North Star with Ellin Bessner
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What Ontario's Jews need to know heading into election-day polls
Jun 1, 202216 min
Decades after expulsion from Arab lands, Sephardi survivors' stories are being preserved
May 31, 202217 min
A new Jewish exodus from Quebec? Access to health care, education and court services at risk under Bill 96
May 30, 202214 min
Meet the first Jewish butcher to give Prince Charles a local Canadian tour
May 26, 202219 min
Hear our exclusive interview with Nachman Shai during his first trip to Canada as Israel's diaspora minister
May 25, 202228 min
'It's shocking': Clean-up underway after massive thunderstorm batters Ontario and Quebec
May 24, 202213 min
For thriller novelist Samantha Bailey, Jewish maternal anxiety is storytelling inspiration
May 19, 202219 min
Why does sexual abuse in Orthodox communities go unreported and unpunished?
May 18, 202219 min
After violent clashes between Haredi and progressive women at the Western Wall, Rachel Cohen Yeshurun isn't giving up the fight
May 17, 202217 min
Sexually assaulted by a doctor at 17, Lorie Wolf slams rabbis for sending her away with just a cheque
May 16, 2022
Sharon, without Lois or Bram, transforms her classic career into a family business
May 12, 2022
Recognize these faces? A Dutch research team is asking Canadians to help identify its country's lost Jews
May 11, 202214 min
'If they could kill him, they would': Jewish couple who stopped a hate crime in Montreal speak out
May 10, 2022
'A punch in the stomach': Rabbi Ayelet Cohen on why American Jews must speak out to support abortion rights
May 9, 202214 min
Behind the bread: Melina 'Saucy Soprano' Schein on how she won Wall of Bakers
May 5, 2022
Introducing The CJN Daily Dead Beat, telling real and rare stories of the recently deceased
May 4, 202219 min
Israel has a new museum dedicated to Allied Jewish soldiers—but not a lot of Canadians
May 3, 202214 min
News you need to watch out of Israel, according to the Times of Israel podcasters
May 2, 202227 min
Hear the highlights of this historic debate over Holocaust denial in Canada’s House of Commons
Apr 28, 202211 min
Hidden for 1,000 days: How 8 members of this Canadian family survived the Holocaust
Apr 27, 202215 min
Tory MP claims Liberals "stole" his Holocaust denial bill—and watered it down
Apr 26, 202215 min
The story behind this secret Jewish photo of Guy Lafleur
Apr 25, 202213 min
Zoom funerals, socially distanced shivas: One rabbi's guide to coping with death during COVID and beyond
Apr 21, 202216 min
After getting fired by Doug Ford, Dianne Saxe hopes to make political history
Apr 20, 202215 min
Let my shofars go: How the Passover story saved one woman's Judaica from Canadian border control
Apr 19, 2022
Canada might ban Holocaust denial. Here's why that probably won't curtail antisemitism
Apr 18, 2022
We want your Passover stories
Apr 14, 2022
Atlantic Canada's first-ever Reform community kicks off with a virtual seder
Apr 13, 2022
Why are so many campus student unions voting on BDS motions this year?
Apr 12, 202216 min
Nazis shot down Cobby Engelberg's plane on D-Day. Now, his son has finally found the farm where Cobby crashed—and the remnants of history that remain
Apr 11, 2022
The classical world remembers renowned conductor Boris Brott, 78, who 'painted with music'
Apr 7, 202216 min
After the Oscars slap fiasco, Rabbi Joshua Corber wants you to know he has alopecia, too
Apr 6, 202215 min
Demand for food donations keeps spiking as Canadians enter their third pandemic Passover
Apr 5, 202213 min
Why is kosher-for-Passover Coca-Cola different from all other Coca-Colas?
Apr 4, 202213 min
Terror in Israel claims 11 lives: Hear two Canadians describe life on the ground
Mar 31, 2022
The new mahjong cards are arriving: Will the pandemic mean another lost winter for players?
Mar 30, 202213 min
'It is hard not to be moved to tears': A Canadian doctor describes volunteering at a Ukrainian pop-up medical clinic
Mar 29, 202215 min
Israel's new women's hockey team lost badly in their international debut—but they're ready for more
Mar 28, 202213 min
‘Our family has lost its voice': Hear stories of the life and accomplishments of Julia Koschitzky
Mar 24, 202213 min
Sonia Bazar's new book unveils the hidden secrets and forgotten lives of Montreal's Back River Jewish cemetery
Mar 23, 202214 min
This 67-year-old Ukrainian widow journeyed by bus, train, foot and plane to find safety in her new home: Winnipeg
Mar 22, 2022
Linda Frum and Adam Minsky flew to the Ukraine border to see where millions of dollars in donations are going
Mar 21, 202215 min
'It really hurts': Dutch Jewish leader Ruben Vis strikes back at explosive new Anne Frank book
Mar 17, 202214 min
Mishpacha Feud: Behind the scenes of this Thornhill family's game show victory
Mar 16, 202210 min
Construction kicks off for Toronto's new $27-million Holocaust museum—at a time it's needed most
Mar 15, 202213 min
Peek behind the pages of the new book celebrating BC's Jews
Mar 14, 202214 min
Hear two Canadian rabbis speak out about what they witnessed at the Ukrainian border
Mar 10, 2022
Author of the controversial new Anne Frank book defends her work against 'misplaced' criticism
Mar 9, 202215 min
The bat mitzvah turns 100: Meet the oldest celebrant in Canada—and one of the youngest
Mar 8, 202215 min
Ongoing rash of Nazi symbols in Canadian schools is a 'contagion', expert warns
Mar 7, 2022