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Germinated by its founder’s trauma, growing farm network cultivates healing through work
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- Germinated by its founder’s trauma, growing farm network cultivates healing through work
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- 'A Serious Man' the most Jewish film ever 
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- What are the costs of Orthodox Judaism?
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Will Orthodox middle-class life in America remain sustainable for future generations? Stub opens by discussing how and why Orthodox Jewish communities are financially drained. He explains how -- through a combination of private education, elite housing locations and larger households -- the cost of living is increasingly more than families can afford. He drives home that the challenge is not only how to remain financially afloat today and mentions how one possible solution to the growing issue in the US is immigration to Israel.
We discuss Stub's recent reporting on a related matter: With growing numbers of Diaspora Jews seeking a foothold in Israel, market players are rewriting the rules of real estate, reimagining community around rabbinic leadership, municipal planning and group purchasing models designed to meet ...
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- British Museum postpones lecture on Ancient Israel, citing security concerns
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- The true cost of being Jewish
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- 'A Serious Man': Coen brothers craft the Jewiest film of all
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- Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use.
This week, we learn that famed actress and chanteuse Barbra Streisand received an honorary Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Borschel-Dan, who is reading the artist's massive memoir, calls on all podcast fans to send in the names of their favorite Streisand films for a future episode.
We then turn to the monumentally Jewish movie, "A Serious Man," written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen in 2009.
Set in 1967 Minnesota, the film focuses on the Gopnik family: father Larry, mother Judith, kids Danny and Sarah, and uncle Arthur. On the surface, the middle-class family appears to be merrily rolling along, anticipating Danny's approaching bar mitzvah. And then everything falls apart and it becomes a very funny retelling of the Book of Job.
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- US and Iran exchange fire as IDF ramps up on Lebanon front
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- 26:32
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- 2 days ago
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- 2:07 - Second US strike on Iranian targets
3:27 - Current US-Iran negotiations
4:54 - 14-point leaked MOU
7:10 - Israeli presence in Lebanon
9:26 - Possible expansion of Abraham Accords
19:22 - Hamas leadership and elections
24:24 - Mohammed Dahlan
Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
US President Donald Trump indicated during a Wednesday cabinet meeting that progress in talks with Iran on a deal to end the war had slowed, departing from his assertion at the start of the week that an agreement was nearly finalized.
On Thursday, Israelis awoke to the news that the US had struck Iranian targets for a second time this week for "defensive" purposes. Later in the morning, it was reported that Iran’s Islamic Revoluti...
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- Jewish groups lead protest of hundreds outside Mamdani’s residence
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- In first Jewish protest at mayor’s mansion, crowd chants ‘Mamdani’s got to go,’ amid increasing frustration in community with City Hall.
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- Dread in Israel as Trump aims to seal Iran deal
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- 18:59
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
ToI founding editor David Horovitz joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
As US President Donald Trump seeks to finalize an agreement with Iran that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz but won't limit the regime's ballistic missile program, thwart its nuclear ambitions or constrain its capacity to wage terrorism around the world, Horovitz discusses Israel’s absence from the negotiations and its need to assert its independent capacity to defend itself.
After National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir taunted hundreds of detainees from the latest flotilla and received only a light rebuke from Netanyahu, Horovitz recalls that the prime minister just a few years ago said that the hawkish Ben Gvir didn't represent Israel's values and would never have a seat in his government.
Ben Gvir...
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- Dara Horn: The answer to the Jewish question
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- Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan, speaking with author and scholar Dara Horn.
Horn visited ToI's Jerusalem studio while on a break from this year’s International Writers Festival in Jerusalem, taking place May 25-28 at the city’s Mishkenot Sha’ananim cultural center
An author of novels and non-fiction, including “People Love Dead Jews,” “Eternal Life,” “A Guide for the Perplexed,” Horn's latest book -- her first for young readers -- is “One Little Goat.”
Her newest nonfiction work will be published by Simon & Schuster in September under the title, "The Final Solution to the Jewish Question: A Love Story for the Living."
We hear about how, after Horn published her bestselling work, "People Love Dead Jews," readers asked her for the solution to this problem. This week, she speaks about her ...
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- Trump sidelines Netanyahu as Israel eyes Iran
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- 20:35
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
News editor Ben Sales joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
As the US closes in on a deal with Iran based on talks that didn't include Israel or Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Sales discusses the war that began with Israel and the US standing shoulder to shoulder, and that appears to be ending with Israel's leader watching from the sidelines, and what that means for the country.
