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Editors' Note

Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for July 25–August 1

  1. Gaza
  2. Hamas
  3. Jewish Identity
  4. Humanitarian Aid
  5. Netanyahu
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Jewish History
  8. Middle East
  9. Humanitarian Crisis
  10. Jewish Community

August 1's Short Reads

Tablet Tomato Season
Jewish Insider Pirro prioritizes fighting antisemitism in her new role as U.S. attorney
JTA Record number of Senate Democrats vote to block US weapons sales to Israel
The Free Press Haviv Rettig Gur: Israel’s Winning One War While It Loses Another
The Free Press Mistakes at ‘The New York Times’ Only Go in One Direction
Forward Australian police arrest suspect in December arson attack on Melbourne synagogue
The Beinart Notebook NYT Columnist Michelle Goldberg
JTA In a first, Arab League countries condemn Oct. 7 attack, call on Hamas to disarm
Future of Jewish If you can, please help us keep serving you.
JTA Canada joins France and UK in saying it will recognize Palestinian state in September
Jewish Insider Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO’s leading Jewish lady
The Free Press EXCLUSIVE: Too Little, Too Late, Harvard Is Told About Its Response to Antisemitism Claims

Recent podcast episodes
'Starvation is being livestreamed. Every minute we lose a life in Gaza': Palestinian testimonies and growing Israeli protests
28 Jul · Haaretz Weekly
Pain lingers despite guilty plea by the man who defaced Canada's Holocaust monument
28 Jul · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner
Why Canada should follow Israel’s lead and help protect the Druze in Syria
30 Jul · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner
A Fresh Approach to Gaza
29 Jul · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
Hope for peace or terrorist appeasement? Two experts weigh in on Canada recognizing Palestinian statehood
1 Aug · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner
When Decolonization Is a Metaphor
28 Jul · Tel Aviv Review
The Starvation Blood Libel
28 Jul · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
Famine
30 Jul · For Heaven's Sake
A Fresh Approach to Gaza
29 Jul · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
Gaza's Humanitarian Emergency (Webinar Recording)
29 Jul · Israel Policy Pod
What Matters Now to Daniel Taub: Still mourning, Israel is not ripe to talk peace - yet
30 Jul · What Matters Now
Tariffs & Taxes & Growth—Oh My
30 Jul · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
The Starvation Blood Libel
28 Jul · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
How Islamism Took Over the Middle East
1 Aug · Tikvah
Moshiach - Understanding the Importance
31 Jul · Jewish History Uncensored
The “No Guide to the Perplexed” Edition
31 Jul · Promised Podcast
Dems Who Hate Israel—and Sydney Sweeney
31 Jul · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
A 6-point plan to keep Jews safe
31 Jul · The Glue, with Eric Fingerhut
Torah and Politics: The Jewish-American Right
1 Aug · TEXTing
The Jewish Angle: Is it ‘lashon hara’ to make fun of the Coldplay Jumbotron couple?
1 Aug · Bonjour Chai
'Israel doesn't want journalists on the ground': CNN’s Jeremy Diamond on the fight to enter Gaza
31 Jul · Haaretz Weekly
Hadas Hershkovitz: On Loss: A Husband, Father, Soldier [Loss 3/3]
29 Jul · 18forty
Hope for peace or terrorist appeasement? Two experts weigh in on Canada recognizing Palestinian statehood
1 Aug · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner