Daily Briefing Mar. 8 – From Lviv: Ukrainian military chaplains & other heroes
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman in Ukraine explains hot-button issues, evacuation corridors and no-fly zones; environment reporter Sue Surkes brings us good news for a change
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWelcome 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 us on the efforts and dedication of the Joint Distribution Committee’s Hesed welfare network, noting that one worker even moved in with a bedridden 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 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:
From Lviv’s Garrison Church, veteran military chaplains serve a nation at war
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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