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Editors' Note

Welcome to JL;DR!
by Matt Sienkiewicz

Top Topics in Jewish Media

for March 13–March 20

  1. Hamas
  2. Trump Administration
  3. Jewish Identity
  4. Purim
  5. Jewish Community
  6. Free Speech
  7. Mahmoud Khalil
  8. Columbia University
  9. Jewish History
  10. Protests

March 20's Short Reads

The Cholent Live with Emily Alhadeff
Forward Benjamin Netanyahu gives silver-plated beeper to John Fetterman, who praised Lebanon pager operation
Lehrhaus Six Levels of Mikva’ot
The Beinart Notebook Debate with Jeffrey Lax
Jewschool The Whole Entire World: A Poem
Kveller I’m Obsessed With This Anthropologie Seder Plate
JTA Former hostages decry return to war as Netanyahu says further talks will happen only ‘under fire’
Mishpacha Chinese-Style Grilled Vegetables
Mishpacha East Meets Feast
Mishpacha Spicy Dates
JTA The world’s oldest Jewish book is on display in New York City
Mishpacha Nutty Bliss Turtles
Mishpacha Mocha Magic Mug
Mishpacha Sheet-Pan Chocolate Chip Cookie Squares
Mishpacha Baking Beauties
Future of Jewish This Week’s Top 5 — Handpicked for You
JTA In jailhouse letter, Mahmoud Khalil urges renewed student pro-Palestinian protests
JTA In jailhouse letter, Mahmoud Khalil urges renewed student pro-Palestinian protests
JTA ADL confirms that CEO Jonathan Greenblatt backed out of Israeli antisemitism conference
JTA Gal Gadot unveils star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, becoming first Israeli actor honored there
The Beinart Notebook March Ask Me Anything

Recent podcast episodes
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19 Mar · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner
From Tel Aviv to the Venice Biennale and back: How an Israeli artist took a stand on Gaza
16 Mar · Haaretz Weekly
3/22/25 – Shiur 506 – The Battle over the Character of Israel – supporting progressive values or supporting Torah. How to handle Reform Judaism’s attacks against Torah observance
17 Mar · Halacha Headlines
Jonathan Dekel-Chen: My Son was a Hostage in Gaza for 43 Million Seconds. He Felt Every One.
17 Mar · 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers
On Censorship
17 Mar · Tel Aviv Review
Israel urges 60,000 evacuated residents to move back to the battered north: some fear it's still not safe
17 Mar · The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner
15 Things Just That Happened
17 Mar · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
#93: Ultimate Reward and Punishment: Rambam’s Magisterial Essay Part 1 + TORCH Fundraiser
18 Mar · Torah 101
How to Be a Jew ... At the World Championships
19 Mar · Unorthodox
Israel at War – War and Corruption
19 Mar · For Heaven's Sake
Lighting Up Gaza
18 Mar · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
Eitan Hersh: Can the Jewish Left Talk With the Jewish Right? [Outreach: Bonus]
18 Mar · 18forty
'Mahmoud Khalil is no Mother Teresa - but there are laws in America'
18 Mar · Haaretz Weekly
Trump, Year Zero
19 Mar · The Commentary Magazine Podcast
How Universities Lost Their Way, With Cary Nelson
20 Mar · Unorthodox
Ceasefire Collapse and Constitutional Crisis With Dan Meridor
19 Mar · Israel Policy Pod