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Podcast: Jonny Gould's Jewish State
Episode: 62: Melanie Phillips on the strength of Israel in a West which seems to be declining
Description: Support thirsty Jonny with a coffee here!Our guest is journalist, author and social commentator, Melanie Phillips.She was once a committed diaspora Jew, pledged to contribute to life and society in her native UK. Moving to Israel was not on the radar; why would it be when she lived in the “goldener mediener”, a “golden country” in Yiddish, where Jews could live and prosper?Today she’s an arch-Zionist, living mostly in Jerusalem with her husband, the BBC’s former legal affairs correspondent Joshua Rozenberg.This episode chronicles Melanie’s change of mind...