Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
It is day 203 of the war with Hamas. Yeshiva University president Rabbi Ari Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's special in-depth interview episode.
Berman was in Israel when Hamas invaded Israel's south on October 7, slaughtering 1,200 and taking 253 individuals hostage to Gaza. He told The Times of Israel this week that he felt called to return to New York, where he heads Modern Orthodoxy's flagship institution, and began immediately call on his university head peers to form a broad coalition to condemn the massacre and ensuing suffering.
More than 100 institutions of higher education, including public and private, faith-based, and historically Black colleges and universities, signed onto a a statement saying that they stood "with Israel, the Palestinians who suffer under Hamas' cruel rule in Gaza and all people of moral conscience."
Today, as violent anti-Israel protests are erupting on campuses throughout the United States, Berman shares his insights into the failings of the educators who allowed them to proliferate.
For the latest updates, please see The Times of Israel’s ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
Hundreds arrested across US campuses as police clamp down on anti-Israel protests
US Catholic universities offer campuses as refuge for ‘harassed’ Jewish students
THOSE WE HAVE LOST: Civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas's onslaught on Israel
THOSE WE ARE MISSING: The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown
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IMAGE: Yeshiva University head Rabbi Ari Berman (Yeshiva University)
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Day 224: PM crisis looms with post-Gaza plans, Haredi draft
Day 223 - Gallant (again) delivers an explosive speech. Now what?
Day 222 - Gaza heats up as Independence Day marked alternatively
Day 221 - Why a 43-year-old rabbi joined the IDF post-Oct. 7
Day 220 - A day of reckoning as Israel observes Memorial Day
Day 219 - IDF preps more Rafah ops while fighting in Gaza's north
IDF expands Rafah operation, US okay with it so far
Day 217 - Blinken report to exonerate Israel; will US arms follow?
Day 216 - Biden drops bombshell, Hamas’s duplicitous ‘deal’
Day 215 - What is Israelis' top priority: War or hostages?
Day 214 - Has the IDF crossed the Rubicon into Rafah?
Day 213: War at a crossroads as IDF orders partial Rafah evacuation
Day 212 - Oct. 7 victims' graves reopened to ID more burnt corpses
Day 211 - Are US high schools the next Gaza war battleground?
Day 210 - Turkey halts all trade with Israel after 75 years of commerce
Day 209 - Blinken delivers bear hug while warning against Rafah op
Day 208 - Strong political reactions to proposed hostage deal
Day 207 - Ball in Hamas's court again for hostage release deal
Day 206 - How seriously should we view the US campus protests?
Day 205 - As Hezbollah rattles sabers, what are its capabilities?
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