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 · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

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

6 Aug · 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 · What Matters Now

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

5 Aug · Haaretz Weekly

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

8 Aug · Tikvah

The World of Sephardic Food

4 Aug · Adventures in Jewish Studies

Broken Job Numbers, Friends Now Enemies

4 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Judea and Samaria: The Conversation Israel Isn't Having

6 Aug · 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 · Halacha Headlines

Relitigating the 20th Century

5 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

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

7 Aug · People of the Pod

The Diplomatic Tsunami

6 Aug · Israel Policy Pod

The “Gaza: Yesterday & Tomorrow” Edition

6 Aug · Promised Podcast

It's Howard Stern's World

6 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

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

5 Aug · 18forty

Sephardi/Mizrahi Therapy

7 Aug · On the Nose

Putin, Tariffs, and Dem Disaffection

7 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Mashiach - Grasping the Challenge

7 Aug · Jewish History Uncensored

Jake Retzlaff starts a new chapter

8 Aug · Menschwarmers

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

8 Aug · Haaretz Weekly

The Big Gaza Gamble

8 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast