#157: Behind the Bima - Douglas Murray

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Efrem Goldberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

from boaton Florida this is behind the Bea on this episode Rabbi Goldberg is joined by author and journalist Douglas Murray a renowned British political commentator associate editor of The Spectator and author of several best-selling books including the Badness of crowds and the strange death of Europe respected for his incisive analysis and eloquent defense of Western values and freedom of speech Douglas Murray's recent work has focused on defending Israel and combating anti-Semitism here he discusses his unwavering support for Israel explains unwavering support for Israel explains the root causes of media bias against Israel and shares his personal experiences and observations from his travels to the region all this and more behind the Bea welcome back behind the Bea I'm RAB from Goldberg joined By Me Myself and I R masot by Brody and I will be traveling taking vacations this summer and so our overlap may be sporadic but I'm really excited and proud to bring you this Following episode a great conversation with Douglas Murray one of the real heroes for the Jewish people over the last months earlier but certainly more and he faced his illness and ultimately his passing with a lot of courage and um and with a lot of moral Clarity and we miss him and we can't imagine how much his family miss him we wish continue to wish a lot of comfort to Michelle and to the to the children to the whole family and this conversation is dedicated in Kim's memory and it really is a very authentic and genuine conversation um I was able to try to go a little bit with Douglas on his own life and his background and how he navigates some of the prominence and the platform that he now has there's so many places that you can listen to Douglas Murray and tap

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3. 9:40a hunger for the story um and then I suppose just over the years uh I've…
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5. 17:59it's deeply deeply moving to me me because what I think people often what people often…
6. 22:33I I I read all the time books and articles and reports by people I disagree…
7. 26:44the dock next right these people are um ridiculously shortsighted um but it's not just that…
8. 30:48set to be able it's it's Advantage that you both have that the truth's on your…
9. 34:56debate tactic as if there's a you know the judges who are scoring but I just…
10. 39:01criticism is just people people who hate you or hate the things you stand for I…

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