North Star with Ellin Bessner
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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
Out of the Dragons' Den and into the fire: Amy Rosen on her 'humiliating' TV debut and new show
Mar 3, 202214 min
Swastikas drawn and coins thrown: This is life for Jewish high school students
Mar 2, 202215 min
An Ottawa family builds bridges between Ukrainians and Jews—now, more than ever
Mar 1, 202214 min
'There will be another Babi Yar if the world doesn’t stop Putin': A plea from Jewish Kyiv
Feb 28, 2022
Meet the writer whose semi-autobiographical Jewish conversion story won her Canada's top Jewish playwriting prize
Feb 24, 202213 min
David's new tea: This entrepreneur is betting against supermarkets for his next venture
Feb 23, 202215 min
Which Canadian campuses are safest for Jews? Anywhere outside Toronto
Feb 22, 2022
Pulling a rabbit out of their virtual hats, these magicians transformed a pandemic into financial success
Feb 17, 202215 min
Born with a rare disorder, Maya Sinclair is overcoming the odds
Feb 16, 202215 min
Welcome to the other side: Hear from Jews who support the truckers
Feb 15, 202217 min
Taking back Ottawa's streets: Inside the counter-protests against the truckers
Feb 14, 202214 min