182: Julia Haart: from ultraorthodox Jewish wife to billion dollar fashion mogul
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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 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 built Elite World Group from the ground up, and why comfort and beauty don’t have to be opposites. She shares how a scene from Bridget Jones’s Diary sparked her revolutionary shapewear brand, why she believes God is closer to her now than ever before, and how she balances deep Jewish pride with fierce criticism of religious extremism.
She also speaks openly about receiving death threats, witnessing the devastation of October 7 firsthand, and why unity among Jews—regardless of religious label—is now more crucial than ever. And in a surprising twist, Julia teases two groundbreaking inventions she’s working on—one that could change global communication, and another that might help end child labor.
This is more than an interview. It’s a masterclass in resilience, reinvention, and unapologetic truth-telling.
If you think you know Julia Haart, this conversation will make you rethink everything.
Watch until the end—you won’t want to miss her vision for the future of Israel, Judaism, and humanity itself.
With thanks to Amit at Migdal Ohr UK
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181: Andrew Fox LIVE: It's a terrible dilemma between the security of 9 million Israelis and 25 living hostages.
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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 discusses the live issues affecting Israel as the conflict on seven fronts continues since October 7th.
We talk about a newly rebooted Syrian enemy beyond Mount Hermon and Turkey's growing influence and how reliable a friend is President Donald Trump in the White House?
With thanks to Rabbi Bentzi Sudak.
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180: Joe Walsh: "Donald Trump doesn't care for Israel. He cares for Donald Trump"
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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 Donald Trump so much, he voted Kamala for the White House - whatever their differences.
He said the two-party system needed a shakeup. Oh, and he also told me in his first ever response to my first ever question to him: "I want to retire and die in Israel".
Not Jewish. An American Catholic. So does he believe in Israel’s society more than America's?
So much to catchup on. Hold tight, here’s Joe Walsh.
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179: Rachel Moiselle: the huge price 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, cancelled and lost friends.
But she wouldn’t change a thing - oh, except one, that is, she’s fully converting to Judaism.
Rachel gives her first ever interview to Jonny Gould about the life she's been thrust into since October 7th.
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178: Yoram Ettinger: how many Palestinians are REALLY in Judea & Samaria and Gaza?
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"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 establish real facts about population and childbirth?
Where is the population momentum? Does it lie with Jewish Israelis or their Arab neighbours?
Our guest today is Yoram Ettinger, who challenges conventional narratives about population trends in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
His extensive experience diverges from most assumptions.
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