The Times of Israel Daily Briefing

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March 13, 2022 Turkey to return biblical artifact; Iranian missiles over Erbil
Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.
Editor David Horovitz and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman join host Amanda Borschel-Dan.
Berman begins with a brief update on events in the escalating war in Ukraine. Over the weekend, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested Jerusalem serve as the site for negotiations. Is this even a viable notion?
Horovitz explains why he felt The Times of Israel needed to take a position on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, even as the State of Israel has not. He discusses other areas in the conflict in which Israel must step up.
Berman places reports of some 12 missiles that were fired from Iran today toward the US consulate in Iraq’s northern city of Erbil in the context of the stalled nuclear talks.
Before leaving Lviv last week, Berman met with some local artists. Why did he feel it important to include their voices?
And finally, Borschel-Dan enthuses about reports that Turkey is set to return the Siloam Inscription, a 2,700-year-old ancient Hebrew text that provides concrete historical support for the biblical account of the construction of a tunnel that brought water from the Pool of Siloam to the City of David, below the southern edge of the Temple Mount, during the reign of King Hezekiah.
Discussed articles include:
Live blog March 13, 2022
Bennett, Zelensky speak on phone after Ukraine leader proposes Jerusalem summit
If PM can’t say it, we Israelis must: Zelensky, we’re with you; Putin, stop the war
Ukrainian embassy backs High Court petition to block Israel’s refugee cap
Iran fires missiles at Erbil US consulate; Tehran: ‘Secret Israeli bases’ targeted
Drained but defiant, Lviv’s creatives struggle to make art in war
Israeli official: Turkey agrees to return ancient Hebrew inscription to Jerusalem
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IMAGE: A replica of the Siloam Inscription at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The original is in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. (יעל י CC BY-SA Wikimedia Commons)
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17 min
March 10, 2022 Turning tide in Turkey; shuttle diplomacy and PA on Ukraine
Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.
US correspondent Jacob Magid and political reporter Carrie Keller-Lynn join host Jessica Steinberg, with Tal Schneider reporting from Istanbul.
Schneider offers an update about President Isaac Herzog's meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, part of his landmark 24-hour visit to Istanbul.
Keller-Lynn discusses experts' opinions regarding Israel's recent shuttle diplomacy with Russia.
Magid looks at reactions from the Palestinian Authority regarding the Russian invasion to Ukraine, and reasons for their silence until now.
Keller-Lynn runs through the Knesset's last days of the winter session, and what hasn't been completed before their upcoming six-week hiatus.
Magid talks about the $5.5 million US AID package for Israeli and Palestinian businesses, as well as the $1 billion in Iron Dome funding finally approved by the US House.
Discussed articles include:
Hosting Herzog in landmark visit, Erdogan lauds ‘turning point’ in relations
Senior US official in Israel: We won’t push Kyiv to accept Russian terms
Two Russia experts fear Putin played Bennett by inviting him to Moscow
Aiming to avoid picking sides, PA rebuffs US request to condemn Russian invasion
Coalition stumbles into last legislative week before Passover break
US earmarks $5.5 million for Israeli, Palestinian businesses, female entrepreneurs
US House approves $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome after months-long delay
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IMAGE: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Isaac Herzog. (AP photos, montage)
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17 min
March 09, 2022 Diaspora Minister Nachman Shai from Poland: It is imperative Israel take in more refugees
Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur and health reporter Nathan Jeffay join host Amanda Borschel-Dan.
Topping the program we have a very brief conversation with Diaspora Minister Nachman Shai, who is currently in Poland.
Next, Rettig Gur gives us a preview of a piece he'll shortly publish about murmurs from Palestinians and Palestinian advocates who ask why the world is so eager to help Ukraine but not Gaza. Could racism be at the heart of the different responses?
Jeffay updates listeners about reports of polio in the country. What is going on here?
Jeffay discusses efforts of Israeli doctors who are caring for Ukrainians 2,000 km away. How is this possible?
Israeli research is myth-busting in a new study which finds that COVID shots don’t harm IVF outcomes.
And finally, we talk about a mind-melding new process in which older human eggs can be made young again in a laboratory. It's not ready for use yet, but let's hear where we are now.
Discussed articles include:
Israeli minister heads to Poland as Ukraine refugees pour across border
Health Ministry updates guidelines on polio vaccines after first case in decades
Doctors in Israel care for Ukrainians 2,000 km away, as tech shrinks world
As false fears persist, new Israeli study finds COVID shots don’t harm IVF outcomes
In breakthrough, Jerusalem lab says older human eggs can be made young again
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IMAGE: Diaspora Affairs Minister Dr. Nachman Shai (right) greets Rita Parjanskaya, aged 84, in a refugee reception area in Korczowa, Poland, just across the Ukrainian-Polish border, March 8, 2022. (Office of Diaspora Affairs Minister Dr. Nachman Shai)
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17 min
March 08, 2022 From Lviv: Ukrainian military chaplains & other heroes
Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman reports in from Lviv, Ukraine, and Environment reporter Sue Surkes joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan from Jerusalem.
Berman begins by painting a picture of daily life on war-footing in Lviv. We hear about a conversation he had with military chaplains and anecdotes from Ukrainian refugees.
Surkes updates on the efforts and dedication of the Joint Distribution Committee's Hesed welfare network, noting that one worker even moved in with a bed-ridden elderly client.
Berman breaks down the controversies surrounding the hot-button issues, evacuation corridors and no-fly zones. We hear how both sides are using them as humanitarian efforts, as well as PR exercises.
And finally, time for some good news! Israel is inaugurating its first ever wetlands re-wilding project. Surkes fills us in.
Discussed articles include:
Live blog March 8, 2022
Risking life and limb, Hesed network continues caring for Ukraine’s neediest Jews
Russia offers evacuation corridors to Ukrainians, reviving Syrian civil war playbook
Ukraine leery of new Russian plan for refugee corridors as cities battered by bombs
Zelensky renews demand for no-fly zone: ‘If you don’t, you want us to be killed very slowly’
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IMAGE: A Christian worshiper prays in front of a memorial to fallen soldiers at the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv, western Ukraine, March 6, 2022. The memorial is dedicated to Ukrainian soldiers who died after 2014. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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18 min
March 07, 2022 Israel becomes diplomatic hub as Ukrainian refugees arrive
Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.
Political correspondent Tal Schneider and religion and Diaspora affairs reporter Judah Ari Gross join host Jessica Steinberg.
Schneider fills us in on the latest diplomatic efforts being sallied by Israel, starting with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's last-minute trip on Shabbat to meet with Putin, and today's meeting for Foreign Minister Yair Lapid with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Latvia.
Gross speaks about the possible numbers of expected Ukrainian refugees expected by Israel in the coming weeks and months, and the efforts being made to welcome and acclimate them.
Schneider offers a tidbit from our sister Hebrew site Zman Yisrael, where a reporter broke a story about Ukrainian-born Housing Minister Ze'ev Elkin, who accompanied Bennett to Russia on Saturday, while his brother and family were fleeing Kharkov.
Gross offers some highlights from his interview last week with Yad Vashem director Dani Dayan, and the constant referencing of the Holocaust and Nazism in the current conflict.
Discussed articles include:
Bennett holds follow-up call with Putin after Moscow meeting
Bennett found Putin to be ‘rational’ during meeting — report
90 Jewish orphans who fled Ukraine greeted by Bennett, ministers at airport
Yad Vashem chief: Russia trivializing Holocaust with false ‘denazification’ claim
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IMAGE: Jewish immigrants fleeing the war in Ukraine, on a rescue flight sponosred by the IFCJ, arrive at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on March 6, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
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18 min
March 06, 2022 PM Bennett breaks Shabbat for peace & ToI prays in tense Lviv
Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman joins us from Lviv, along with The Times of Israel Editor David Horovitz and host Amanda Borschel-Dan.
Berman, as a religiously observant journalist, shares his experiences attending services in Lviv for Rosh Hodesh (the new month) and Shabbat. He explains how the Jewish community is now a sanctuary for Jews and non-Jews seeking refuge.
Late last week, Berman visited Lviv's National Art Gallery, Ukraine’s leading art museum, which is now being used as a volunteer center for distributing medical supplies. We’ll hear a clip of a conversation he had with Mark Fetsych, head of oncology at a local hospital before the invasion.
Berman also spoke with the governor of the Lviv region, Maksym Kozytskyy. He is a civilian with no military experience but is now in charge of his region’s defenses. We hear about a very specific request he has for Israel.
Finally, Horovitz appraises our listeners of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's past few days of travel -- to Moscow and Berlin -- and other conversations he is having with world leaders including France's Emanuel Macron and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. Israel is now in the spotlight as a potential peacemaker, but is that actually a good spot for the Jewish state to be in?
Discussed articles include:
Live Blog March 6, 200
Ukraine’s leading art museum transforms into busy volunteer hub
We need air defenses from Israel, not goodwill statements, Lviv commander tells ToI
With trip to Kremlin, Bennett flies Israel into the eye of the Russia-Ukraine storm
Zelensky aide says purpose of Bennett’s trip to meet Putin is unclear to Kyiv
Bennett returns to Israel after whirlwind trip to meet Putin, Germany’s Scholz
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IMAGE: Tsori Gilod Synagogue (also known as Beis Aharon V'Israel Synagogue) in Lviv, Ukraine, March 4, 2022. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
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19 min
March 04, 2022 How women built and are still building - and leading - Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital
Welcome to Times Will Tell, the weekly podcast from The Times of Israel.
This week we're marking International Women’s Day by speaking with the Director of Jerusalem’s Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital, Dr. Tamar Elram.
