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State51: Brendan O'Neill: Brexit, the nation state, self-determination, Israel and the hard-leftMy guest today is Spiked Online editor, Brendan O’Neill. 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=trueKofi: https://ko-fi.com/jonnygouldFind Jonny on Social Media: https://twitter.com/jonnygouldhttps://www.facebook.com/jonnygouldshowhttps://www.instagram.com/jonnygouldBrendan O’Neill is one of the English-speaking world’s foremost political commentators.He’s...2020-12-221h 04
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateIsrael Briefing 2: The killing of the Iranian nuclear scientist and the Biden AdministrationJonny Gould's Jewish State welcomes back our 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=trueKofi: https://ko-fi.com/jonnygouldFind Jonny on Social Media: https://twitter.com/jonnygouldhttps://www.facebook.com/jonnygouldshowhttps://www.instagram.com/jonnygould2020-12-1511 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateIsrael Briefing 2 with James Marlow: Mossad did kill Iran’s nuclear chief, Mohsen FakhrizadehJonny 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.
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This is Israel Briefing 2, the second in a series of major event reporting from International Affa...2020-12-1512 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State50: Jewish Telegraph at 70: Editor Paul Harris on Palestinians, paywalls and parish pumpsToday’s guest is Paul Harris, editor, proprietor and chief executive of the Jewish Telegraph newspaper. 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=trueKofi: https://ko-fi.com/jonnygouldFind Jonny on Social Media: https://twitter.com/jonnygouldhttps://www.facebook.com/jonnygouldshowhttps://www.instagram.com/jonnygouldMy own modest fiftieth anniversary episode is rather overshadowed by a...2020-12-0144 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateTrailer: Jonny Gould’s Jewish State, “For those who listen, for those who are willing to listen”.From Middle East peace to standup, from Lord Balfour to Israeli HealthTech, from Labour antisemitism to pop music and from smoked salmon to football, Jonny produces regular free podcasts. Want to help Jonny’s efforts? You can make a monthly donation of £3 and support his efforts at https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=BW4GZLQCCL29Y&item_name=Podcast+production+¤cy_code=GBP&source=url Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-08-2709 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateIsrael Briefing 1 with James Marlow: Another new government, Iran in Syria, Pompeo China warningAs Jonny Gould’s Jewish State grows, so does the challenge to deliver relevant content to a bigger audience. I have now expanded into news coverage as Israel gets a first government in 18 months after three exhausting elections. This is “Israel Briefing”, the first in a new series on Jonny Gould’s Jewish State, as James Marlow becomes our Israel correspondent. On Israel's 72nd anniversary, Binyamin Netanyahu leads yet another government as PM, the Trump Administration urges him to scale down business with China, while reports of Iran’s withdrawal from Syria appear to have been somew...2020-05-1429 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State36: Unorthodox Netflix: Deborah Feldman, the Real EstyIf you’ve listened to a few episodes and eagerly anticipate the next one, follow this link to support Jonny.Today’s guest is author and the creative power behind the Netflix smash hit Unorthodox, Deborah Feldman. This has become the runaway most-listened to episode of Jonny Gould's Jewish State so far.Unorthodox on Netflix has become the must-watch drama everyone seems to relate to. It’s a highly moving portrayal in English, German - and Yiddish.It’s about a pregnant teenager fleeing her ultra-orthodox Jewish community in New York for a new and...2020-04-141h 08
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateTrailer: Jonny Gould's Jewish State: "For those who listen, for those willing to listen."From Middle East peace to standup, from Lord Balfour to Israeli HealthTech, from Labour antisemitism to pop music and from smoked salmon to football, Jonny produces regular free podcasts.
If you’ve listened to a couple or more of Jonny’s episodes, make a monthly donation of £3 and support his efforts at https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=BW4GZLQCCL29Y&item_name=Podcast+production+¤cy_code=GBP&source=url2020-03-0502 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State31.1: Brexit and Israel, Ambassador Mark Regev on the UK's relationship with Israel post-BrexitThis is an excerpt from Ep 31, the full interview with Israel's Ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev. In this ‘preview clip’ Ambassador Regev tells Jonny Gould that growing trade is but part of a burgeoning relationship between Israel and the UK, which can only grow post-Brexit. Bilateral trade stands at $18bn both ways so Israel was quick off the mark to complete a deal to continue trade seamlessly after the 2020 transition. Security co-operation and collaboration between the two independent nations makes the citizens of both safer according to Ambassador Regev. IDF pilots and the RAF have been training together beca...2020-02-1206 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State18: US Special Envoy Elan Carr: The White House fight against antisemitismUS Special Envoy Elan Carr’s White House role is to monitor and combat global antisemitism. But the tragedies of the Pittsburgh and Poway synagogue attacks have ensured his focus has become more domestic. He was appointed by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in February 2019. Mr Carr's message is like Jonny Gould's Jewish State's: unity; for the Jewish community to stand together to fight anti-Jewish hatred - and to bridge the gap in an increasingly polarized America to work on bi-partisan solutions. He is an Iraq war veteran, a former deputy US...2019-07-1528 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State4: My Grandma Olga’s Holocaust story: From Hitler's Vienna to Birmingham's FreedomDov Forman and her great-grandmother Lily Ebert have co-written a book, “Lily’s Promise” about her Holocaust story. But 35 years before, I recorded the same idea with my own grandma.Grandma Olga’s recorded voice and when and where we recounted her life story will always be my most treasured episode.This is her eyewitness testimony of leaving Nazi-occupied Vienna for a new and as yet, uncharted home in the UK.She rebuilt her life in Birmingham where I grew up and where back in 1984, we recorded a chat on cassette in her front ro...2019-01-2515 min