Editors' Note

Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for August 2–August 9

1. Gaza
2. Hamas
3. Jewish Identity
4. Jewish Community
5. Holocaust
6. Zionism
7. Jewish History
8. Hostages
9. Tisha B'av
10. Netanyahu

August 9's Short Reads

Recent podcast episodes

Advocates urge Jews to march in Montreal’s Pride parade after ban reversal

8 Aug 2025 · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

Mikveh makeover: A U.S. charity helped build or renovate 10 ritual baths across Canada

6 Aug 2025 · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: When Temple Mount prayer is a call to settle Gaza

5 Aug 2025 · What Matters Now

Why ‘deep pain’ over Israel and Gaza is boosting Jewish support for an anti-Zionist candidate for NYC mayor

5 Aug 2025 · Haaretz Weekly

Michael Doran on Israel and the American Right: Republicans remain staunchly pro-Israel, despite their social-media eccentrics

8 Aug 2025 · Tikvah

The World of Sephardic Food

4 Aug 2025 · Adventures in Jewish Studies

Broken Job Numbers, Friends Now Enemies

4 Aug 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Judea and Samaria: The Conversation Israel Isn't Having

6 Aug 2025 · For Heaven's Sake

8/9/25 – Shiur 523 – Tznius Standards: Clear Halacha or Personal Interpretation? What’s Required and Why It’s Being Ignored

4 Aug 2025 · Halacha Headlines

Relitigating the 20th Century

5 Aug 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

From the Amazon to Academia: Antisemitism, Zionism, and Indigenous Identity

7 Aug 2025 · People of the Pod

The Diplomatic Tsunami

6 Aug 2025 · Israel Policy Pod

The “Gaza: Yesterday & Tomorrow” Edition

6 Aug 2025 · Promised Podcast

It's Howard Stern's World

6 Aug 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

How Jews Date in the Modern World (Re-Release)

5 Aug 2025 · 18forty

Sephardi/Mizrahi Therapy

7 Aug 2025 · On the Nose

Putin, Tariffs, and Dem Disaffection

7 Aug 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Mashiach - Grasping the Challenge

7 Aug 2025 · Jewish History Uncensored

Jake Retzlaff starts a new chapter

8 Aug 2025 · Menschwarmers

Behind Netanyahu's dangerous Gaza takeover: A conversation with Haaretz Editor-in-Chief Aluf Benn

8 Aug 2025 · Haaretz Weekly

The Big Gaza Gamble

8 Aug 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast