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Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for August 15–August 22

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

August 22's Short Reads

Forward Reform movement urges against death penalty for alleged Capital Jewish Museum shooter
Kveller I’m an Over-Prepared Jewish Mom. Here’s What’s in My Bag.
JTA Most Americans believe UN members — including the US — should recognize Palestinian statehood
The Beinart Notebook Abdul El-Sayed is Running for Senate
Future of Jewish If you can, please help us keep serving you.
JTA A Trump-supporting Jewish memelord steps into the NYC mayor’s race
Forward Israel approves vast West Bank settlement plan that far-right minister said ‘practically erases the two-state delusion’
Forward Israel opens new embassy in Zambia, once home to a historic Jewish community
Jewish Insider Qatar’s Washington lobbyist invokes old antisemitic tropes in push for influence

Recent podcast episodes
The Wicked Witch of the East: Introducing Iran to Israelis (Preview)
18 Aug 2025 · Tel Aviv Review
'Our reliance on power': 6 Israeli Thinkers on Israel's Greatest Success and Mistake in the Gaza War
18 Aug 2025 · 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers
'Israeli musicians must choose if they want to be boycotted at home or boycotted abroad'
18 Aug 2025 · Haaretz Weekly
Greatest Hits: Sharon, without Lois or Bram, transforms her classic career into a family business
18 Aug 2025 · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner
The Best Broadway Musicals
18 Aug 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
Mashiach - Internalizing the Challenge: Understanding the Basic Structure
18 Aug 2025 · Jewish History Uncensored
Between Trauma and Torah: Jewish Leadership after October 7
20 Aug 2025 · For Heaven's Sake
Visiting Days
19 Aug 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
What Matters Now to Dennis Ross: There is a deal to be made to end the Gaza war
19 Aug 2025 · What Matters Now
Joey Rosenfeld: What Does Jewish Mysticism Say About This Moment? [Teshuva Bonus Episode]
19 Aug 2025 · 18forty
Greatest Hits: The bat mitzvah turns 100: Meet the oldest celebrant in Canada—and one of the youngest
20 Aug 2025 · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner
Touring Through History
20 Aug 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
Moshiach - Internalizing the Challenge: The Basic Structure
21 Aug 2025 · Jewish History Uncensored
Gaza: Escalation or a Deal?
19 Aug 2025 · Israel Policy Pod
Familiar Touch and the Feminist Politics of Aging
21 Aug 2025 · On the Nose
Here's Some Stuff We Don't Like
21 Aug 2025 · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
David Myers and Andrew Koss on Whether Jewish Studies Has Turned against the Jews: Has the field lost its way, and can it recover?
21 Aug 2025 · Tikvah
The “The Big Questions” Edition
21 Aug 2025 · Promised Podcast
8/23/25 – Shiur 525 – UnKosher Competition – The Four Halachic Red Lines in Business You Can’t Cross | Rabbi Berel Wein ZT”L – never published interview | The Headlines Quit Smoking Challenge
22 Aug 2025 · Halacha Headlines
‘Netanyahu will never leave Gaza. War is part of the classic authoritarian playbook’
21 Aug 2025 · Haaretz Weekly