While many Israelis are relishing the ability to live without the day-to-day threat of rocket fire from Iran or its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah, Sales examines the unprecedented period and its psychological effect on the country and its residents.
Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by Yitzch...
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- Iranians tell ToI they are losing hope as ceasefire turns stalemate
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- 24:15
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- 5 days ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Diplomatic reporter Nava Freiberg joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
Iran and the United States played down hopes for an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war on Monday, with Tehran saying that while it had reached understandings on many issues with the US, an agreement was not imminent. For his part, US President Donald Trump says the deal will be "great and meaningful" or won't happen at all.
While there was no official Iranian confirmation of the contents of the potential agreement, Freiberg delves into the differing narratives being presented by US and Iranian press.
US President Donald Trump sought to reassure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call that a final agreement with Iran will fully dismantle Tehran’s nuclear program, a senior Israeli...
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- ‘Torn’
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- Twelve years after he was ordained as a Polish Catholic priest, Romuald Jakub Weksler-Waszkinel discovers a stunning truth: he was born to Jewish parents.
Presented through a special collaboration with @docu.nation this gripping film explores the deepest limits of faith, identity, and belonging.
This extraordinary, deeply moving documentary follows his unbelievable journey - from conducting Mass in a church in Poland to living as an observant Jew on a religious kibbutz in Israel. Torn between two identities, he is unable to renounce either, only to find himself unaccepted by both religions and the State of Israel. Now, he is required to choose.
‘Torn’ is available to screen exclusively for members of our reader support group, The Times of Israel Community, until May 28.
Join the ToI Community at the link in our bio, or visit timesofisrael.com/join, to enjoy a special series of award-winning Israeli documentary films and exclusive...
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- Why Israel could object to the potential Iran deal
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- 20:52
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- 6 days ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Political correspondent Tal Schneider joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
The US and Iran are close to signing a deal involving a 60-day ceasefire extension, during which the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened, Iran would be able to freely sell oil, and negotiations would be held on curbing Iran’s nuclear program — including it giving up its stockpile of enriched uranium, the Axios news site reported on Sunday, citing a US official. Schneider gives insight into Israel's reaction to the potential deal and delves into what could happen on the Lebanon front: Is Hezbollah part of the package?
A soldier was killed Friday by a drone near the Lebanese border, the Israel Defense Forces announced Saturday. The slain soldier was named as Staff Sgt. Noam Hamburger, 23, a technology and mainte...
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- National security and Israel’s climate crisis
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- 21:29
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Environmental reporter Sue Surkes joins host Gabriella Jacobs for today's episode.
Four years ago, Israel’s National Security Council established a unit focused on climate policy. In what Surkes calls a "shock decision," the NSC’s Climate and National Security Forum and Climate Intelligence Forum had ceased to operate as of April 1. We learn what the potential implications could be.
Next, we learn about Elad Blumental, the head of OneDay, which provides one-time social volunteering activities. Recently, the NGO pivoted to training volunteer earthquake rescue teams on the heels of repeated State Comptroller reports and Knesset committee hearings warning that Israel is woefully unprepared for an inevitable earthquake.
Finally, we learn about a new initiative earmarked for reservists and so...
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- Royal Commission: Antisemitism soars across Australia
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- 20:42
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- 9 days ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Australia correspondent Nomi Kaltmann joins host Gabriella Jacobs for today's episode.
A royal commission is Australia’s highest form of public inquiry, with sweeping powers to compel witnesses and documents.
Australia’s royal commission into antisemitism was established by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese following the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre in Sydney. Kaltmann discusses to what extent its findings can shape Australian law, policy and society.
Kaltmann describes how the hearings have become a rare public forum for Australian Jews to describe how antisemitism has reshaped life in the aftermath of the bloody October 7, 2023, Hamas invasion of Israel and the subsequent war against the terror group in Gaza.
She describes two weeks of hearings which are now nearing thei...
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- Yishai Ishi Ron
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- Yishai Ishi Ron: Ex-commando writes novels about trauma and recovery
Award-winning author of ‘Dog’ discusses PTSD and how writing aided his healing process
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- Drama at Knesset as coalition plows ahead with legislation
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- 22:02
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- 10 days ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Political correspondent Ariela Karmel and reporter Amy Spiro join host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
It's been an intensive week for lawmakers, reports Karmel, as the government begins dissolving the Knesset to trigger earlier elections and accelerates several controversial pieces of legislation. Karmel discusses the attorney general bill, a final effort by the right-leaning coalition to remove what remains of the only checks and balances on executive power in Israel.
