North Star with Ellin Bessner
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The Hanukkah House that Canadians built: Inside the new Jewish gingerbread house trend
Nov 29, 202111 min
Sex, drugs and depression: New Leonard Cohen biography doesn’t pull punches
Nov 25, 202115 min
With more rain coming, this B.C. broadcaster is bracing for the storm
Nov 24, 202114 min
He lost his parents to the Nazis. Now their names are engraved in a Viennese memorial he helped build
Nov 23, 2021
Mezuzahs and sneakers: What two Jewish MPs are bringing on their first day in Parliament
Nov 21, 202113 min
The rarely told story of how a handful of Montreal Jews covertly rescued 300 Ethiopian refugees
Nov 18, 202114 min
Ethiopia is spiralling into civil war—and Israel has a chance to help
Nov 17, 2021
Release the Kraken: How one Jewish Canadian is helping build an NHL team from scratch
Nov 16, 202117 min
COP26 is over, but the war on climate change is heating up
Nov 15, 202116 min
Justice for the fallen: Canadian Jewish war heroes' graves corrected, just in time for Remembrance Day
Nov 11, 202114 min
This Remembrance Day, one Canadian soldier reflects on her mission to Afghanistan
Nov 10, 202115 min
Surrounding the Magen David with yellow stars? The secret history and complex legacy of Israel's flag
Nov 9, 2021
Canada-U.S. border reopening: Here's what you need to know
Nov 8, 202115 min
Saul Rubinek shares his family's Holocaust story with Canadians for the first time
Nov 4, 202116 min
From the Yom Kippur War to the war on COVID: Top Ontario nurse pleads with Canadians to stay cautious
Nov 3, 202115 min
Meet the amateur Jewish baker winning over hearts and bellies on CBC TV
Nov 2, 202114 min
Celebrating our 100th episode: Behind the scenes of The CJN Daily
Nov 1, 202123 min
Halachic Halloween: Why are there so few scary Jewish movies?
Oct 28, 202113 min
Holocaust survivor Eva Olsson celebrates a very special 97th birthday—thanks to Yad Vashem
Oct 27, 202112 min
Afghanistan's last Jewish family just fled the country. Their dream home? Canada
Oct 26, 202114 min
Steven Spielberg's Holocaust project is back, and looking for more Canadian survivors
Oct 25, 202112 min
Why Naomi Rosenfeld, head of Atlantic Canada’s Jewish community, is moving back to Toronto
Oct 21, 202113 min
Braving blazing heat, Canadians are hiking the Israeli desert for charity
Oct 20, 202111 min
The world’s first female rabbi finally gets her moment, 350 years after her death
Oct 19, 202113 min
Wacky Mac vanished from Canadian grocery shelves and Jews are freaking out
Oct 18, 202113 min
Safe houses and smuggled passports: Inside the sprawling Israeli-Canadian effort to rescue a second group of Afghan women
Oct 14, 202113 min
At 13, he got an Apple Watch. At 14, he built a daily prayer app for it
Oct 13, 202113 min
Why this Jewish YouTube star ran for the PPC in Montreal
Oct 12, 202115 min
Memorial for 1950 garment factory fire strives for closure—but also opens old wounds
Oct 7, 202111 min
Former ambassador Vivian Bercovici gives top marks to Israel's new government
Oct 6, 202116 min
What's it like to be Jewish on Canadian campuses in 2021?
Oct 5, 2021
Why Avi Benlolo thinks Canada needs a new organization to fight antisemitism
Oct 4, 202113 min
A Jewish-Indigenous family explains the importance of truth and reconciliation
Sep 30, 202119 min
Canada’s Holocaust monument opened 4 years ago. Why isn't anyone using it?
Sep 27, 202112 min
"National disgrace": A Nazi hunter accuses Canada of failing to prosecute Helmut Oberlander
Sep 24, 202114 min
How billionaire Sylvan Adams helped rescue Afghan’s women cyclists
Sep 23, 202114 min
Notorious antisemites are fuelling the far right's anti-lockdown protests
Sep 20, 2021
These are the 14 key Jewish ridings to watch in the election
Sep 19, 202113 min
How safe are Canada’s Jewish institutions from attacks?
Sep 15, 202115 min
Highlights from The CJN's federal debate on Jewish issues
Sep 14, 202114 min
Debating the election issues that matter most to Canadian Jews
Sep 13, 202115 min
Meet the rabbi who got stranded in Newfoundland on 9/11
Sep 9, 202117 min
Their first high holidays: Meet Canada's newest Jewish converts
Sep 6, 202114 min
On the ground at a Montreal pop-up vaccination clinic for Hasidic Jews
Sep 2, 202111 min
Teen activist Hannah Alper is tackling a new challenge: campus antisemitism
Sep 1, 202112 min
The story behind Canada's new fully kosher-certified brewery
Aug 31, 202113 min
Jewish groups condemn Canadian War Museum exhibit for ‘glorifying’ Palestinian terrorists
Aug 30, 202112 min
44 years after Bill 101, Quebec's language laws remain controversial
Aug 26, 202113 min
The Museum of Jewish Montreal finds a new home in Leonard Cohen’s backyard
Aug 25, 202111 min
Meet the COVID survivor who threw the first pitch at a historic Blue Jays game
Aug 24, 202112 min