North Star with Ellin Bessner
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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
Will Bill C-9 make it safer for Canada's Jews?
Mar 23, 202636 min
'This is a national security issue': Toronto MP Vince Gasparro after synagogue shootings
Mar 20, 202629 min
When the Siren Sounds, One in Five Israelis Can’t Reach Safety
Mar 18, 202622 min
After Synagogue Shootings, Legal Experts Warn Dropped Charges Fuel ‘Impunity’
Mar 16, 202629 min
Israel Warns Canada About Rising Antisemitism | Sharren Haskel
Mar 13, 202623 min
After the Toronto synagogue shootings: 'They want to scare us'
Mar 11, 202620 min
Gunfire aimed at three Toronto synagogues: has the threshold been crossed?
Mar 9, 202627 min
She loves Iran and Israel. What it’s like for this Canadian watching them at war
Mar 6, 202625 min
Iran targeted Irwin Cotler. What he says must happen now
Mar 4, 202621 min
Canadians in Israel: families sheltering, flights uncertain
Mar 2, 202626 min
Toronto’s James Hirsh says winning "Jeopardy!" was the thrill of a lifetime
Feb 27, 202622 min
Why Egalitarian Prayer at the Western Wall is at Risk
Feb 25, 202626 min
For the first time in a generation, Canadian Jews ask if they should leave
Feb 23, 202639 min
Why Jewish parents are raising concerns about anti-Palestinian racism policies for Ontario schools
Feb 20, 202625 min
Jewish summer camps in Canada respond to new “antisemitic” boycott campaign
Feb 18, 202627 min
Meet the Canadian who's putting Jewish athletes on Manischewitz matzah boxes
Feb 13, 202632 min
Montreal family won't give up legal fight on behalf of expelled Iraqi Jews from 1950s
Feb 11, 202617 min
Despite Cuba travel warning, first Canadian Jewish mission to Havana in 7 years delivers medicine, supplies—and baseball gear
Feb 9, 202629 min
Global antisemitism experts offer their insight as Canada pivots its anti-hate approach
Feb 6, 202631 min
‘Canada’s dirty little secret’: Descendants demand action for 2,300 wrongfully imprisoned Jewish WWII refugees
Feb 4, 202638 min
Bob Rae argues Canada was right to recognize Palestine statehood and UNRWA at the U.N.
Feb 2, 202640 min
[From the archives] Where heaven meets Earth: Vancouver’s Jewish community now grows fresh fruit and veggies on the rooftop
Jan 30, 202617 min
[From the archives] What’s so great about Montreal winters? Ezra Soiferman’s new film captures the beauty of Snowbec
Jan 28, 202624 min
‘I want them to ask me’: A survivor’s son on why he tattooed his father’s Auschwitz number on his arm
Jan 26, 202627 min
[In Good Faith] What Canadians can learn from Israelis and Palestinians whose grief led them to advocate for peace
Jan 23, 202642 min
Canadians with IDF ties react to Canada's 'witch hunt' against former Israeli soldiers
Jan 21, 202631 min
Why it’s time for a shorter workweek: this Canadian business author calls it ‘Do More in Four’
Jan 19, 202630 min
A Senate committee has wrapped up a study of Canada's antisemitism problem. Why one Senator calls some witnesses problematic
Jan 16, 202628 min
How anti-Zionism emerged as a modern ideology [The Jewish Angle]
Jan 14, 202631 min
Venezuelan Jews in Canada feeling joy, uncertainty after Maduro capture
Jan 12, 202635 min