Editors' Note

Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for August 18–August 25

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

August 25's Short Reads

Recent podcast episodes

Touring Through History

20 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Moshiach - Internalizing the Challenge: The Basic Structure

21 Aug · Jewish History Uncensored

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

Greatest Hits: Wayne and Shuster’s kids are helping to bring their parents’ classic comedy skits to a new generation

25 Aug · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner