Editors' Note

Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for May 5–May 12

1. Hamas
2. Gaza
3. Jewish Identity
4. Jewish Community
5. Trump Administration
6. Middle East
7. Holocaust
8. Netanyahu
9. Iran
10. Jewish History

May 12's Short Reads

Recent podcast episodes

Bereaved mother Elana Kaminka: End the Gaza 'forever war'

7 May · What Matters Now

Bora Laskin, Canada's first Jewish Supreme Court justice, gets his own Heritage Minute

7 May · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

Burlesque Shabbat and kosher omakase: Is this really the future of Judaism?

8 May · Bonjour Chai

Events, Dear Boy, Events

7 May · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

A Perilous Week Ahead

8 May · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

'The IDF's top brass hope Trump intervenes and prevents a massive new Gaza operation'

8 May · Haaretz Weekly

Understanding the Immigration Crackdown

8 May · On the Nose

How Yeshiva University's basketball team handled the season after Oct. 7

8 May · Menschwarmers

Ari Heistein on the American War on the Houthis, and the Israeli One

9 May · Tikvah

Parsha to Sefer

8 May · Jewish History Uncensored

The Looming Gaza Escalation

8 May · Israel Policy Pod

A United Front: U.S. Colleges and AJC Commit to Fighting Campus Antisemitism

9 May · People of the Pod

Popes, Pizzas, and Policies

9 May · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Pro-Palestinian Jews are finding common ground—but not in the mainstream

9 May · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

The “Rager in Raanana” Edition

8 May · Promised Podcast

These twin brothers' science project found noisy public washrooms aren't just scary–they're dangerous to your health

12 May · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

5/3/25 – Shiur 512 – How easy is it to “hit it big”? What are the pitfalls of starting your own business?

8 May · Halacha Headlines