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North Star with Ellin Bessner

North Star with Ellin Bessner

The CJN Podcasts

816 episodesEN-CA

Show overview

North Star with Ellin Bessner has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 816 episodes. That works out to roughly 270 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 16 min and 26 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-CA-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 54 episodes already out so far this year. Published by The CJN Podcasts.

Episodes
816
Running
2021–2026 · 5y
Median length
21 min
Cadence
Several per week

From the publisher

Newsmaker conversations from The Canadian Jewish News, hosted by Ellin Bessner, a veteran broadcaster, writer and journalist.

Latest Episodes

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“I Just Want to Go to the Bus Stop..and Not Have to See This Hate”: Jewish Vancouver residents fight anti-Israel chalker

May 13, 202626 min

Why no hate charges? Ottawa Jewish leader reacts to sentencing of his antisemitic attacker

May 11, 202628 min

Five Years of The CJN’s North Star: From Lockdown to Oct. 7 and Beyond

May 8, 202629 min

A snapshot of Canada’s Jews today: more newcomers, more intermarriage, aging

May 6, 202627 min

‘Not Optimistic’: Idsinga Skeptical of Toronto Police Chief’s Vow to Probe Antisemitism on the Force

May 4, 202636 min

What Everyone Gets Wrong About Orthodox Jewish Women’s Hair: new Canadian "sheitel" film

May 1, 202627 min

22 Recommendations, No Time to Wait: Senator David Arnot on Canada’s New Antisemitism Report

Apr 29, 202625 min

One Year of Mark Carney and a Critical Week for Jewish Canadians

Apr 27, 202633 min

Israel’s Final Flag Raising in Toronto Was a Celebration, Not a Flashpoint

Apr 24, 202622 min

Israel at 78 Through A Sabra Who Was There—and a Son of 1948

Apr 22, 202626 min

From Hannah Senesh to Hersh Goldberg-Polin: the Meaning of Jewish Heroism today

Apr 20, 202628 min

Ahead of Yom ha-Zikaron, this Rabbi’s new book confronts trauma, Oct. 7 and the power of forgiveness

Apr 17, 202630 min

The Story Behind the Kosher Canadian Cereal that Just Flew Around the Moon

Apr 15, 202626 min

On Yom HaShoah, Kathy Kacer Explores 13 Victims of Nazi Persecution—Jewish and Beyond

Apr 13, 202626 min

After Her Mother’s First Yahrzeit, daughter does 100-Library Walk

Apr 10, 202624 min

50 protesters. 80 Toronto police. Did anything change at Bathurst and Sheppard?

Apr 6, 202625 min

At an Orthodox Jewish Seder Table, a Long-Hidden Sexual Abuse Story Emerges

Apr 1, 202626 min

New B’nai Brith Canada CEO Simon Wolle set priorities. Now they’re being sorely tested

Mar 30, 202629 min

Canada Identifies Long-Lost Soldier from Prominent Jewish Family in the U.K.

Mar 27, 202628 min

NDP leadership race: Who's the the 'least bad' for the Jewish community?

Mar 25, 202627 min