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The Times of Israel

The Times of Israel deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan asks the big questions facing Israel and the Jewish people

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100 episodes

  1. Deborah Lipstadt: Is Israel really the cause of surging antisemitism? 48:17
  2. Samah Salaime: The 'Arab vote' is an offer of trust. Why are Jews rejecting it? 1:14:39
  3. Sir Simon Schama: A howl against rising global antisemitism 34:06
  4. Yossi Klein Halevi: Spiritually coping with this Israeli election 1:07:28
  5. Nechumi Yaffe: An insider's dire prognosis for the Haredi world - and its cure 40:51
  6. Bret Stephens: Israel regained deterrence. The US lost it 46:23
  7. Micah Goodman: The one issue that unites America's radical left and right 45:49
  8. Haviv Rettig Gur: Is the IDF justified in picking off Hamas terrorists? 58:35
  9. Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Hamas is to blame for October 7 and Gaza's ‘collateral damage’ 55:22
  10. Yohanan Plesner: 3 existential issues facing Israel’s voters 44:57
  11. Jonathan Greenblatt: Surging antisemitism brings ADL to a moment of reckoning 45:56
  12. Yossi Klein Halevi: Why Jewish extremism is so seductive - and dangerous 57:11
  13. Richard Priem: The ‘age of security’ has ended for US Jews 43:34
  14. Dan Ben-David: Israel is on the brink of a spiral of collapse 51:10
  15. Shlomit Ravitsky Tur-Paz: Nothing is black and white in Israel's religious societies 45:24
  16. Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Hamas still holds two million hostages 49:43
  17. Haviv Rettig Gur: Why is Israel still the first campaign stop for wannabe US presidents? 47:23
  18. Dr. Deborah Gilboa: The neuroscience of resilience 34:56
  19. Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook: The Israeli food we serve tells our story 49:50
  20. Etgar Keret: Celebrated author feels the world is losing its story 44:06
  21. Naftali Bennett: This existential moment 48:02
  22. Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler: How AI is poisoning the information well 44:24
  23. Matti Friedman: As Israel plays king of the castle in Lebanon, what's its endgame? 38:29
  24. Dara Horn: The answer to the Jewish question 52:02
  25. Yishai Ishi Ron: Ex-commando writes novels about trauma and recovery 44:12
  26. Michael Wegier: British Jews aren't living in fear, but they're certainly anxious 37:11
  27. Cochav Elkayam-Levy: Hamas weaponized rape and humiliation on Oct. 7 36:29
  28. Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Israel has re-embraced Hamas rule in Gaza 45:47
  29. Haviv Rettig Gur: Political footballs and politicians' fumbles 49:49
  30. Rachel Goldberg-Polin: Mother of murdered hostage Hersh 'parcels out her pain' in book 51:55
  31. Aron Heller: 1.5 million-strong Jewish band of brothers 34:27
  32. Shahar Cohen: 'My life' comic laughs about 'managing the war' with Nescafe in hand 32:29
  33. Angela Buchdahl: This Passover, have faith in the story of the Exodus 43:12
  34. Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Hamas triggered the Iran war. Now it may outlast the Islamic Republic 53:04
  35. Matti Friedman: Israel's forever wars in Lebanon 42:44
  36. Bret Stephens: America and Israel are engaged in a common fight for civilization 43:30
  37. Einat Wilf: Fall of Iran an opportunity to uproot 'Palestinianism' 51:42
  38. Micah Goodman: How Israel and the US may prevent World War III 42:14
  39. Meyer Levinson-Blount: Oscar nominee's film 'Butcher's Stain' reveals life post-Oct. 7 33:24
  40. Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: NGO admits Hamas controls Gaza's hospitals. Why now? 34:40
  41. Alice Miller: CEO of Israeli disaster org on aiding Gazans post-Oct. 7 31:55
  42. Yonit Levi and Jonathan Freedland: Two Jews on the news discuss all that is Unholy 52:34
  43. Haviv Rettig Gur: Hamas is holding Gazans hostage 44:49
  44. Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Inside the technocratic council set to rule Gaza 42:27
  45. Podcaster Mitch Ginsburg: Escape from Tehran, an untold 1979 Israeli caper 1:21:38
  46. Stand-up comedian Liz Glazer: 'Israel is the reason I exist' 30:33
  47. Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Five likely scenarios for Gaza in 2026 52:30
  48. Adeena Sussman: Latke frying helps cooks cope with life's complexities 30:22
  49. ADL's James Pasch: Taking on the Axis of Evil through lawfare 25:48
  50. Dr. Gilad Malach: Haredi draft bill is a wedge issue for a divided nation 38:30