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Editors' Note

Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for April 26–May 3

  1. Jewish Identity
  2. Hamas
  3. Holocaust
  4. Zionism
  5. Jewish Community
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Trump Administration
  8. Jewish History
  9. Jewish Culture
  10. Yom Hazikaron

May 3's Short Reads

JTA Israel strikes near Damascus to signal defense of Syrian Druze, who are facing violence
JTA Trump’s 2026 budget request includes plans for an Israeli-inspired ‘Golden Dome for America’
JTA Pogues, Thin Lizzy among dozens of bands to defend Kneecap’s ‘freedom of expression’
JTA Jordanian national in Florida sentenced to 6 years for targeting businesses he believed supported Israel
JTA Germany formally classifies far-right AfD party as extremist, in blow to Nazi-linked populist movement
The Free Press This Week in Canada: Self-Deportations, Throuples, and Pipelines

Recent podcast episodes
How Canada’s Jewish community is helping Filipinos affected by the Lapu Lapu attack
2 May · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner
The Big Mailbag Episode!
2 May · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
Talia Khan: A Jewish Israel Activist and Her Muslim Father [Divergence 5/5]
29 Apr · 18forty
How to Be a Jew ... or an ally like Zarna Garg
30 Apr · Unorthodox
100 Days Equals Four Years
28 Apr · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
'They weren't only soldiers. They were lovers and football fans, they were human beings'
28 Apr · Haaretz Weekly
Resistance by Entrepreneurship
28 Apr · Tel Aviv Review
Oy, Canada
29 Apr · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
Understanding the Mishkan and Qorbanot (1 of 3) - Freddie Grunsfeld
29 Apr · The Habura
Announcement: Thursday Release
29 Apr · For Heaven's Sake
What Matters Now to The Times of Israel: That all Oct. 7 fallen are remembered
29 Apr · What Matters Now
Seriously wounded Canadian IDF soldier still pushing hard to recover
30 Apr · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner
Israel at War — Independence Day: Gratitude and Hope
1 May · For Heaven's Sake
How To Do Activism Right, with Jay Ruderman, Tuly Weiss, and Pesach Woliki
1 May · Unorthodox
Wartime Politics and Reflection
30 Apr · Israel Policy Pod
The “Celebrating the Water!” Edition
30 Apr · Promised Podcast
A Mixed Bag
30 Apr · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
How do we memorialize events when we're still living through them?
1 May · Bonjour Chai
Understanding Moshaich
1 May · Jewish History Uncensored
New Twists in the Ukraine Saga
1 May · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
5/3/25 – Shiur 511 – Fraud in Frum Clothing: The Eretz HaKodesh Conspiracy. When the Conservative Movement infiltrated the Chareidi world — what really happened?
2 May · Halacha Headlines
How To Do Activism Right, with Jay Ruderman, Tuly Weisz, and Pesach Wolicki
1 May · Unorthodox
Michael Doran on Donald Trump's Middle East Policy
2 May · Tikvah