Editors' Note

Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for August 22–August 29

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

August 29's Short Reads

Recent podcast episodes

Rochi Ebner: Rav Kook's Return to Our Soul [Teshuva 1/5]

26 Aug · 18forty

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

'The government doesn't make its case': 5 Israeli Thinkers on criticizing Israel

25 Aug · 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers

Trump's Constitutional Outrages

26 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Inside Gaza's hospitals: 'The children were very thin. Weak. Glazed eyes. It was devastating'

26 Aug · Haaretz Weekly

Greatest Hits: After escaping the Jasper forest fires, this tourist couple found safety in the Jewish community

27 Aug · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

Coming Home

27 Aug · For Heaven's Sake

Cracker Barrel Crack-Up

25 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

What Matters Now to legal expert Menachem Rosensaft: Israel is not committing genocide

26 Aug · What Matters Now

Taylor Kelce: Dawn of a New America?

27 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Keith Law on the New York Yankees swastika incident

28 Aug · Menschwarmers

Elul: High Holiday Foreplay

27 Aug · Bonjour Chai

Ido Hevroni on Teaching Homer in Wartime: The dust and blood and bronze of the Trojan War come to life in Gaza

29 Aug · Tikvah

Architects of Peace: Episode 1 - The Road to the Deal

28 Aug · People of the Pod

Western leaders may be pushing for a Palestinian state, but in the West Bank, 'annexation is the reality'

28 Aug · Haaretz Weekly

Understanding the Challenge: Understanding the Bayis Shani Structure

28 Aug · Jewish History Uncensored

8/30/25 – Shiur 526 – The “Epstein Files” – Do we have the right to know if someone is a threat to our community —whether a pedophile, abuser, or swindler?

29 Aug · Halacha Headlines

The Trans Shooter Cover-Up

28 Aug · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

The “Elul, Baby!” Edition

28 Aug · Promised Podcast

Menschwarmers: This Canadian athlete drew a swastika on a Jewish student’s dorm room. The New York Yankees drafted him anyway

29 Aug · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner