Best Jonny Goulds Podcasts (2025)

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187: 🎗️Keith and Aviva Siegel, Hamas hostage survivors: "This is the worst thing that can happen to a human being". 44:44

2d ago44:44

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Jonny's podcasts rely entirely on your generous support. Buy Jonny a coffee, so he can keep making them. Thank you. Today, we’re honoured to share the agonising recollections of Keith and Aviva Siegel, survivors of Hamas captivity in Gaza. They came to London and addressed the media at the Israeli Embassy in Kensington. Abducted from their Kibbutz …

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186: Mandy Yachad: I played international cricket wearing tzitzis and a yarmulke 34:23

7d ago34:23

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Find all of Jonny's podcasts, recorded since 2018 and his writing by following his Substack. You can help support him with a coffee here! It's the third year of Jonny Gould's Jewish State Schools Podcaster of the Year, presented with Dangoor Education. Our winner from Year 6 is 10-year-old Meira Masher from Independent Jewish Day School in Hendon, …

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BONUS EPISODE: Trump attacks Iran's nuclear sites. How it started. How it finished. 27:15

1M ago27:15

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Follow Jonny's writing and podcasts on his Substack. Buy him a coffee in support here. The United States struck three Iranian nuclear sites - with President Donald Trump hailing it a 'spectacular military success'. In this episode, listen to announcements by President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a momentous night of aerial…

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BONUS EPISODE: As Israel pounds Iran, what's Israel's aid to Gaza REALLY like? How will the Foreign Office get stranded Brits home? 14:02

1M ago14:02

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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 incredu…

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S6 Ep3: Father's Day of All Baseball Pods 34:11

1M ago34:11

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An unorthodox and rather unlikely episode with the unlikely but likeable lads. Join Jonny and Josh as they wing it solo without David and Erik to bring you fatherly advice and baseball fireside chat.By The Jonny & Josh Show

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BONUS EPISODE: “Operation Rising Lion”, Israel attacks Iran with devastating results 17:23

1M ago17:23

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Support 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 operative…

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185: 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". 29:56

1M ago29:56

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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 S…

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184: Dumisani Washington: BLM is trying to capture black identity and spread Jew-hate. It's a self-destructive ideology 1:00:18

2M ago1:00:18

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Follow and find the rest of Jonny's Jewish and Israeli podcast and articles. From gospel stages to the Western Wall, Dumisani Washington’s journey is anything but ordinary. As the founder of the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel, Dumisani shares his extraordinary path - born and raised in the African American church and studying classical …

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S6 Ep2: Mother's Day of all Baseball Pods 57:28

2M ago57:28

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Jonny, Josh and Erik bring you the latest baseball opinionated news as Mother's Day still gets appreciated on both sides of the pond. Join the boys for more David cameos, Josh's card contributions and the usual baseball trivia to confuse Jonny,By The Jonny & Josh Show

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"Just One More Goal", the David Pleat Story 1:11:08

3M ago1:11:08

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Let’s celebrate David Pleat’s long career in football. Tipped as “the next Tom Finney” as an England Schoolboy, young David rejected offers from a host of clubs to stay at home, finish his ‘O’ Levels and enjoy his mum's home-cooked meatballs! David's autobiography, "Just One More Goal" tells the story from his upbringing in Nottingham through a suc…

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183: David Pleat: Just One More Goal. Anglo-Jewry's most famous football manager 1:10:45

3M ago1:10:45

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Help 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 meat…

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182: Julia Haart: from ultraorthodox Jewish wife to billion dollar fashion mogul 40:57

4M ago40:57

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Find the rest of Jonny's podcasts at http://jonnygould.substack.com Julia 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 U…

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S6 Ep1: The Joy of Six... Seasons 58:22

4M ago58:22

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Join the four baseball bozos for a preview of the 2025 MLB season. Jonny, Josh, David and Erik take you through all the usual segments with more trivia, baseball books and pop culture references.By The Jonny & Josh Show

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181: Andrew Fox LIVE: It's a terrible dilemma between the security of 9 million Israelis and 25 living hostages. 41:13

4M ago41:13

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Find all my podcasts and writing at jonnygould.substack.com Phase 2 of the Gaza War is underway, as strikes continue against Hezbollah in the north - even though their command has been decimated "upto 80% of it", according to our guest, Andrew Fox. In this Voices of Clarity series of live events at Chabad of Hampstead Garden Suburb, Andrew discusse…

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180: Joe Walsh: "Donald Trump doesn't care for Israel. He cares for Donald Trump" 52:24

4M ago52:24

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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 S…

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179: Rachel Moiselle: the huge price defending Israel and the Jewish people in Ireland 41:27

4M ago41:27

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“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 …

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178: Yoram Ettinger: how many Palestinians are REALLY in Judea & Samaria and Gaza? 44:32

5M ago44:32

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You can help me with a coffee here. "There are two million Palestinians in Gaza!", they cry. All the time. It's repeated as fact. "Bringing Judea and Samaria into Israel would create an Arab majority". Is that right? Quite apart from being untrue, the problem with these statements is that Israel creates policy based on them. So is it time to establ…

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177: Shannon Seban: “Political life has become very violent, to be honest.” 22:53

5M ago22:53

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The podcast which prides itself in introducing new voices to the world on the issues we all care about. This is Shannon Seban, a young standout politician from Paris. She’s a conviction politician who believes if you behave otherwise, eventually you’ll lose trust and votes. Shannon currently serves as a municipal councilor in Rosny-sous-Bois and pr…

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176: Tal Hartuv: "Evil never made me cry, but kindness makes me weep" 51:33

5M ago51:33

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Do you enjoy Jonny's podcasts? Help support him with a coffee here or join his Substack. There’s a higher consciousness and awareness about Tal Hartuv. She's grounded but spiritual, realistic but also optimistic. Because Tal’s very existence since 2010 is an improbable miracle. She makes one imagine the dead returning to recount the experience of t…

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175: Edy Cohen's Gaza Riviera address in Arabic and English 13:46

6M ago13:46

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Find more Jonny and buy him a supportive coffee here and he's got a Substack too. Dr. Dan Diker of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs spelt it out for me a couple of episodes back. You've got to address the neighbours in Arabic! So I took his words to heart and did something about it. And where better to start than with President…

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Have you listened to Jonny Gould's Jewish State recently? Surprising interviews await you. 4:51

6M ago4:51

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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…

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174: Ghaith al-Omari, Palestinian Authority negotiator: “I believe in Palestinian justice through statehood. I also think Jews deserve the state they have now" 30:27

6M ago30:27

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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 th…

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173: Dr. Dan Diker, Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs: "The world is really suffering from the lack of a rules-based order". 49:26

6M ago49:26

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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…

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172: Professor David Hirsh, antisemitism in academia: becoming a professor despite the hostility 39:01

6M ago39:01

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Find more of Jonny's podcasts at http://www.buymeacoffee.com/jonnygould What happens in academia when the best minds are curbed by antisemitism and its modern day manifestation, antizionism? We all know the problems of campus antisemitism, more acute since October 7th. It’s an honour to discuss and unpack this problem in academia with world-renowne…

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BONUS EPISODE: What kind of hostage deal is this? 1:19:34

6M ago1:19:34

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I’m releasing this key episode of the Benjamin Anthony Show on Jonny Gould's Jewish State, and you can follow the show here. Benjamin is joined as always by MirYam Institute's in-house military analyst, Yaakov Lappin, as they discuss the hostage deal's implications for Israeli society, the IDF, Israel's security and the hostage families and whether…

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171: Erin Molan: "Point out what I've said ever that's controversial. Ever!" 51:55

6M ago51:55

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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…

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170: Mark Birbeck, Our Fight UK founder. Why I fight for Israel, the Jewish people and the West 1:02:10

7M ago1:02:10

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Find 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…

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169: Survivor: the true story of Ivor Perl’s boyhood journey through the Holocaust 47:25

7M ago47:25

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Find more from Jonny here. This is Survivor, an animated film created by puppeteer and cartoonist, Zoom Rockman. It's the story of Auschwitz and Dachau survivor, Ivor Perl BEM, based upon his Holocaust memoir, Chicken Soup Under The Tree. The first screening in London took place in November 2024 and you'll hear Ivor and Zoom reflect on the movie an…

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168: Mandy Damari: 🎗️ Bring Emily Home. Emily's mum Mandy addresses UK media in Central London 26:40

8M ago26:40

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Emily Damari, who's 28, is a joint UK and Israeli citizen and the only living remaining British national held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. On the morning of October 7th, 2023, Emily was in her home on Kibbutz Kfar Azza, 2 miles from the Gaza border, when terrorists entered her house. Her beloved golden cockapoo Choocha was shot dead, Emily was shot an…

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167: Jotam Confino: Netanyahu, Trump, the future of the Right and reporting Israel's wars 49:16

8M ago49:16

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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 o…

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166: "Midas Man", the Brian Epstein movie. Screenwriter, Brigit Grant tells the story of "the fifth Beatle" and the film 1:08:17

8M ago1:08:17

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Follow 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 cr…

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S5 Ep5: End of Season Wrap 59:35

8M ago59:35

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Join Jonny, Josh and Erik for a breakdown of the 2024 MLB season. Favourite moments, World Series recap, Bob Dylan and even a surprise live appearance from David Lengel.By The Jonny & Josh Show

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165: Andrew Fox: What will Trump's return mean for Israel, Iran, Turkey, the UN, UNIFIL and UNRWA? 41:40

8M ago41:40

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What is “strategic drift” and why does it threaten Israel’s military progress in Gaza? How dismantled is Hamas? How can Israel’s borders be secured so that the people of Sderot, Ofakim and the kibbutzim return home? Is Israel going to have to build a wall? In the north, the IDF is capitalising on some remarkable early breakthroughs in the battle to…

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164: Imshin 3: Life after Sinwar. Hamas steal scores of food aid trucks to cling onto power. They choose who gets what. Profits pay salaries. 42:40

9M ago42:40

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"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 car…

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BONUS EPISODE: Mosab Hassan Yousef, "The Green Prince" addresses the European Parliament 43:26

9M ago43:26

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Find 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…

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S5 Ep4: 2024 World Series Preview 27:39

9M ago27:39

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Join Jonny and Josh as they give you insight with what to expect with the unexpected with the upcoming expected World Series matchup between the Dodgers and the Yankees. No exceptions... except that they both fill the void for David and Erik's absence and do an exceptional job.By The Jonny & Josh Show

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163: Rabbi Dr. Raphael Zarum meets David Green: Schools Podcaster of the Year 1:02:09

9M ago1:02:09

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This is a rather different and special episode of Jonny Gould’s Jewish State. It's year 2 of our “Schools Podcaster of the Year” award, presented this year by Dangoor Education. It stars our winner, 11-year-old David Green from Year 6 at North West London Jewish Day School, who won the chance to make this episode with me. David has the open mind of…

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162: Brendan O'Neill: "After the Pogrom": Why do young and educated classes cheer on Hamas? 54:36

9M ago54:36

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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. Brenda…

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161: Irit Lahav, Survivor of the Kibbutz Nir Oz massacre on October 7th: "An old boat oar and a Dyson vacuum cleaner saved my life" 25:56

10M ago25:56

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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 …

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160: Joe Walsh, the lifelong Republican who wants Kamala to win and wishes "to retire and die in Israel" 43:05

10M ago43:05

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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 sw…

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BONUS EPISODE: Netanyahu’s extraordinary speech to the UN General Assembly 40:05

10M ago40:05

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Find more of Jonny's podcasts right here. Even as aerial assaults continued over Lebanon’s capital city Beirut, rumoured to be targeting Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an impassioned speech to the UN General Assembly in New York. Here’s the full speech on this bonus episode. In his address to the…

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159: “Iran is a paper tiger, we must eliminate Hezbollah”, Benjamin Anthony, veteran of the 2006 Lebanon War. 44:54

10M ago44:54

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Find more of Jonny’s podcasts here: https://podfollow.com/jonny-goulds-jewish-state How 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 s…

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158: Fleur Hassan-Nahoum: Israel's wartime economy with the Trade & Innovation Special Envoy. Coping with wars on seven fronts. 41:19

10M ago41:19

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You can help Jonny by buying him a coffee here! I’ve known Israel’s Trade and Innovation Special Envoy, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum for so long. which is why it was a pleasure that she had time to stop by and join me for a chat and a phone-in on my early breakfast show on Talk. Having moved on from being Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, Fleur now beats the drum …

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157: Tuvia Tenenbom's Careful, Beauties Ahead! A year with Israel's ultraorthodox communities 46:29

11M ago46:29

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Jonny 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 …

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S5 Ep3: Short and Sweet Spot 36:06

11M ago36:06

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Join Jonny and Josh for this mini episode as they bring you all the fun baseball talking points that you need to know. With David and Erik away on summer duties it's up to the boys to bring you their own take on books, trivia as well as another installment of "Josh's House of Cards"By The Jonny & Josh Show

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156: Paul Martin: "I knew Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader assassinated in Tehran. He jailed me in Gaza". 1:00:01

12M ago1:00:01

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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 here Find 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 brande…

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155: Major (Ret.) Andrew Fox : "Iran could have FIVE nuclear warheads in THREE weeks". So what's stopping them? 36:53

1y ago36:53

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Subscribe/follow Jonny Gould’s podcasts here The 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 theo…

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154: Ivor Perl: Auschwitz and Dachau survivor, "I paid a terrible price for being Jewish, but how can I break the chain?" 53:49

1y ago53:49

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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 wa…

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All For The Love Of The Game: Peter Withe's story. Episode 4 19:14

1y ago19:14

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This is Part 4 of All For The Love Of The Game, the story of Peter Withe’s memorable football career. Over these four episodes, it’s been a real privilege to sit down with one of Aston Villa’s most significant history makers. Scroll back and listen to the three previous episodes as we work our way through his football story played out over four con…

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153: Manuel Valls, France's former Prime Minister describes the threat of extremist politics to the French Jewish community (en Français) 11:27

1y ago11:27

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Our guest today is France’s former prime minister, Manuel Valls. We met at the European Jewish Association delegation to Auschwitz. France has the biggest Jewish community in Europe and it's the only country outside the Middle East where Sephardim outnumber Ashkenazim. Undoubtedly, this is a legacy of the Holocaust and the subsequent migration of F…

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