My grandfather didn't marry women, women married my grandfather.

He was obviously quite attractive to women, not least my own grandmother, who used to

go out with his brother, Martin, and then switched to Felix at some stage.

That 75-year-old Nick Ross, a celebrated BBC presenter, who in 2021 was named a CBE,

a commander of the Order of the British Empire.

In recognition of his journalistic achievements, his longstanding involvement with local charities,

and his pioneering crime prevention activities.

And for all you non-angle files out there, a CBE is a big deal.

For years, Nick hosted popular TV and radio shows, made documentaries, and championed

causes ranging from road safety to drug addiction, from bioethics to health care.

Here however, Nick isn't talking about data-driven approaches to crime reduction or science

education, which by the way is another of his pet causes.

Instead, he's talking about Israel's first Minister of Justice, Pinjas Rosen, who

just so happened to be his grandpa.

Hey, Amishie Harmon, and this is Israel Story.

Israel Story is brought to you by the Jerusalem Foundation and the Times of Israel.

So Israel is 75, and we feel this is a moment for us to step back and take stock.

To ask where we came from, where we are, and where for God's sake, we're going.

And in order to answer those questions, we decided to go back to the basics.

Our series, Signed, Sealed, Delivered, looks at our founding moral compass, Megilatats

Moat, or the Declaration of Independence.

Thirty-seven people sign Megilatats Moat, and over the course of the past several months,

...