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Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for December 12–December 19

December 19's Short Reads

Rationalist Judaism Who is Providing Zechusim for Whom?
Forward Brooklyn man sentenced to prison for robbing matzo factory ahead of Passover
Forward A scaled-back Israeli delegation is headed to the Pan American Maccabi Games in Argentina
Lehrhaus Catastrophic Miracles and Miraculous Catastrophes: The Torah of Pregnancy in Tazria and Toldot
Forward Israeli spies running for office? Missouri attorney general candidate adopts conspiracy theory, derails own campaign
Jewish Insider Israel remains committed to a long-term timetable to take out Hamas despite growing U.S. impatience 
Jewish Insider Jewish communal leaders still committed to DEI framework, despite widespread criticism
Tablet To Live and Die for Artsakh
Tablet Our False Partners
Tablet If I Must Die …
Tablet An Ancient Fast Day’s Modern Resonance
Jewish Insider Mazi Melesa Pilip discusses her policy platform in pivotal special election 
Future of Jewish Why can’t Israelis and Palestinians just get along?
Forward Birthright is resuming its free trips to Israel for the first time since Oct. 7
Forward If Israel won’t help Palestinian olive farmers, American Jews should
Lilith Thirteen Ways of Looking at Your Dying Mother.
Emes Ve-Emunah Sophie's Choice
Forward That 98-year-old man on drums at the White House Hanukkah party? A Holocaust survivor fulfilling a dream
Forward How psychic numbing can limit comprehension of the Oct. 7 attacks
Kveller This Mother of a Hostage Is Doing Everything She Can to Bring Him Home
Forward She'd never played a Jewish character before. Then, a hit play about antisemitism came along.
Forward Suspect arrested in antisemitic attack outside Washington, DC synagogue
Forward As Israel fights Hamas, activists on the right are calling to rebuild settlements in Gaza
Forward A leading Religious Zionist rabbi says Israelis have reconnected with Judaism after Oct. 7. He hopes it will stick.
Kveller How My Jewish Daughter Changed My Thinking on Tattoos
Forward The best Jewish books of 2023
Forward Why I am grateful to Ady Barkan — a man who always told it straight
eJewishPhilanthropy What is essential?
Forward Israel and Hamas set to resume indirect talks as fallout continues from IDF killing of 3 hostages
eJewishPhilanthropy 10 years on, the impact of Biden’s Holocaust survivor initiative is still growing
Future of Jewish Hope at a Time of Hopelessness
Jewish Insider For one acclaimed Egyptian author and activist, speaking out against Hamas has come with a price
Jewish Insider Tom Suozzi argues he’ll be a Democratic bulwark against the hard left in Congress
Tablet Arise and Rebuild
Tablet Jewish Voices for Hate
Tablet The Schnoz
Forward Hundreds of US synagogues receive bomb threats as spree continues despite arrests
Jewschool All Our Relations

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