Editors' Note

Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for August 9–August 16

1. Jewish Identity
2. Hamas
3. Gaza
4. Jewish Community
5. Idf
6. Zionism
7. Jewish History
8. Holocaust
9. Jewish Culture
10. Netanyahu

August 16's Short Reads

Recent podcast episodes

Mailbag: Why Do We Think You Listen?

11 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Netanyahu's New Gaza War Plan

13 Aug · Israel Policy Pod

Israel’s new plan to recapture Gaza: Is history repeating itself 20 years later?

13 Aug · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

Barry Strauss on the Jewish Conflict with Ancient Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion

15 Aug · Tikvah

Recognizing Palestine? 'It may be a punishment for Netanyahu, but it's as a big prize for Israel'

11 Aug · Haaretz Weekly

Netanya 5-0: Police and Citizenship in Israel

11 Aug · Tel Aviv Review

'Still a deeply divided society': 5 Israeli Thinkers on how they feel today

11 Aug · 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers

Trump's DC Takeover

12 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Power Meets Prejudice: The End of Jewish Innocence

13 Aug · For Heaven's Sake

David Bashevkin: My Dating Story [Re-Release]

12 Aug · 18forty

Trump's Improvisational Summit

13 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

What Matters Now to Prof. Dan Turner: Treating our enemies humanely makes us human

13 Aug · What Matters Now

How can anyone be certain of anything happening in Israel?

14 Aug · Bonjour Chai

Cultural Honors and the Culture War

14 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

'A very dangerous gamble': Netanyahu's open clash with IDF leaders over invading Gaza City

14 Aug · Haaretz Weekly

Ms. Rachel Stands Up for the Littles of Gaza

14 Aug · On the Nose

8/16/25 – Shiur 524 – Steal with a Click? The Halachic Ethics of Downloading Music, Seforim, and Media without authorization

14 Aug · Halacha Headlines

The “More War, More Bloodshed” Edition

14 Aug · Promised Podcast

3 Ways Jewish College Students are Building Strength Amid Hate

15 Aug · People of the Pod

‘We weren’t even considered Jewish’: Documentary searches for filmmaker’s cultural identity

15 Aug · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

Sandwich Man and the Liberal Crack-Up

15 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast