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A Mandatory Listen

A Mandatory Listen

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

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Prof. Deborah Lipstadt joins host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan for this week's A Mandatory Listen podcast. (ToI)

Deborah Lipstadt: Is Israel really the cause of surging antisemitism?

November 10, 2026

The scholar and former diplomat assesses the nature of contemporary Jew-hatred and weighs in on whether the Jewish state's actions indeed may be contributing to its rise

Samah Salaime: The ‘Arab vote’ is an offer of trust. Why are Jews rejecting it?

November 5, 2026

Following the unprecedented gains by Arab parties in the Knesset, we go deep into what brought voters to the ballot box and what the parties stand for

A Mandatory Listen – Sir Simon Schama: A howl against rising global antisemitism

October 26, 2026

In the fifth episode of our new podcast series, we go deep into the world's oldest hatred and why it is being proliferated yet again today

A Mandatory Listen – Yossi Klein Halevi: Spiritually coping with this Israeli election

October 20, 2026

In the fifth episode of our new podcast series, we go deep into faith and equilibrium even as the eternal people stands at a crossroad

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

October 13, 2026

In the fourth episode of our new podcast series, the ultra-Orthodox female prof running for Knesset discusses frankly the problems facing the community, and why she is swimming upstream

A Mandatory Listen – Bret Stephens: Israel regained deterrence. The US lost it

October 6, 2026

In the third episode of our new podcast series, The New York Times columnist presents a different framing for Israel's losses -- and gains -- since October 7, 2023