Another element of the attorney general legislation is intended to allow elected officials to operate with less scrutiny, says Karmel, making it more difficult to open investigations or indictments against a prime minister or cabinet members.
Following singer Noam Bettan's garnering second place in the Eurovision Song...
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- Yishai Ishi Ron: Ex-commando writes novels about trauma and recovery
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- Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host Jessica Steinberg speaking with author Yishay Ishi Ron.
Ishi Ron's award-winning 2023 book, "Dog," is about an Israeli combat officer returning from Gaza, grappling with PTSD and heroin addiction until a stray dog enters his life and helps save him.
The novel became a bestseller in Israel, was long-listed for the Sapir Prize, and is currently being adapted into a film by director Eran Ricklis.
After "Dog" was translated into English, it won two 2026 National Jewish Book Awards, in the Book Club and Hebrew Fiction in Translation categories.
A former commando in the elite Duvdevan unit fictionalized in the Netflix series "Fauda," Ishi Ron wrote "Dog" before he was diagnosed with PTSD, while he was self-medicating with alcohol and drugs.
Ishi Ron talks about writing books as part of his healing process ...
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- Trump frustrated as Iran talks stall, Gulf wary of renewed war
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- 11 days ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
As negotiations falter, again, between Iran and the US, and the Gulf States express wariness about renewing war, Magid discusses the two sides' current positions on terms to permanently end the war. Among other demands, Iran is seeking guarantees that hostilities will not resume and, in return, would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. It also continues to seek deferring negotiations over its rogue nuclear program — a stance President Donald Trump has thus far rejected.
In the meantime, Magid reports, the Board of Peace is getting nowhere regarding Hamas's disarmament. The terror group feels emboldened by Iran's ability to withstand US demands, says Magid, and is tightening its grip in the Gaza Strip.
Initial results f...
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- You don't need the sharp insight of the Shaldag to spot a fellow Times of Israel Community member
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- 12 days ago
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- You don't need the sharp insight of the Shaldag to spot a fellow Times of Israel Community member - you just have to look for the bag.
Modeled by Sarah Tuttle-Singer in the heart of the Old City of Jerusalem, our Shaldag tote celebrates one of the most vibrant and observant birds in the Israeli landscape.
From now until the end of May, you can receive your own Shaldag or Duchifat tote when you join The Times of Israel Community at the link in our bio or at timesofisrael.com/join.
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- Israeli Navy intercepts vessels in Gaza-bound flotilla off Cyprus coast
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- The Israeli Navy on Monday was intercepting the activist mission sailing to the Gaza Strip to challenge Israel’s naval blockade, just weeks after a previous flotilla was thwarted and two of its activists were detained.
Naval commandos boarded the first of Global Sumud Flotilla’s vessels at sea off the coast of Cyprus, a livestream showed on Monday, which then abruptly ended.
By mid afternoon, 16 vessels had been intercepted.
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- As personnel crisis looms, IDF needs Knesset legislation
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- 24:11
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- 12 days ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
While Israel's ceasefire with Lebanon was extended for 45 days, Fabian reports that on the ground, IDF troops and Hezbollah continue to trade attacks, fighting on a more limited scale, but still active.
The Yellow Line in the Gaza Strip demarcates 53% of territory under Israel's control, and Fabian notes that the IDF has added another 7% of territory with the new 'Orange Line' placed just below the Yellow Line, enabling the coordination of the movement of humanitarian aid or convoys.
The IDF has repeatedly warned of a severe personnel shortage, and Fabian discusses that the only way to solve it is with government legislation before the upcoming elections, including the Haredi draft law, extending mandat...
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- Pro-Israel groups protest NYT sexual abuse op-ed, say it foments hatred
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- 30:52
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- 13 days ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
US reporter Luke Tress joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
Following Thursday's demonstration at The New York Times building regarding the Nicholas Kristof column about alleged systematic sexual abuse of Palestinian inmates in Israel, Tress notes that protestors discussed concerns about slanted coverage that can instigate violence against Jews or Israel-related targets.
As New York's New School student government tries to defund its local Hillel chapter, accusing it of violent international crimes following recent student trips to Israel, Tress discusses the dispute and the trend toward colleges attempting to exclude chapters of the international Jewish student organization.
An anti-Israel protest held in Midwood, a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, showed the a...
