With election days away, polls still can't predict a winner

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. With the final barrage of election polls before the October 27 election, Sales …

A Mandatory Listen - Nechumi Yaffe: An insider's dire prognosis for the Haredi world - and its cure

Welcome to "A Mandatory Listen," a new weekly podcast in which The Times of Israel deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan asks the big questions facing Israel and the Jewish people. For this fourth episode in the new series, we speak with Prof. Nechumi Yaffe, an ultra-Orthodox woman running for Knesset…

The Reel Schmooze on 'The Apartment': Why this 1960 film about adultery is a comedy icon today

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's featured Schmooze film is "The Apartment," a 1960 iconic work of dark comedy by famed filmmaker Billy Wilder. …

LIVE Daily Briefing - Security, diplomacy, politics: Your questions, our answers

We recorded a live Daily Briefing podcast in Jerusalem on Wednesday, October 14, joined by an exclusive ToI Community audience. Deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan hosted military correspondent Emanuel Fabian, diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman, and political correspondent Ariela Karmel for a nig…

Natasha Hausdorff: International law itself under attack by anti-Israel NGOs

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 is doing well on the battlefield since October 7, but has lost significant ground in the information war. Much of tha…

Why are the Saudis so poor at war despite spending billions?

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 Bermanjoins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode. Amidst rising inflammatory rhetoric from the United States and…

IDF, police, Education Ministry spar over deadly school trip blast

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. As the government approves an "urgent" NIS 1 billion shekel dea…

Mamdani's political balancing act backfires

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 Gabriella Jacobs for today's episode. Last Wednesday at an Israeli-led coexistence event commemorating the anniversary…

How the Houthis' multi-pronged strategy is unbalancing the Saudis

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. Mideast expert Ksenia Svetlova joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode. Yemen’s Houthis attacked Riyadh’s international airport with a missi…

A message to Eisenkot? Joint List vows to do 'anything' to oust Netanyahu

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 joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode. As Ofer Winter and his People of Israel party simultaneously cr…