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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.
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
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
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
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
Tel Aviv University Prof. Dan Ben David joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on this week's What Matters Now podcast. (Courtesy/Flash90)
August 5, 2026, 7:02 pm
Dan Ben-David: Israel is on the brink of a spiral of collapse
The prominent economist explains how a complete overhaul of the education system is needed to stave off an almost inevitable economic downfall
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI)
August 5, 2026, 1:59 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 5 – Inside Israel’s fortifications on the Gaza Yellow Line
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on the conclusions from the IDF investigation into the deadly gunfight in Tell, plus an explosive week for the defense minister and IDF chief of staff
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing. (AP/ToI)
August 3, 2026, 1:53 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 3 – Israel in the dark as Trump adopts Saudi-first policy
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on stalemate facing US as it again attempts diplomacy with Iran, and mounting international frustration with Israel’s slow-walk to adopt Gaza deal
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
Mideast expert Ksenia Svetlova joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (courtesy/ToI/AP)
August 2, 2026, 1:10 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 2 – Saudis talk Trump down from Iran strike… for now
Mideast expert Ksenia Svetlova on the current chances for Saudi-Israel normalization, why Egypt didn’t enter the conflict with Iran, and Arab world reactions to the Hamas disarmament deal
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Ksenia Svetlova
This week's The Reel Schmooze podcast features Billy Wilder's 1944 'Double Indemnity.' (courtesy)
August 1, 2026, 12:06 pm
‘Double Indemnity’: Billy Wilder’s film noir masterpiece
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor discuss the 1944 release that help launch a genre and put the Jewish refugee from Europe on on the movie-making map
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing. (ToI/AP)
July 31, 2026, 5:51 pm
Daily Briefing July 31 – As Hamas agrees to lay down weapons, Israel is up in arms
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on Thursday’s announcement by US President Donald Trump that the Gaza-based terror group is ready for ‘complete disarmament,’ and its reception — so far
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
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