The Times of Israel Daily Briefing

By The Times of Israel

Welcome to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing: Your update on what’s important in Israel, the Middle East and The Jewish World.

Episodes (50)

Israel angers Christian world in another avoidable scandal

31m3/31/2026

Is the war heading to a Trump no-deal 'victory'?

25m4/1/2026

Raising the curtain on Picassos and other veiled masterpieces in Iran

24m4/2/2026

Lazar Berman: What does history of air power tell us about Iran war?

35m4/3/2026

Angela Buchdahl: This Passover, have faith in the story of the Exodus

43m4/4/2026

IDF soldiers absorb Hezbollah rockets in Lebanon push

29m4/5/2026

Court, MKs battle over wartime restrictions on protests vs. prayers

25m4/6/2026

Crunch time for talks with Iran as Trump threatens Tuesday night strikes

26m4/7/2026

'The Ten Commandments': Put your hands up as iconic film turns 70

56m4/8/2026

All sides claim war victory. They can't all be right

32m4/9/2026

John Spencer: US can force open Strait of Hormuz if it decides to

45m4/10/2026

Shahar Cohen: 'My life' comic laughs about 'managing the war' with Nescafe in hand

32m4/11/2026

As US de-mines Strait of Hormuz, traffic status still murky

17m4/12/2026

Trump plays chicken with Iran over Strait of Hormuz

22m4/13/2026

Lebanon and Israel get talking, with shared goal to disarm Hezbollah

21m4/14/2026

Hezbollah rockets continue to pummel Israel’s north

24m4/15/2026

Did Trump trigger direct talks for Israel's and Lebanon's leaders?

24m4/16/2026

Moran Zaga: The Gulf states react to humiliation by Iran

37m4/17/2026

Nadav Lapid's 'Yes!': Israeli director's wartime film raises eyebrows and ire

44m4/18/2026

5 points of apparent failure in the Iran war

23m4/19/2026

ToI reports from new Lebanon 'forward defense area'

23m4/20/2026

Shekel shows remarkable resilience after Iran war

22m4/21/2026

BONUS - Rachel Goldberg-Polin: Mother of murdered hostage Hersh 'parcels out her pain' in book

51m4/22/2026

Trump's muddled messaging complicates talks with Iran

23m4/22/2026

Netanyahu's campaign enters high gear at state ceremonies

30m4/23/2026

David Rosen: Israel doesn't adequately understand Christian relations

41m4/24/2026

Jordan Hoffman on 'Exodus': When Hollywood still loved the Jewish state

43m4/25/2026

As both sides keep striking, is there still a Lebanon ceasefire?

19m4/26/2026

Success of Bennett-Lapid merger hinges on Eisenkot role in race

26m4/27/2026

Untangling the Iran-Russia-Hezbollah web

33m4/28/2026

The case of the 'stolen' Ukrainian wheat

28m4/29/2026

Siege warfare? Who'll blink first in tense Iran blockade

24m4/30/2026

Mediterranean meltdown: Energy policy in hot water

22m5/1/2026

Haviv Rettig Gur: Political footballs and politicians' fumbles

49m5/1/2026

The Reel Schmooze on 'Roommates' and 'How to Make Challah': Different slices of Jewish American pie

44m5/2/2026

Scared and angry London Jews feel UK isn't fighting antisemitism

26m5/3/2026

'One big failure': An IDF official on the Iran war -- so far

30m5/4/2026

Why Trump still doesn't want to go back to war

24m5/5/2026

Pay-to-slay is here to stay?

35m5/6/2026

Golders Green terror shows rising threat to world Jews

23m5/7/2026

Is the IDF telling the right story to the world ?

42m5/8/2026

Movie maven Jordan Hoffman with a Leonard Bernstein double feature

55m5/9/2026

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Israel has re-embraced Hamas rule in Gaza

45m5/9/2026

Political parties form new constellations ahead of elections

30m5/10/2026

Will 'unacceptable' Iran proposal push Trump to war?

26m5/11/2026

BONUS - Cochav Elkayam-Levy: Hamas weaponized rape and humiliation on Oct. 7

36m5/12/2026

Extremist settlers dealt blow with EU sanctions

24m5/12/2026

Does the IDF stand idly by in the West Bank?

23m5/13/2026

What are ToI's guiding principles in covering 'blood libels'?

31m5/14/2026

Art on trial from Venice to Jerusalem

24m5/15/2026

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