Editors' Note

Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for March 29–April 5

1. Jewish Identity
2. Hamas
3. Zionism
4. Jewish Community
5. Passover
6. Trump Administration
7. Jewish History
8. Middle East
9. Holocaust
10. Donald Trump

April 5's Short Reads

Recent podcast episodes

Canada has a secret list of suspected Nazis. This historian found the files online

3 Apr · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

Tevi Troy on How Republican Administrations Argue about Israel

4 Apr · Tikvah

Between Diplomacy and Commemoration: The Origins of the Study of Antisemitism

31 Mar · Tel Aviv Review

The Two Faces of Trump

31 Mar · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Mosheh Lichtenstein: 'Jewish values don't celebrate might'

31 Mar · 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers

How to Be a Jew … Like Ayelet Zurer

2 Apr · Unorthodox

The Samter Family: American Parents With Israeli Sons Fighting in Gaza [Divergence 2/4]

1 Apr · 18forty

Israel at War – Believe it or Not

2 Apr · For Heaven's Sake

April Fool's: Kamala Harris

1 Apr · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

'In Israel, we now have crumbs of democracy, not real democracy'

1 Apr · Haaretz Weekly

Why God Was Right, with Mark Gerson

3 Apr · Unorthodox

Jewish Canadians in Israel could impact election results back home

2 Apr · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

What Matters Now to author Dara Horn: Why Jews are the eternal scapegoat

2 Apr · What Matters Now

Musk, Stefanik, Liberation from What?

2 Apr · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

The “Status Quo Post” Edition

3 Apr · Promised Podcast

The Star of David: A Symbol That Means Everything—and Nothing

3 Apr · Jewish History Nerds

Conscious Uncoupling

4 Apr · Bonjour Chai

Well, He Did It

3 Apr · The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Barbara Leaf on the Middle East Crisis

3 Apr · Israel Policy Pod

Israel’s nightmare scenario: 'Netanyahu is up to his neck in criminal investigations as war rages'

3 Apr · Haaretz Weekly

This Often Forgotten 1929 Massacre is Key to Understanding the Current Israel-Palestinian Conflict

3 Apr · People of the Pod

WZO Elections Controversy

3 Apr · Jewish History Uncensored

Baseball's back, so here are the MLB's top Jewish players

3 Apr · Menschwarmers

Q&A with Rabbi Dweck | Kitniyot, Shlissel Challa, Switching from Ashkenazi to Sepharadi (April 2025)

3 Apr · The Habura

The Star of David: A Symbol That Means Everything—and Nothing

4 Apr · Jewish History Nerds

How Did We Get Here?

4 Apr · The Commentary Magazine Podcast