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- 'Cast a Giant Shadow': A 1966 ode to Israel’s first general, Mickey Marcus
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- 14 days ago
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- Find out more on The Real Shmooze, available wherever you listen to podcasts.
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- Mysterious ancient tunnel, possibly thousands of years old, discovered in Jerusalem.
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- 0:30
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- 14 days ago
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- Dating and purpose of structure near Kibbutz Ramat Rachel still not clear; archaeologists say its construction required significant resources and manpower
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- Michael Wegier: British Jews aren’t living in fear, but they’re certainly anxious
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- 1:03
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- 14 days ago
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- The CEO of Anglo-Jewry’s main representative group says the community is worried but resilient amid hostility to Israel, violent antisemitism, and rapidly shifting national politics.
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- Dakar Eilat: Inside prisons for Hamas terrorists
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- 1:04
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- 15 days ago
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- An ex-prison commander reacts to The New York Times sexual abuse allegations, gives personal insights into treatment of prisoners, and explains who makes sure guards follow the rules.
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- Protest at New York Times office against column alleging systematic sexual abuse of Palestinians
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- 0:30
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- 15 days ago
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- Protesters chant ‘Stop the libels, stop the hate,’ outside newspaper’s Manhattan office, expressing outrage and fear that the coverage could foment violence.
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- Dakar Eilat: Inside prisons for Hamas terrorists
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- 30:03
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- 15 days ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Lazar Focus. Each Friday, join host diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman for a deep dive into what's behind the news that spins the globe.
The New York Times printed a bombshell accusation against Israel this week. An op-ed by columnist Nicholas Kristof alleged widespread sexual abuse and rape against Palestinian prisoners.
The column alleged “a pattern of widespread Israeli sexual violence against men, women and even children — by soldiers, settlers, interrogators in the Shin Bet internal security agency and, above all, prison guards.” Palestinians quoted in the piece said they’d even been mounted and raped by specially trained dogs.
Israel called the article “one of the most hideous and distorted lies ever published against the State of Israel," and promised to sue the NYT.
Some of the more extreme claims seem highly unlikely, to say the least, but could a group of guards -- or a prison c...
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- Art on trial from Venice to Jerusalem
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- 24:19
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- 15 days ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Arts and culture editor Jessica Steinberg joins host Gabriella Jacobs for today's episode.
We begin by discussing a series of vociferous protests against Israel’s inclusion in the 61st Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition, including the jury’s resignation. Steinberg explains that these protests are only the most recent in a much wider cultural boycott of Israel.
We move on to talk about “The Eichmann Trial,” a new play written by Motti Lerner and directed by Ilan Ronen and performed exactly where the senior Nazi party member was prosecuted 65 years ago. Through survivors' eye-witness emotional stories, the play reenacts their chilling accounts about what happened in the war, in concentration camps, in ghettos, and in the forests. Steinberg notes that the content of the play has extra reson...
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- 'Cast a Giant Shadow': A 1966 ode to Israel’s first general, Mickey Marcus
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- 44:55
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- 16 days ago
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- Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use.
We roll out with three Jangles -- news with a Jewish angle. Borschel-Dan gives her favorite actress, 96-year-old June Squib, a shoutout for her recent Tony nomination for "Marjorie Prime." Hoffman discusses his recent discovery of a famous Jewish porn star and also the new reboot of "Lord of the Flies" which hints that one of the boys is Jewish.
We then turn to "Cast a Giant Shadow," the 1966 biopic of Colonel Mickey Marcus. David Daniel "Mickey" Marcus was a complicated character who was foundational to the organization of what became the Israel Defense Force. The United States Army colonel, who was later dubbed Israel's first general, was also instrumental at the Nuremberg Trials.
Kirk Douglas plays Marcus and the rest of the all-star cast includes Senta Berger, Yul Bryn...
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- Michael Wegier: British Jews aren't living in fear, but they're certainly anxious
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- 37:03
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- 16 days ago
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- Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring one key issue currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World. This week, founding editor David Horovitz speaks with CEO of the British Board of Deputies Michael Wegier.
Wegier has been the CEO of the Board, the umbrella organization representing Anglo-Jewry, for the past five years -- an increasingly fraught period, especially since October 7, 2023. Anti-Israel demonstrators routinely march through central London, Palestine Action activists have attacked Israeli targets, a cultural boycott of Israel has picked up steam...