Born in England, Elram moved to Israel as a child with her family and lived in Jerusalem. A trained gynecologist, Elram has served in leadership positions at the Hadassah hospitals for the past decade. In November 2017 she became the director of Mount Scopus.
We discuss the powerful female history behind the Hadassah hospitals and Elram's own hard-won wisdom around what she calls “Awareness-Based Leadership.” We also have a frank conversation about important developments in women’s health perspectives and how the #metoo movement has affected the field of gynecology.
IMAGE: Dr. Tamar Elram, CEO of Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital (Arnon Bosani)
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35 min
March 03, 2022 Hacktivists declare cyber war on Russia; ToI reports from Lviv
Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman joins from Lviv, along with Tech Israel host Ricky Ben David and host Amanda Borschel-Dan.
Berman reports on the mood on the ground in Lviv as the city prepares for war. He relates a brush he had with Ukrainian border police on the way into the country and the extra checkpoints throughout the city, on alert for Russian sleeper cells.
Berman highlights a clip of an interview he conducted with Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi, who compared his country's plight to the biblical David.
We then turn to the economic aspects of the war with Ben David. What are the increasing sanctions on Russia and how are they affecting the country and its citizens.
And finally, Ben David gives insight into an increasingly prominent new frontline that we’re seeing in this war — cyber. She tells us about this parallel conflict online being waged by hacktivists.
Discussed articles include:
Ukrainians are like David fighting ‘idiotic’ Russian Goliath, Lviv mayor tells ToI
At Ukraine gun license sign-up, disappointment with Israel surfaces
Israeli tourists, cousins of Jews board rescue bus from Lviv to Poland
At Lviv university, defiant students weave their nation’s defense
Israeli trade with Ukraine, Russia continues but prices may jump — Economy Ministry
Russia’s war on Ukraine triggers ‘earthquake’ in global shipping, trade industry
Russian invasion of Ukraine sees online forces mobilize as cyberattacks mount
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IMAGE: A baby sits with his mother inside a train leaving the Lviv railway station, in Lviv, west Ukraine, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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17 min
March 02, 2022 Report from UA border as Israel weighs refuge-seekers, UN
Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.
US correspondent Jacob Magid and political reporter Carrie Keller Lynn join host Jessica Steinberg, with a special report from diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on his way to Lviv.
Berman offers a brief account of his travels from the Polish border to Lviv, on a night train bringing Ukrainians to enlist as well as other travelers heading back to Ukraine to assist family members.
Keller-Lynn reports on former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's comments about the Russian invasion, and his concerns regarding the need to focus on the Iran nuclear deal.
Magid speaks about Israel's decision to vote in favor of the UN resolution condemning the Russian invasion, and how the Israeli position affects its current relationship with the US.
Keller-Lynn discusses comments made by the Ukrainian ambassador regarding his disappointment in Israel's handling of Ukrainian refuge-seekers who recently arrived in Israel.
She also comments on the ambassador's comment regarding Ukrainian assistance to Jews during the Holocaust, a comment that raised eyebrows during the press conference.
Magid closes up the podcast with an update about the talks with Iran, and how the Russian invasion into Ukraine may or may not affect the outcome.
Discussed articles include:
Netanyahu tells government to be quiet on Russia and focus on Iran
As government walks Ukraine tightrope, opposition waits for a slip-up
Lapid: Israel to back UN resolution condemning Russia, be ‘on right side of history’
Ukraine envoy ‘disappointed’ by Israel detaining refuge-seekers, wants defensive aid
100 tons of humanitarian aid en route from Israel to Ukraine
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IMAGE: A Polish border guard assists refugees from Ukraine as they arrive to Poland at the Korczowa border crossing, Feb. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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18 min
March 01, 2022 A liberal world order awakens & ToI onsite at Ukraine's border
Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur and environment reporter Sue Surkes join host Amanda Borschel-Dan. Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman reports in from Przemsyl, near the Poland-Ukraine border.
Berman updates on what he's seeing on the ground and where he's going from here. He speaks with Gzhegozh Sobol, a municipal employee running an absorption center in Krakow’s central train station.
Surkes has spent the week reporting on Ukraine’s Jews, focussing on heart-wrenching cases of fleeing orphans and a small community under fire. She updates on what she's heard from Ukraine's Jews, including US-born Chabad Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein who the leader of a very small community northeast of Kiev. What kind of picture is he painting?
Rettig Gur explains which countries are supportive of the Russian incursion their motivations. He also illustrates the rise of a newly united West.
Discussed articles include:
Live blog, March 1, 2022
Israel’s envoy to Ukraine describes a tense humanitarian crisis at border
In busy Krakow station, harried volunteers welcome Ukrainians refugees
Fleeing city near Belarus border, busloads of Ukraine Jewish orphans look to Israel
Ukraine rabbi sheltering 35 community members in synagogue basement pleads for help
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IMAGE: A group of Ukrainian people in Bali and supporters hold posters to protest against the invasion of Russia in front of the Ukraine consulate office in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on March 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
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17 min