Editors' Note

Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for March 29–April 5

1. Jewish Identity
2. Hamas
3. Zionism
4. Jewish Community
5. Trump Administration
6. Passover
7. Jewish History
8. Middle East
9. Holocaust
10. Donald Trump

April 5's Short Reads

Recent podcast episodes

The Samter Family: American Parents With Israeli Sons Fighting in Gaza [Divergence 2/6]

1 Apr 2025 · 18forty

The Star of David: A Symbol That Means Everything—and Nothing

4 Apr 2025 · Jewish History Nerds

Canada has a secret list of suspected Nazis. This historian found the files online

3 Apr 2025 · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

Tevi Troy on How Republican Administrations Argue about Israel

4 Apr 2025 · Tikvah

Between Diplomacy and Commemoration: The Origins of the Study of Antisemitism

31 Mar 2025 · Tel Aviv Review

The Two Faces of Trump

31 Mar 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Mosheh Lichtenstein: 'Jewish values don't celebrate might'

31 Mar 2025 · 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers

How to Be a Jew … Like Ayelet Zurer

2 Apr 2025 · Unorthodox

The Samter Family: American Parents With Israeli Sons Fighting in Gaza [Divergence 2/4]

1 Apr 2025 · 18forty

Israel at War – Believe it or Not

2 Apr 2025 · For Heaven's Sake

April Fool's: Kamala Harris

1 Apr 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

'In Israel, we now have crumbs of democracy, not real democracy'

1 Apr 2025 · Haaretz Weekly

Why God Was Right, with Mark Gerson

3 Apr 2025 · Unorthodox

Jewish Canadians in Israel could impact election results back home

2 Apr 2025 · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

What Matters Now to author Dara Horn: Why Jews are the eternal scapegoat

2 Apr 2025 · What Matters Now

Musk, Stefanik, Liberation from What?

2 Apr 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

The “Status Quo Post” Edition

3 Apr 2025 · Promised Podcast

The Star of David: A Symbol That Means Everything—and Nothing

3 Apr 2025 · Jewish History Nerds

Conscious Uncoupling

4 Apr 2025 · Bonjour Chai

Well, He Did It

3 Apr 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Barbara Leaf on the Middle East Crisis

3 Apr 2025 · Israel Policy Pod

Israel’s nightmare scenario: 'Netanyahu is up to his neck in criminal investigations as war rages'

3 Apr 2025 · Haaretz Weekly

This Often Forgotten 1929 Massacre is Key to Understanding the Current Israel-Palestinian Conflict

3 Apr 2025 · People of the Pod

WZO Elections Controversy

3 Apr 2025 · Jewish History Uncensored

Baseball's back, so here are the MLB's top Jewish players

3 Apr 2025 · Menschwarmers

Q&A with Rabbi Dweck | Kitniyot, Shlissel Challa, Switching from Ashkenazi to Sepharadi (April 2025)

3 Apr 2025 · The Habura

The Star of David: A Symbol That Means Everything—and Nothing

4 Apr 2025 · Jewish History Nerds

How Did We Get Here?

4 Apr 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

4/5/25 – Shiur 508 – What does “Daas Torah” really mean and does it have anything to do with the WZO Election?

4 Apr 2025 · Halacha Headlines

The Samter Family: American Parents With Israeli Sons Fighting in Gaza [Divergence 2/5]

1 Apr 2025 · 18forty

The Star of David: A Symbol That Means Everything—and Nothing

4 Apr 2025 · Jewish History Nerds

Israel at War – Believe it or Not

2 Apr 2025 · For Heaven's Sake

Israel at War – Believe it or Not

2 Apr 2025 · For Heaven's Sake