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Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for December 7–December 14

December 14's Short Reads

Moment How the “Woke” Movement is Undermining its own Goals and Unintentionally Pushing Society to the Right with Susan Neiman and Robert Siegel
Jewschool Exile in the Land
Future of Jewish Ceasefire Now: A Disaster for the West
Tablet Iran Sponsored the October 7 Massacre. America Paid for It.
Jewish Insider Judaica sales surge as community members seek ‘a little Jewish joy’ during a difficult time
Tablet The Brief Reign of ‘Kid Dropper,’ the Lower East Side Gang Leader
Jewish Insider Voices against Hamas growing louder as war in Gaza continues
Forward Suspect charged with murder in death of Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll
Forward Guy Stern, WWII ‘Ritchie Boy’ who became renowned Holocaust scholar, dies at 101
Forward In Israel, armed neighborhood-watch groups proliferate since Oct. 7
Forward Should Harvard and MIT fire their presidents? Either way, it’s bad for the Jews
Forward Families of American hostages meet with Biden in person for the first time
Forward ‘How can we ever go back to being anything like we were before?’
Forward Jew-hating is not a new feminist phenomenon
Forward Is an intifada in France inevitable? Peut-être
Forward Will it be OK? David Broza has done 116 pop-up concerts since war broke out saying it will
Forward Food fight in a Yale dining hall: couscous or ‘Israeli couscous’?
Moment Memoir | Seeing Green in Southern Israel
Moment Video Essay | Volunteers Head South to Help Israeli Agriculture
Forward ‘Nothing will separate between us’: After Israel’s bloodiest day since Oct. 7, thousands pay their respects to a fallen commander
Kveller ‘Round and Round’ Is Hallmark’s Best Hanukkah Movie Yet
Emes Ve-Emunah Biden and Netanyahu
Moment From 2005 | Ask the Rabbis: Should Jewish Children Sing Christmas Carols
Forward Who are the courageous and who are the weak? Viewing the war through the lens of a Hanukkah prayer
Forward The final act of genocide is its denial
Forward A rising South African cricket star dedicated an award to Israel. Then he was investigated for hate speech.
Forward The debate over what should happen in Gaza after the war, explained
Forward Dutch mayor refuses to be photographed with Israeli ambassador at Hanukkah event, setting off media frenzy
Forward UN General Assembly calls for ceasefire in Gaza war, with Israel and US objecting
Kveller This Kristin Chenoweth Hanukkah Song Is So Epic
Kveller We Were Supposed to Have a Christmas Baby. Instead, We Got a Hanukkah Miracle.
Jewish Chronicle Recipe: Grandma Rosalia’s knish-ish, cinnamon-spiced fried buns
Jewish Chronicle Rosalia’s knish-ish, potato and onion fried buns
eJewishPhilanthropy Planning for an unknown future
Forward White House to brief Jewish Congress members as it seeks funding for antisemitism strategy
Moment Women Speak Out: Confronting War, Rape, and the Rise in Hate: An Interfaith Conversation with Zainab Khan, Shirin Taber, Heidi Basch-Harod and Nadine Epstein
Ami The View from the UK // A conversation with Security Minister Tom Tugendhat
Ami Closer Look-Threats on Campus // How seriously is anti-Semitic behavior on college campuses threatening Jewish students? Can anything be done about it?
Ami Menachem Cinner // DuraFrost, SpreadX, Mold Specialists
Ami Dastardly Digital Deception // Deepfakes come to Gaza
Forward Austrian teen arrested for alleged plan to attack Vienna synagogue
Forward Kanye West’s album with antisemitic lyric and long list of famous collaborators on track to debut Friday
Tablet Once I’m Gone
Tablet Sephardic Jews Make Global Connections
Forward Far-right lawmaker shocks Polish parliament by using fire extinguisher on menorah
Forward Rutgers University suspends Students for Justice in Palestine amid further campus uproar over Israel
Kveller Son of October 7 Victims Returns to Kibbutz Be’eri to Light Menorah Found in Rubble
Jewish Currents Israel’s “Humanitarian” Expulsion - The Israeli right is capitalizing on the aftermath of October 7th to build support for a permanent transfer of Palestinians out of Gaza.
Forward ‘Really different from Tel Aviv’: Meet the Israeli last-minute addition to West Virginia University’s basketball team

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