North Star with Ellin Bessner
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This Toronto rabbi says Canadian Jews must support Israel and stop criticizing her politics in public
Mar 14, 202319 min
Lenka Lichtenberg just won a Juno with her grandmother’s Holocaust poems
Mar 13, 202316 min
A conversation with Canada’s oldest Conservative rabbi, Erwin Schild, on the occasion of his 103rd birthday
Mar 9, 202318 min
Why this doctor wants women to go for breast cancer screening at age 40, not wait 'til 50
Mar 8, 202320 min
Why this Oshawa man is calling out the three Conservative MPs who met with far-right German politician
Mar 7, 202316 min
After hamantashen, the only kosher bakery on Vancouver Island is making its mark—with a challah-donut
Mar 6, 202321 min
Meet the Canadian who just won Israel’s top science prize for his diabetes-treatment breakthrough
Mar 2, 202323 min
The only Mikvah between Vancouver and Calgary opens in Kelowna, B.C.
Mar 1, 202317 min
Canadian snowbirds are shaken after an alligator killed an 85-year-old woman in their Florida community
Feb 28, 202315 min
‘The Zionist enterprise is in danger’: Why Charles Bronfman signed an open letter pushing back against Netanyahu
Feb 27, 202318 min
Stephen Kaplan’s last motorcycle trip nearly killed him. Here’s how he survived with his wife’s help
Feb 23, 202327 min
A new chairlift on a Canadian ski hill is being named The Fenster for two Holocaust survivors who founded Belle Neige
Feb 22, 202322 min
It’s ‘false’ to say Israeli democracy is under attack, according to the Knesset’s new Canadian member
Feb 21, 202321 min
The museum curator behind the new Leonard Cohen exhibit at The AGO gives The CJN a private tour
Feb 16, 202324 min
‘Apologies without accountability’ as MPs grill government official over the Laith Marouf scandal
Feb 15, 202321 min
An insider’s look at Aroma Espresso Bar’s troubles in Toronto
Feb 14, 202316 min
The murders of Barry and Honey Sherman get the true crime treatment
Feb 13, 202320 min
Why Israel’s Aroma Espresso Bar owes $10 million to their original Canadian franchisor—but they’re not paying (yet)
Feb 8, 202316 min
This 4-year-old got his dream birthday party—at a Metro grocery store in Picton, Ont.
Feb 7, 202315 min
‘This is the direction we want Judaism to move’: a Canadian Orthodox rabbi’s Tu B’Shevat call to save the environment
Feb 6, 202316 min
A spiritual conversation with the young Hollywood horror movie writer who used to watch Jewish bodies before they were buried in Toronto
Feb 2, 202317 min
Toronto’s Reena agency turns 50 facing middle-aged challenges of caring for older residents with disabilities
Feb 1, 202313 min
YidLife Crisis explain why they translated their very Jewish humour into Chinese (and French, too!)
Jan 31, 202323 min
University of Toronto held a private event to help Jews heal from antisemitism. Two attendees reveal what happens in a ‘restorative circle’
Jan 30, 202320 min
Take our 15-minute audio tour of Winnipeg’s redesigned Holocaust Education Centre
Jan 26, 202315 min
Shining a new light on Rudolf Vrba, the Canadian who escaped from Auschwitz
Jan 25, 202327 min
Remembering the late Rabbi Bernard Baskin, 102, and other 'Honourable Menschen'
Jan 24, 202325 min
Why is Israel's ambassador to Canada quitting his job?
Jan 23, 202318 min
Hear how Ottawa’s public school board decided to finally take formal action against antisemitism
Jan 19, 202317 min
Remembering war veteran Jerry Gross, 96, who served with Machal in Israel’s first struggle for survival
Jan 18, 202315 min
'Early bird' dinners and bathing caps: Miami Beach's previous generation of Jewish snowbirds remembered
Jan 17, 202318 min
A swoosh and a schmear: Nike launches Montreal bagel-inspired sneakers
Jan 16, 202315 min
Montreal kosher meat store J&R abruptly closed after 70 years. The reasons why were complicated
Jan 12, 202318 min
Cyberfrumenism: Why these ultra-Orthodox women singers are going viral—against the wishes of some rabbis
Jan 11, 202316 min
How a plate of herring is the secret to Jewish unity
Jan 10, 202317 min
10 ideas to save a broken Canada—from the Jewish policy expert who says 2023 will be ‘brutish and nasty’
Jan 9, 202328 min
The CJN: Where we’ve been and where we’re heading next—and how you can help in 2023
Dec 25, 202229 min
Why this Ottawa artist turns her broken glass menorahs into grave-marker stones
Dec 22, 202217 min
On Bowen Island, a community rallies against Holocaust denial—behind a giant driftwood menorah
Dec 21, 202215 min
Recognize this blue moose menorah? The artist has never lit Hanukkah candles
Dec 20, 202215 min
'This is a hair-on-fire moment': Why Canadian Jewish leaders are worried about Israel’s new government
Dec 19, 202235 min
After losing her job, Phyllis Taylor went behind bars—and became The Prison Lady
Dec 15, 202220 min
How well do you remember the 2022 news cycle? Take The CJN Daily’s political pop quiz
Dec 14, 202245 min
From architects to Olympians: A winter roundup of the recently deceased
Dec 13, 202216 min
Is antisemitism really that bad at the University of Toronto’s medical school? These doctors say ‘yes’
Dec 12, 202219 min
Here’s why Irwin Cotler says his political prisoner clients are the real heroes
Dec 8, 202225 min
'We cannot fix this alone': How a Vancouver rabbi assembled a team of diverse leaders to tackle racism
Dec 7, 202219 min
How a filmmaker turned Canada's Jewish history into an Indiana Jones adventure
Dec 6, 202215 min
Freedom Convoy spokesman Benjamin Dichter takes us behind the scenes of the three weeks that paralyzed Ottawa
Dec 5, 202227 min
A century of welcoming Jewish immigrants: JIAS marks its 100th anniversary
Nov 24, 202225 min