We discuss how things have changed for Britain's Jews, especially amid a stream of antisemitic attacks, including deadly terrorism at a Manchester synagogue last Yom Kippur and the stabbing of two Jewish men in northwest London's Golders Green neighborhood last month.
Wegier talks about who is behind the violence, how the police are facing up to it, and the role of Keir Starm...
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- What are ToI's guiding principles in covering 'blood libels'?
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- 31:14
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- 16 days ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition on Wednesday submitted a bill to dissolve the Knesset and trigger elections, as the government competed with the opposition to control the process of disbanding parliament and determining when voters will go to the ballot box. The bill did not specify an election date. Horovitz weighs in on the complexities and delves into the timing of the upcoming elections.
Netanyahu announced yesterday that he had made a secretive visit to the United Arab Emirates and met with its leader, President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, during the US-Israeli war with Iran earlier this year. For its part, the UAE has strongly denied that this visit took place. What's happening here?
The Board of...
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- Soldiers Examine Hezbollah Tunnel
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- 0:20
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- 17 days ago
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- Soldiers from the IDF Tzabar Battalion in the Givati Brigade examine a Hezbollah tunnel they discovered in Al-Khiam, Lebanon, May 13, 2026
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- Bottlenose dolphins accompany research vessels during Israel Nature and Parks Authority survey
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- 0:43
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- 17 days ago
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- Bottlenose dolphins accompany research vessels during the first Israel Nature and Parks Authority survey of marine mammals and birds since 2022.
The survey, which included birders from the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and researchers from Haifa University and the Delphis Association was carried out within the framework of the Barcelona Convention for protecting the Mediterranean Sea. Among the wildlife spotted were 18 common bottlenose dolphins, a brown booby, a bird rarely seen in the region, and a pair of mating loggerhead turtles.
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- Does the IDF stand idly by in the West Bank?
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- 22:50
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- 17 days ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
The Israel Defense Forces announced Tuesday that its troops recently crossed the Litani River for a weeklong raid against Hezbollah, as the terror group’s leader rejected any attempt by Israeli and Lebanese officials to achieve its disarmament during upcoming peace talks in Washington. We learn what is happening on the ground even as drones continue to penetrate northern Israel.
On Friday, Israeli settlers forced Palestinians to exhume the body of a relative from a freshly dug grave and move it to another location, after claiming the deceased was buried too close to an Israeli settlement. We dissect allegations that IDF troops stood by during this event, as well as during other incidents, including violent acts a...
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- Cochav Elkayam-Levy: Hamas weaponized rape and humiliation on Oct. 7
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- 1:47
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- 18 days ago
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- Cochav Elkayam-Levy: Hamas weaponized rape and humiliation on Oct. 7
Since the Hamas onslaught on southern Israel, Elkayam-Levy and her team of forensics and legal experts, alongside professional archivists and others, have carefully gathered witness testimony and over 10,000 pieces of visual evidence that prove the terrorists’ use of sex abuse as a tactical war crime.
We hear about 13 categories of abuse perpetrated on people from over 50 nationalities. We learn that the tactic of broadcasting the crimes via livestreams has made Hamas heroes in the eyes of some fundamentalists who are already importing the terror group’s sadistic methods, as seen in Syrian attacks on Druze in July.
Elkayam-Levy discusses the impossible mission of providing a voice for the voiceless and creating a historical database that accurately portrays the scope of the horror. She has faced unfathomable blowback and is clear-eyed about how the commission’s report will ...
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- Anti-Zionist protesters march through NYC Jewish neighborhood, chanting for intifada
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- 0:49
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- 18 days ago
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- Demonstration against Israel real estate event in Brooklyn marked by scuffles with residents as police keep two sides separate.
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- Extremist settlers dealt blow with EU sanctions
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- 24:03
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- 18 days ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
Following US President Donald Trump's comment about the ceasefire with Iran being on "life support," Magid reports on possible Iranian willingness to give up on stockpiles of highly enriched uranium that are buried far underground and Trump's frustration when those terms weren't included in their latest proposal.
The European Union approved a round of sanctions against violent Jewish settlers, and Magid names the settler organizations involved in establishing settlements and outposts and the individuals associated with them, which now won't have access to funds from Europe.
A donation of $100 million from the United Arab Emirates will help set up a Gaza police force to maintain internal security in the Gaza Strip...
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- Cochav Elkayam-Levy: Hamas weaponized rape and humiliation on Oct. 7
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- 36:22
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- 18 days ago
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- Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring one key issue currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World. This week, host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan speaks with legal expert Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy.
