JL;DR

Daily Podcasts Video Research

for Sunday, May 4, 2025

Ethics ›

0 Ethics Science

The Other Sharks Out There

Natan Slifkin in Rationalist Judaism

Natan Slifkin recounts receiving a suspicious legal threat concerning a supposed copyright infringement involving a snow leopard photograph included in his sample chapter of "The Torah Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom."

Television/Film ›

0 Television/Film Culture

How Jews shaped the Western – and how the Western shaped Jews

Olivia Haynie in Forward

Jewish influence on the Western movie genre is explored in Jonathan Friedmann's new book, "Chai Noon: Jews and the Cinematic Wild West."

Communities ›

0 Communities Jewish Law

We are at a critical moment in American Jewry.

Z.E. Silver in Future of Jewish

The decline of Conservative Judaism in America is explored through the lens of both its historical origins and contemporary challenges.

Culture ›

0 Culture History

Cardinals are Catholic not Jewish — so why do they all wear yarmulkes?

Mira Fox in Forward

The article explores the intriguing similarity between the small skullcaps worn by Catholic clerics, known as zucchetti, and Jewish kippahs.

Politics ›

0 Politics Israel

Progressive or Zionist — The Jewish Left’s False Binary

Joshua Hoffman in Future of Jewish

Joshua Hoffman discusses the complexities of identifying as both a progressive and a Zionist, challenging the perceived binary choice between these identities.

0 Politics Antisemitism

The ‘Islamophobia’ Scam

Nachum Kaplan in Future of Jewish

Nachum Kaplan argues that Islamophobia is strategically exploited by antisemites to shift focus from criticisms of Israel to falsely accusing it of aggression, particularly concerning the Israel-Hamas conflict.

0 Politics Education

Israeli left-wing group suspended at University of Haifa after protesting the war in Gaza

Grace Gilson in JTA

Tensions have risen at the University of Haifa following the suspension of Standing Together, a left-wing Jewish-Arab student group, after they held a sit-in protest against the Gaza war without authorization.

Antisemitism ›

0 Antisemitism Education

David Wolpe: Harvard Is Spraying Perfume on a Sewer

David Wolpe in The Free Press

David Wolpe critiques Harvard's lengthy report on campus antisemitism, highlighting longstanding Jew-hatred affecting students and faculty, and exacerbated by incidents after October 7, 2023.