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Yehuda Kurtzer and Claire E. Sufrin, co-editors of 'The New Jewish Canon: Ideas & Debates 1980-2015.' (Academic Studies Press)

January 29, 2021, 4:02 pm

Join ToI Community to catch two authors who are redacting modern Jewish history

In this week’s Behind the Headlines, for ToI Community members, Drs. Yehuda Kurtzer and Claire Sufrin discuss Judaism’s recent transformation and their book ‘The New Jewish Canon’

By TOI staff

Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz in conversation with former ADL head Abe Foxman on Behind the Headlines, January 2020. (Times of Israel)

January 14, 2021, 3:56 pm

Foxman to ToI: Ban Trump from 2nd term (Join ToI Community for early access)

On this week’s Behind the Headlines, David Horovitz speaks with former ADL head Abe Foxman about the effects of the Capitol building riots on the US and beyond

By TOI staff

November 2020 ToI editorial panel discusses the US elections and what they mean for Israel. From bottom left, clockwise: Founding Editor David Horovitz, Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan, Senior Analyst Haviv Rettig Gur, and US Correspondent Jacob Magid. (screenshot)

November 25, 2020, 3:55 pm

ToI editorial panel sounds off on the US elections and what they mean for Israel

Join the ToI Community to watch this week’s installment in our exclusive Behind the Headlines video series

By TOI staff

'Isresilience' co-authors Dr. Naomi L. Baum and Michael Dickson (Courtesy)

November 18, 2020, 3:17 pm

LISTEN: How Israelis mastered the art of resilience to thrive against all odds

‘Isresilience’ authors Michael Dickson and Dr. Naomi L. Baum share the three keys to becoming resilient people and ‘bouncing forward’ under adversity

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Blue and White MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh (Avishai Finkelstein)

November 12, 2020, 5:59 pm

How anti-Semitism and hate on social media is a chance to educate

Canada-raised perennial optimist MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh explains in an exclusive Behind the Headlines interview that the pandemic is a chance to make long-awaited changes

By Haviv Rettig Gur

A hoard of gold coins dating to the Abbasid Caliphate is pictured during a press presentation of the discovery at an archeological site near Tel Aviv in central Israel (Heidi Levine / POOL / AFP)

November 5, 2020, 9:47 am

WATCH: Israel Antiquities Authority coin head displays treasures from the vault

Dr. Donald T. Ariel joins the ToI Community’s exclusive Behind the Headlines series for a deep dive into early and rare coins found in excavations in Israel

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Times of Israel Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan speaks with Park Avenue Synagogue Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove on the Behind the Headlines video series, October 28, 2020. (Times of Israel)

October 29, 2020, 9:14 am

WATCH: Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, ‘US Judaism needs to be Netflix, not Blockbuster’

Mitzvah apps? The spiritual leader of one of America’s largest and most influential congregations predicts a digital-spiritual revolution will last well beyond the COVID era

By TOI staff

Times of Israel Opinion & Blogs Editor Miriam Herschlag (left) interviews musician and 'Tehran' star Liraz Charhi for the Behind the Headlines online video series, October 21, 2020. (Times of Israel)

October 22, 2020, 4:14 pm

WATCH: Star of ‘Tehran’ Liraz Charhi on dangers of collaborating with Iranians

The Israeli-born actress and musician strongly identifies with her parents’ native Iran, and reaches across borders to work with Persian artists — despite the risks this can pose

By TOI staff

ToI Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan speaks with ADL head Jonathan Greenblatt on the Behind the Headlines online video series, October 14, 2020. (Times of Israel)

October 15, 2020, 4:38 pm

WATCH: ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, ‘Jew-hatred links all forms of US extremism’

The face of the Jewish fight for universal equality speaks about his organization’s roots and why its 107-year-old mission continues today

By TOI staff

'Sababa' author Adeena Sussman, left, speaks with Times of Israel Culture & Lifestyle Editor Jessica Steinberg for the Behind the Headlines series, October 7, 2020. (Times of Israel)

October 8, 2020, 3:42 pm

WATCH: ‘Sababa’ author Adeena Sussman on how COVID started a challah revolution

Speaking with the ToI Community via Zoom, the NY Times top pick talks about her collaboration with Chrissy Teigen, Palestinian influence on Israeli food, and pandemic-era cooking

By TOI staff

Epidemiologist Prof. Michael Edelstein in conversation with Nathan Jeffay on 'Behind the Headlines,' October 1, 2020. (Times of Israel)

October 2, 2020, 4:23 pm

WATCH: Epidemiologist Michael Edelstein on Israel’s mishandling of virus crisis

In video interview, the former UK health policy driver explains why lockdowns aren’t ideal, and what can be done to avoid them in the future

By TOI staff

Times of Israel Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan speaks with best-selling philosopher Micah Goodman for ToI's Behind the Headlines series. (screenshot)

September 24, 2020, 6:06 pm

WATCH: Philosopher Micah Goodman on how to overcome pandemic of polarization

In video interview, best-selling author speaks about dangers of tribalism in an increasingly uncertain and lonely era, and how community is the traditional Jewish solution

By TOI staff

Clockwise from top left: Former Prisoner of Zion Natan Sharansky, ToI Jewish World editor Amanda Borschel-Dan, and historian Gil Troy, discuss the new book, 'Never Alone.' (screenshot)

September 10, 2020, 11:58 pm

WATCH: Sharansky on UAE peace treaty, rise of doublethink in US and Jewish unity

In video interview, ‘Never Alone’ co-authors Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy weigh in on troubling trend of cancel-Israel culture on campuses and how we can overcome it

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Culture editor Jessica Steinberg interviews writer Etgar Keret for the Behind the Headlines series, September 2, 2020. (screenshot)

September 4, 2020, 9:35 am

WATCH: Etgar Keret unveils his new COVID project, an 8-minute choreographed film

In online ToI interview, writer Keret discusses his collaboration with choreographer Inbal Pinto on the adaptation of his 500-word story about the coronavirus quarantine

By TOI staff

Times of Israel Opinion and Blogs Editor Miriam Herschlag, left, interviewing educator and singer Neshama Carlebach, right, for the Behind the Headlines online video series, August 26, 2020. (Screenshot YouTube)

August 28, 2020, 3:55 pm

WATCH: Neshama Carlebach on thriving in the shadow of her father’s mixed legacy

In online ToI interview, daughter of Jewish music icon Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach discusses the posthumous sexual misconduct charges against him, and life after leaving Orthodoxy

By TOI staff