Almost immediately following Hamas’s murderous onslaught on southern Israel, humanitarian law expert Elkayam-Levy established and now heads The Civil Commission on Oct. 7th Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children.
On May 12, the commission released a massive report that documents and chronicles Hamas’s systemic use of rape and sexual violence against women -- and men -- on October 7, while taking hostages and during their captivities.
Elkayam-Levy visited The Times of Israel's Jerusalem studio for this wide-ranging conversation. Listener discretion is advised.
Since the Hamas onslaught on southern Israel, Elkayam-Levy and her team of forensics and legal experts, alongside professional archivists and others, have ca...
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- Eight-year-old boy finds 1,700-year-old statuette fragment while hiking in Negev
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- 0:22
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- 18 days ago
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- “I was looking for special things on the ground that I could show in class,” said Dor Wolynitz, eight, from Rehovot, according to an IAA statement. “Suddenly, I noticed an interesting stone with stripes lying on the ground, and picked it up. It seemed like an unusual object.”
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- Will 'unacceptable' Iran proposal push Trump to war?
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- 26:43
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- 19 days ago
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- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
Yesterday, Iran handed over its much-anticipated response to the latest US peace proposal. US President Donald Trump quickly declared it "totally unacceptable." We delve into the ongoing skirmishes between Iranian drones and Gulf states, including Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, and speak about potential scenarios facing Trump in the near future.
In a lengthy "60 Minutes" interview last night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that the war is “not over” despite Trump’s apparent desire to end hostilities and insistence that Iran had been roundly defeated. We hear highlights from what was on -- and off -- camera, including his quasi-acceptance of some responsibility for the October 7, 2023, ma...
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- The story of the Farag famiyl and the first photo empire of Israel
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- 0:54
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- 19 days ago
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- On the corner of Dizengoff and Arlozorov stands a shop that was once the epitome of Israeli family photography. But behind the iconic studio lies a complex story of a family empire and its painful disintegration.
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- Title
- Political parties form new constellations ahead of elections
- Runtime
- 30:15
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
- Description
- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Political correspondents Sam Sokol and Ariela Karmel join host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
The opposition parties are shaping up ahead of the upcoming elections, as Sokol and Karmel discuss the familiar and new political figures and the jockeying among parties to maximize votes.
Karmel also reports on a new Druze political party, the first time the community has formed one in decades, following their deep sense of frustration with the government.
As the Knesset returns to its first session after a prolonged break, Sokol and Karmel discuss the expected legislative blitz, including proposed laws to split the role of the attorney general, a controversial proposed political probe into October 7, restricting Israel’s broadcast media landscape, as well as the military exemption servi...
- Title
- Who wore it better: Bradley Cooper or Maestro Leonard Bernstein?
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor consider the depiction of the troubled genius in Hollywood biopic ‘Maestro’ versus the master’s own voice in documentary ‘Bernstein’s Wall’
- Title
- Settlers force Palestinians to exhume body of relative buried near West Bank settlement.
- Runtime
- 0:19
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- Family rebury body elsewhere as IDF soldiers stand by
- Title
- Lazar Focus: How one stupid video ruins it for other professional soldiers
- Runtime
- 1:23
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
- Description
- Lazar Focus: How one stupid video ruins it for other professional soldiers.
Join host diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman for a deep dive into the IDF Spokesperson's Unit, and the persistent problem of IDF soldiers posting problematic content on social media.
Stream this week's episode of Lazar Focus on all podcast platforms.
- Title
- Is the IDF telling the right story to the world ?
- Runtime
- 42:33
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
- Description
- Welcome to The Times of Israel's Lazar Focus. Each Friday, join host diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman for a deep dive into what's behind the news that spins the globe.
Israel has had a rough time of it on the international stage since the Hamas invasion of October 7, 2023 and the subsequent wars. Allegations of collective punishment, genocide, and targeting of religious sites have been made by some of Israel's closest allies, and support for the Jewish state is plummeting in the West.
Much of the criticism leveled at Israel, justified or not, revolves around what the world sees from the battlefield.
The IDF has a large, well-oiled public communications machine. The IDF Spokesperson's Unit does things other militaries can only dream of.
At the same time, there is a feeling in Israel and among its friends that the IDF is too slow and bureaucratic to effectively get its message out in the age of social media and AI.
LTC...
- Title
- The Daily Briefing Podcast: Golders Green terror shows rising threat to world Jews.
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
