Editors' Note

Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for January 17–January 24

1. Hamas
2. Hostages
3. Ceasefire
4. Gaza
5. Donald Trump
6. Jewish Identity
7. Jewish Community
8. Holocaust
9. Middle East
10. Israeli Palestinian Conflict

January 24's Short Reads

Recent podcast episodes

Haym Soloveitchik: The Rupture and Reconstruction of Halacha (Halacha Series Re-Release)

21 Jan 2025 · 18forty

Find out why this Canadian city’s Jewish Federation just joined an American security network

22 Jan 2025 · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

Scrutinizing the Gaza Ceasefire Deal

22 Jan 2025 · On the Nose

Where Water Is Scarce and History Is Rich

20 Jan 2025 · Tel Aviv Review

Canadian families of freed hostages relieved but lament how long it has taken

20 Jan 2025 · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

Re-President Trump

20 Jan 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Natan Sharansky: 'If you don't have faith or Zionism, your grandchildren will not be Jewish'

20 Jan 2025 · 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers

You Gotta Take the Good with the Bad

21 Jan 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

How to be a Jew … and a pragmatist

22 Jan 2025 · Unorthodox

'You can forgive and seek justice at the same time': Robert Enright on how to learn forgiveness

21 Jan 2025 · Not That Kind of Rabbi

Israeli Hostages Freed: Inside the Emotional Reunions, High-Stakes Negotiations, and What’s Next

21 Jan 2025 · People of the Pod

Hostages Returned, Hamas Recovered, and Trump Restored

21 Jan 2025 · Israel Policy Pod

'All of Israel is hugging the hostages, but the government isn't'

22 Jan 2025 · Haaretz Weekly

The Good, the Bad, and the Trumpy

22 Jan 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Death & Community: Jewish Burial Societies

22 Jan 2025 · Adventures in Jewish Studies

Israel in Ceasefire — They’re Returning, Where Are We Going?

22 Jan 2025 · For Heaven's Sake

Saving Western Values: Rotherham and the Perils of Multiculturalism with Melanie Phillips

23 Jan 2025 · Unorthodox

Ross Douthat and Meir Soloveichik on the State of American Belief

24 Jan 2025 · Tikvah

The Trump Immigration Fire Hose

23 Jan 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

What Matters Now to Adir Miller and mom Marianne: Getting the last laugh after the Holocaust

23 Jan 2025 · What Matters Now

The Gaza Ceasefire

23 Jan 2025 · Jewish History Uncensored

The “Word” Edition

23 Jan 2025 · Promised Podcast

The Oldest Holocaust Survivor Siblings: A Tale of Family, Survival, and Hope

23 Jan 2025 · People of the Pod

ANNE FRANK

23 Jan 2025 · Jewish Lives

How Local Power Shapes Everything

24 Jan 2025 · JCRC Boston Leaders Unplugged

1/25/25 – Shiur 499 – The Hostage Ransom – Negotiation or Capitulation?

24 Jan 2025 · Halacha Headlines

How to be a Jew … and a pragmatist

22 Jan 2025 · Unorthodox

Saving Western Values: Rotherham and the Perils of Multiculturalism with Melanie Phillips

23 Jan 2025 · Unorthodox

'You can forgive and seek justice at the same time': Robert Enright on how to learn forgiveness

21 Jan 2025 · Not That Kind of Rabbi

'You can forgive and seek justice at the same time': Robert Enright on how to learn forgiveness

21 Jan 2025 · Not That Kind of Rabbi

Israel in Ceasefire — They’re Returning, Where Are We Going?

22 Jan 2025 · For Heaven's Sake

Israel in Ceasefire — They’re Returning, Where Are We Going?

22 Jan 2025 · For Heaven's Sake