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Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for January 24–January 31

  1. Jewish Community
  2. Hamas
  3. Israel Hamas War
  4. Jewish Identity
  5. Gaza
  6. Holocaust
  7. Jewish History
  8. Holocaust Survivors
  9. Jon Stewart
  10. International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 31's Short Reads

Moment Red Sea Rebels: Yemen and the Houthis with Michael Knights and Nadine Epstein
Ami Through Reason and Niggun // A conversation with the renowned mechanech and composer Rabbi Pinchas Breier
Ami Is Egypt Helping or Harming in Gaza?// With distrust on both sides, the future is in question
Ami The Rothchilds House of Conspiracy // How a Jewish family’s business success made them a target of conspiracy theories for nearly three centuries
Ami The Rothchilds House of Conspiracy // How a Jewish family’s business success made them a target of conspiracy theories for nearly three centuries
Ami Know Them by Their Mannequins // The World could use a Reality Check
JTA US is ‘hopeful’ for a truce in Gaza as Netanyahu says ‘total victory’ is the only option
Tablet Why America’s Richest Universities Are Protecting Hate-Filled Foreign Students
Tablet Harvard’s Derek Penslar Helps Make the World Safer for Antisemitism
Jewish Insider Qatar’s two-faced approach to hostage diplomacy divides Israeli officials, American Jewish leaders
Future of Jewish 3 Things People Don't Realize About Antisemitism
JTA A 19th-century painting of the Western Wall could fetch $3M at Sotheby’s
JTA Elliot Resnick, former Jewish Press editor, pleads guilty to Jan. 6 felony
Forward 5 things to know about UNRWA, whose sole mission is to aid Palestinians
JTA Delaware school district promises changes in response to federal probe of antisemitic bullying
New Voices Saying Hamotzi Over Challah and Gumbo
JTA Israeli peace group Standing Together says calls to boycott its work are ‘infuriating’
Forward With Gazans starving and freezing, the US withholding funds from UNRWA is unconscionable
Kveller ‘Love Is Blind’ Jewish Star Alexa Lemieux Expecting Her First Child
Forward Why a Jewish artist thinks his exhibit's cancellation is evidence of censorship and antisemitism
Lilith A Legacy of Mildred Weissman’s Delight in Art
Forward Magnificent new Judaica gallery at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts
Mishpacha A Tefillah and an Admission
Mishpacha Inflated
Mishpacha Bent Reeds
Mishpacha Tante Ruchel
Mishpacha A Chassidic Label for Rav Leibel
Mishpacha It Could Have Been Worse
Mishpacha Coming Down to the Wire   
Mishpacha Yerushalayim, Your City
Mishpacha As Long as I Love    
Mishpacha Family First Inbox: Issue 879
Rationalist Judaism A Dangerous Fantasy
Emes Ve-Emunah Charedim That Are Closet Centrists
JTA Jewish service can support recovery efforts in Israel and sustain Jewish life in North America
Moment ICJ Decision Puts Ball in Bibi’s Court: Israel Must Show It’s Complying with International Law
Kveller Tali, A Singer With Israeli Roots, Will Represent Luxembourg at the 2024 Eurovision Contest
JTA When Judaism didn’t offer rituals for a stillbirth, a grieving couple created their own
Jewish Chronicle Paris chefs who served in the IDF face a new battle – keeping their restaurants open
The Beinart Notebook Fadi Quran on Watching the World Watch Gaza’s Destruction
eJewishPhilanthropy What does Israel education look like post-Oct. 7? 
Future of Jewish It's time to stop enabling and coddling the Palestinians.
JTA Holocaust and Srebrenica survivors launch Jewish-Muslim effort to prevent genocides
Moment The Soul of Israel: Lost in Translation with Daniel Gordis and Amy E. Schwartz
Forward My grandchild, the light of my life (poem)
Forward Lyft lets go of driver who allegedly assaulted a DC rabbi and Chabad scion
Tablet Grandma’s Got the Cure
Jewish Insider Dept. of Ed. civil rights chief ‘astounded’ by antisemitic incidents at U.S. schools, universities
Tablet The Unbearable Fakeness of Film Reviews
Forward Why this Palestinian restaurant hosted Shabbat for the neighborhood
Future of Jewish The Perils of Calling Everything 'Political'
JTA Feds charge Massachusetts man for calls threatening Jews with ‘genocide’
Forward Both sides claimed ICJ ruling as a victory
JTA Tovah Feldshuh, Debra Messing and more Jewish stars perform at first-ever ‘Shabbat on Broadway’ show
Forward A beloved rabbi committed sexual misconduct. Here's why the reckoning needs to be public
Forward We must continue to support Israel’s war — and honestly grapple with tough questions from critics
Forward Suspect arrested for violent threats against Massachusetts synagogues
Forward Man arrested after brandishing knife at kosher supermarket in Golders Green, London
Forward Video: Both Sephardis and Ashkenazis celebrated Ladino Day here

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