Editors' Note

Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for August 16–August 23

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

August 23's Short Reads

Recent podcast episodes

The Wicked Witch of the East: Introducing Iran to Israelis (Preview)

18 Aug · Tel Aviv Review

'Our reliance on power': 6 Israeli Thinkers on Israel's Greatest Success and Mistake in the Gaza War

18 Aug · 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers

'Israeli musicians must choose if they want to be boycotted at home or boycotted abroad'

18 Aug · Haaretz Weekly

The Best Broadway Musicals

18 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Mashiach - Internalizing the Challenge: Understanding the Basic Structure

18 Aug · Jewish History Uncensored

Between Trauma and Torah: Jewish Leadership after October 7

20 Aug · For Heaven's Sake

Visiting Days

19 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

What Matters Now to Dennis Ross: There is a deal to be made to end the Gaza war

19 Aug · What Matters Now

Joey Rosenfeld: What Does Jewish Mysticism Say About This Moment? [Teshuva Bonus Episode]

19 Aug · 18forty

Greatest Hits: The bat mitzvah turns 100: Meet the oldest celebrant in Canada—and one of the youngest

20 Aug · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

Touring Through History

20 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Moshiach - Internalizing the Challenge: The Basic Structure

21 Aug · Jewish History Uncensored

Gaza: Escalation or a Deal?

19 Aug · Israel Policy Pod

Familiar Touch and the Feminist Politics of Aging

21 Aug · On the Nose

Here's Some Stuff We Don't Like

21 Aug · 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 · Tikvah

The “The Big Questions” Edition

21 Aug · 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 · Halacha Headlines

Books for First-Years, Games

22 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

‘Netanyahu will never leave Gaza. War is part of the classic authoritarian playbook’

21 Aug · Haaretz Weekly