Editors' Note

Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for January 10–January 17

1. Hamas
2. Jewish Identity
3. Gaza
4. Ceasefire
5. Middle East
6. Hostages
7. Jewish Community
8. Netanyahu
9. Donald Trump
10. Jewish History

January 17's Short Reads

Recent podcast episodes

How Israel is preparing to get the hostages back beginning Sunday

16 Jan 2025 · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

We walked through the Royal Ontario Museum’s new Auschwitz exhibit. Hear what’s inside

13 Jan 2025 · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

Can we Forgive Our Worst Enemies? Should We? With R.R. Reno

14 Jan 2025 · Unorthodox

Is the Hostage Deal a Disaster? with Gadi Taub

16 Jan 2025 · Unorthodox

UPDATE: How to Be a Jew … in Los Angeles right now

15 Jan 2025 · Unorthodox

The Wrath of Rothman

15 Jan 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Hamas's survival is Gaza's tragedy

16 Jan 2025 · What Matters Now

Listener Feedback with David Bashevkin

14 Jan 2025 · 18forty

Israel Baseball back in the spotlight with a new documentary

15 Jan 2025 · Menschwarmers

'In war, there's also the psychological struggle of parents who can't provide safety'

13 Jan 2025 · Haaretz Weekly

Progressive Failures, Media Failures

13 Jan 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Can we Forgive Our Worst Enemies? Should We? With R.R. Reno

14 Jan 2025 · Unorthodox

Gary Topp ushered Toronto into the cultural future—and he’s still making alternative history

13 Jan 2025 · Not That Kind of Rabbi

Shayna Goldberg: Inside Israel’s Religious Zionist Community (18Forty Podcast Re-Release)

13 Jan 2025 · 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers

Bad Deal

14 Jan 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Pending hostage release deal will be 'excruciating and painful' for everyone, says Israeli Ambassador to Canada

14 Jan 2025 · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

Announcement: Thursday Release

14 Jan 2025 · For Heaven's Sake

See the world through the eyes of an autistic poet in a new exhibit by Adam Wolfond and Estée Klar

14 Jan 2025 · Culturally Jewish

UPDATE: How to Be a Jew … in Los Angeles right now

15 Jan 2025 · Unorthodox

Se’adya Gaon: The Geonic Pillar of Al-Andalus - Jackson Gardner

13 Jan 2025 · The Habura

What could still go wrong with the Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage release deal?

15 Jan 2025 · Haaretz Weekly

1/18/25 – Shiur 498 – Should each community have a “Rebbetzin” to teach, advise and inspire the women?

16 Jan 2025 · Halacha Headlines

The “Ending this F*#!ing War” Edition

16 Jan 2025 · Promised Podcast

Carter’s Israeli Admirers + Midrash and Mesora

16 Jan 2025 · Jewish History Uncensored

The Hostage-Ceasefire Deal

16 Jan 2025 · Israel Policy Pod

Israel at War – Coming Home

16 Jan 2025 · For Heaven's Sake

Michael Doran on Jimmy Carter and the Middle East

17 Jan 2025 · Tikvah

Is the Hostage Deal a Disaster? with Gadi Taub

16 Jan 2025 · Unorthodox

Bring Them Home: Understanding the Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal and Its Impact

16 Jan 2025 · People of the Pod

BidenGPT and More on the Deal

16 Jan 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Gary Topp ushered Toronto into the cultural future—and he’s still making alternative history

13 Jan 2025 · Not That Kind of Rabbi

Gary Topp ushered Toronto into the cultural future—and he’s still making alternative history

13 Jan 2025 · Not That Kind of Rabbi

Israel at War – Coming Home

16 Jan 2025 · For Heaven's Sake

Israel at War – Coming Home

16 Jan 2025 · For Heaven's Sake