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The 2026 Sandler family production 'Don't Say Good Luck' is this week's featured film on The Reel Schmooze. (Courtesy)
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‘Don’t Say Good Luck’: The Sunny (Sandler) side of life, with cancer
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
ToI's movie maven and deputy editor discuss the newest Sandler family production, starring daughter Sunny and a cast of actors forming a relatable family going through a too-common crisis
Author Yossi Klein Halevi joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for this week's What Matters Now. (Shlomit Bard/Flash90)
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Yossi Klein Halevi: Why Jewish extremism is so seductive – and dangerous
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Yossi Klein Halevi
Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz appears on Daily Briefing podcast with host Jessica Steinberg (Flash 90)
August 20, 2026, 2:41 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 20: Israel risks opening a new front with strike deep in Syria
Tol editor David Horovitz discusses Netanyahu’s decision to face down Turkey in Syria, US-Israel differences on Gaza, Likud primary fallout and yet more new political parties
By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz
Culture editor Jessica Steinberg joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (Orit Pnini)
August 19, 2026, 2:20 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 19 – Former Hamas hostage fulfills a dream at Nir Oz
Culture editor Jessica Steinberg on Sagui Dekel-Chen’s performance of 9 songs composed in captivity, new films documenting October 7, 2023, and an ongoing boycott of Israeli artists
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jessica Steinberg
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/AP)
August 18, 2026, 1:28 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 18 – US holds direct talks with Hamas. Why it’s the new normal
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on the Board of Peace’s floated potential new way forward out of the Gaza quagmire, 60 days from the ‘end’ of the war with Iran, and an update from hotspot Qusra
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
NY correspondent Luke Tress joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/AP)
August 17, 2026, 12:16 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 17: NY Jews train for mass casualty event amid heightened threats
NY correspondent Luke Tress on Friday night’s disturbance at a Manhattan synagogue and a US federal probe into ‘sham’ charities funding Gaza terrorism
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Luke Tress
Political correspondent Tal Schneider appears on the Daily Briefing with host Jessica Steinberg (Flash 90)
August 16, 2026, 1:54 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 16: Who gets in? Likud candidates face a high-stakes primary
Political correspondent Tal Schneider previews Monday’s vote on the makeup of (part of) Likud’s Knesset slate, and covers the latest election polls and ceasefire violations in Lebanon and Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg and Tal Schneider
Ralph Bakshi's 1977 'Wizards' is the featured film of this week's The Reel Schmooze podcast. (courtesy)
August 15, 2026, 12:06 pm
‘Wizards’: Does animated 1977 art film belong in the canon, or in the geniza?
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor discuss the completely bizarre mixed-medium movie that wrestles with magic, boobies, evil Nazis and Hitler 5,000 years in the future
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
Dr. Bjorn Lomborg joins host Lazar Berman for this week's Lazar Focus. (R Mathiasson)
August 14, 2026, 12:08 pm
Bjorn Lomborg: Energy, climate, and the fight for a better world
The Iran war emphasized how reliant we are on fossil fuels; a leading Danish thinker explains how we should think about energy needs, global warming, and the welfare of mankind
By Lazar Berman
News editor Ben Sales appears on the Daily Briefing with host Jessica Steinberg on August 13, 2026 (Flash 90)
August 13, 2026, 12:27 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 13: As election nears, can voters see extremism in their own camps?
News editor Ben Sales reviews Israelis’ concerns about political violence; he also marks 25 years since the Sbarro bombing and reports on the latest in the US political primaries
By Jessica Steinberg and Ben Sales
Community Security Service CEO Richard Priem joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for this week's What Matters Now podcast. (Courtesy/AP)
August 12, 2026, 10:05 pm
Richard Priem: The ‘age of security’ has ended for US Jews
The Dutch-born CEO of the Community Security Service aims to empower a volunteer force of American Jews by giving them the tools to prevent and de-escalate terrorism at home
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/AP)
August 12, 2026, 1:46 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 12 – How Israeli intel triggered top secret Trump plane ploy
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on the ongoing siege by settlers of a Palestinian home in Qusra and the Board of Peace’s new, very flexible definitions of the Yellow Line in Gaza
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (AP/ToI)
August 11, 2026, 1:56 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 11 – As 2 Arab states reportedly plot war, how fortified are Israel’s borders?
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on IDF operations in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, along with an assessment of the penetrability of the barriers with Jordan and Egypt
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing. (ToI/AP)
August 10, 2026, 3:44 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 10 – As PM rejects Gaza deal, Israel quietly begins reconstruction
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on the Gaza peace plan, the long game of chicken being played between US and Iran and a new defense pact signed by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
August 9, 2026, 3:13 pm
Daily Briefing August 9 – Emigration, urban growth, and a changing Jerusalem
Jewish world and real estate reporter Zev Stub on who is leaving Israel, the rise of a new Anglo-Israeli hotspot, and plans to renovate Jerusalem’s historic Mahane Yehuda Market
By Gabriella Jacobs and Zev Stub
1979 'The Frisco Kid,' starring Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford, is this week's featured film on The Reel Schmooze podcast. (courteys)
August 8, 2026, 12:07 pm
‘The Frisco Kid’: A (gefilte) fish out of water in the Wild West
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor discuss the extremely Jewish 1979 cowboy flick starring Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
August 7, 2026, 12:23 pm
Is there really progress in Trump’s Gaza, Lebanon and Iran talks?
On all three fronts, mediators claim progress. Trump is still chasing terrible agreements with Tehran, but in Lebanon and even in Gaza, there is reason for cautious optimism
By Lazar Berman and Gabriella Jacobs
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