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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and The Reel Schmooze podcasts, and heads up The Times of Israel's features.
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/Flash90)
October 7, 2026, 2:25 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 7 – 3 years to Hamas attack, Israel is both more secure and more vulnerable
Guided by the question of whether what’s happening right now is a stalemate or a new normal, diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman delves into all fronts affected by the war
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
The New York Times columnist Bret Stephens joins ToI deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan for this week's A Mandatory Listen podcast. (ToI)
October 6, 2026, 8:08 pm
A Mandatory Listen – Bret Stephens: Israel regained deterrence. The US lost it
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
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Bret Stephens
Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/Flash90)
October 6, 2026, 3:06 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 6 – Echoes of Oct. 7 in the failures exposed by flydubai near-disaster
Editor David Horovitz on the unbelievable yet true saga of terrorism and heroism in the air, and a deep dive into the state of the nation’s spirit 3 years after the Hamas onslaught
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/IDF)
October 5, 2026, 1:50 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 5 – Will IDF’s Oct. 7 lessons learned in blood be implemented?
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian updates us on a strike on Gaza’s de facto leader and how the military is recognizing its failures while adapting to new realities
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
2004's 'Ushpizin' is the featured film for this week's The Reel Schmooze podcast. (courtesy)
October 3, 2026, 11:14 am
‘Ushpizin’: An unforgettable homage to the most beautiful etrog of all
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor step into a sukkah in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim for this week’s adventure
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
Author and public intellectual Dr. Micah Goodman joins ToI deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan on this week's A Mandatory Listen. (ToI)
October 1, 2026, 5:11 pm
A Mandatory Listen – Micah Goodman: The one issue that unites America’s radical left and right
In the second episode of our new podcast series, the public intellectual joins Amanda Borschel-Dan to probe the hidden reason why ‘self-loathing’ Americans all have a final solution for Israel
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Founding editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/ Boarding1Now/iStock/Screenshot via Google Maps)
September 30, 2026, 2:33 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 30 – Israelis land safely in Saudi Arabia after suspected plane terror
Editor David Horovitz on the developing facts surrounding the redirected flydubai flight, rare condemnations following extremist settler violence, and electioneering 4 weeks from vote
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/AP)
September 28, 2026, 1:53 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 28 – ToI’s military correspondent reviews ‘NAZA’
Fresh off the IDF’s newest submarine, military correspondent Emanuel Fabian updates us on strikes on terrorists in Gaza and southern Lebanon and gives insight into the controversial new film
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/AP)
September 27, 2026, 2:56 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 27 – The curious timing of the Oct. 7 allegations against the PM
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on what was said — and not — during Netanyahu’s 40-minute United Nations speech and what is happening — and not — in the Iran war
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
The first film to include spoken dialogue, 1927's 'The Jazz Singer,' is the focus of this week's The Reel Schmooze. (courtesy)
September 26, 2026, 11:28 am
‘The Jazz Singer’: How the world’s first ‘talkie’ could not be more Jewy
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor delve into the 1927 Al Jolson tale of a cantor’s son who just had to put on black face to make it to Broadway
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
NY correspondent Luke Tress and US bureau chief Jacob Magid join host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/AP)
September 25, 2026, 11:49 am
Daily Briefing Sept. 25 – The PM’s speech: Fiery rhetoric, inside and outside the UN
US bureau chief Jacob Magid and NY correspondent Luke Tress on the theatrics and props used by Netanyahu, PA President Abbas and the diverse array of protesters at the UN General Assembly
By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Jacob Magid and Luke Tress
Founding editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/Flash90)
September 24, 2026, 2:40 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 24 – Did Israel just bar all Arab political parties from running? Not so fast
Editor David Horovitz on the West Bank ramming attack on Israel’s US envoy’s son, anti-Israel rhetoric at the UN General Assembly, and political campaigns, five weeks until elections
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz
ToI senior analyst joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for the inaugural A Mandatory Listen podcast series. (ToI)
September 23, 2026, 5:27 pm
A Mandatory Listen – Haviv Rettig Gur: Is the IDF justified in picking off Hamas terrorists?
In the first episode of our new podcast series, ToI’s senior analyst joins Amanda Borschel-Dan to take on the morality of the operations hunting down all who perpetrated the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Haviv Rettig Gur
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/Flash90)
September 20, 2026, 12:50 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 20 – IDF bolsters forces on all fronts ahead of Yom Kippur
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on continued targeted killings of Hamas’s October 7 operatives, increased rebuilding at an Iranian nuclear site, and a presidential pardon for Elor Azaria
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
This week's The Reel Schmooze podcast features the new documentary, 'You Had To Be There.' (courtesy)
September 19, 2026, 10:49 am
‘You Had To Be There’: How a musical about Jesus shaped Jewish comedy
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor delve into the delightful romp that documents the 1972 Toronto production of ‘Godspell,’ starring a constellation of fledgling Jewish greats
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
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