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 160 - General's mic drop as Blinken gives IDF new 'orders'
Day 159 - By land, air and sea, humanitarian aid rushed to Gaza
Day 158 - Tel Aviv markets optimistic; rabbinical threat over Haredi draft
Day 157 - And the Oscar goes to... the Hamas propaganda machine
Day 156 - A deep dive into the ongoing IDF operations in Gaza
Day 155 - Hope floats? How the US is building a dock off Gaza
Day 154 - East Jlemites expect different kind of Ramadan
Day 153 - Oct. 7 & Meron disaster: A pattern of poor leadership?
Day 152 - Gantz wraps up US trip, with questionable results
Day 151 - Where is world outcry after UN finds hostages are raped?
Day 150 - Israel pushes aid into Gaza. So why isn't it delivered?
Day 149 - Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the 'other' bad guys in Gaza
Day 148 - Why US-airdropped aid to Gaza is a drop in the bucket
Day 147 - Chain of events of deadly stampede in Gaza unraveled
Day 146 - Sinwar claims Hamas is winning the war. Here's why
Day 145 - Israel's conflict with Iran comes into focus in Syria
Day 144 - Israelis cast votes in local elections, amid war
Day 143 - Hostage talks continue in Qatar, at steady pace
Day 142 - As Gaza war winds down, winds of war blow in north
Day 141 - Wanted: Clans to run Gaza & more of PM's postwar plan
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