Editors' Note

Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for March 14–March 21

1. Hamas
2. Jewish Identity
3. Trump Administration
4. Orthodox Judaism
5. Mahmoud Khalil
6. Columbia University
7. Netanyahu
8. Jewish History
9. Jewish Community
10. Protests

March 21's Short Reads

Recent podcast episodes

Mark Gottlieb and Anna Moreland on Judaism, Christianity, and Forgiveness

20 Mar · Tikvah

Why was a Toronto suspect released on bail after being charged with terrorism-related hate crimes against Jews?

20 Mar · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

Will Ireland Finally Stop Paying Lip Service When it Comes to Combating Antisemitism?

20 Mar · People of the Pod

Inflation, the Economy, and Drugs

20 Mar · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Remembering a global genealogist, a Romanian survivor, B'nai Brith's CEO and more community builders recently lost

19 Mar · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

From Tel Aviv to the Venice Biennale and back: How an Israeli artist took a stand on Gaza

16 Mar · Haaretz Weekly

3/22/25 – Shiur 506 – The Battle over the Character of Israel – supporting progressive values or supporting Torah. How to handle Reform Judaism’s attacks against Torah observance

17 Mar · Halacha Headlines

Jonathan Dekel-Chen: My Son was a Hostage in Gaza for 43 Million Seconds. He Felt Every One.

17 Mar · 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers

On Censorship

17 Mar · Tel Aviv Review

Israel urges 60,000 evacuated residents to move back to the battered north: some fear it's still not safe

17 Mar · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

15 Things Just That Happened

17 Mar · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

#93: Ultimate Reward and Punishment: Rambam’s Magisterial Essay Part 1 + TORCH Fundraiser

18 Mar · Torah 101

How to Be a Jew ... At the World Championships

19 Mar · Unorthodox

Israel at War – War and Corruption

19 Mar · For Heaven's Sake

Lighting Up Gaza

18 Mar · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Eitan Hersh: Can the Jewish Left Talk With the Jewish Right? [Outreach: Bonus]

18 Mar · 18forty

'Mahmoud Khalil is no Mother Teresa - but there are laws in America'

18 Mar · Haaretz Weekly

Trump, Year Zero

19 Mar · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

How Universities Lost Their Way, With Cary Nelson

20 Mar · Unorthodox

Ceasefire Collapse and Constitutional Crisis With Dan Meridor

19 Mar · Israel Policy Pod

Hasid or Hipster?

20 Mar · Bonjour Chai

3 of the 4 top NCAA basketball teams are coached by Jews. Here's our theory why

19 Mar · Menschwarmers

What Matters Now to David Horovitz: Terrible external threats, tremendous internal division

20 Mar · What Matters Now

Parsha Flow: Parsha to Parsha Flow

20 Mar · Jewish History Uncensored