Editors' Note

Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for August 5–August 12

1. Hamas
2. Kamala Harris
3. Tim Walz
4. Jewish Community
5. Hezbollah
6. Jewish History
7. Gaza
8. Holocaust
9. Iran
10. Josh Shapiro

August 12's Short Reads

Recent podcast episodes

AYN RAND

7 Aug 2024 · Jewish Lives

Mark His Words, There's a Race

7 Aug 2024 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

VP Picks, Media Bias, and Antisemitism: The 2024 U.S. Election and Its Impact on Israel and the Jewish People

8 Aug 2024 · People of the Pod

#200 - Understanding Tisha B’Av & National Tragedy

8 Aug 2024 · Jewish History Uncensored

The Killing of Ismail Haniyeh

9 Aug 2024 · On the Nose

Trump Speaks and Sinwar Might Break

9 Aug 2024 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

On Loss: Defending Israel on Oct. 7

11 Aug 2024 · 18forty

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: How to relax in your bomb shelter

8 Aug 2024 · What Matters Now

Mary Darling reflects on conflict and division from the Baha'i headquarters in Haifa

7 Aug 2024 · Not That Kind of Rabbi

Our Favorite Speeches

12 Aug 2024 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Josh Kraushaar on the Democratic Party’s Veepstakes and American Jewry

8 Aug 2024 · Tikvah

Can the Gaza War Bridge the Secular-Haredi Military Draft Divide?

12 Aug 2024 · Decision Points

No, Ethan Katzberg is not Jewish—but here are all the Olympic medalists who are

12 Aug 2024 · Menschwarmers

Who kicked this ‘devastated’ Jewish volunteer out of London’s JCC?

9 Aug 2024 · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

Mary Darling reflects on conflict and division from the Baha'i headquarters in Haifa

7 Aug 2024 · Not That Kind of Rabbi

Wall-to-Waller

8 Aug 2024 · Unorthodox

The Escalating Regional War

7 Aug 2024 · On the Nose

Who kicked this ‘devastated’ Jewish volunteer out of London’s JCC?

9 Aug 2024 · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

From the archives: How to mark the Tisha b'Av holiday of mourning after Oct. 7

12 Aug 2024 · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

No, Ethan Katzberg is not Jewish—but here are all the Olympic medalists who are

12 Aug 2024 · Menschwarmers

From the archives: How to mark the Tisha b'Av holiday of mourning after Oct. 7

12 Aug 2024 · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

The Desert: A Cultural History

12 Aug 2024 · Tel Aviv Review

8/10/24 – Shiur 478 – Extremism – What causes Chareidi extremism? Is it a bad thing? What about Hilltop Youth extremism against Arabs?

9 Aug 2024 · Halacha Headlines

Now we wait - with special guest Suzanne Maloney

9 Aug 2024 · Unholy: Two Jews on the News

The Podcast of Laughter and Forgetting

8 Aug 2024 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Efraim Inbar: 'Israel doesn't use enough force'

12 Aug 2024 · 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers

The “Serene & Calm” Edition

8 Aug 2024 · Promised Podcast

Now We Wait - with Suzanne Maloney

9 Aug 2024 · Unholy: Two Jews on the News

Now We Wait - with Suzanne Maloney

9 Aug 2024 · Unholy: Two Jews on the News

Mary Darling reflects on conflict and division from the Baha'i headquarters in Haifa

7 Aug 2024 · Not That Kind of Rabbi

Mary Darling reflects on conflict and division from the Baha'i headquarters in Haifa

7 Aug 2024 · Not That Kind of Rabbi