North Star with Ellin Bessner
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Canada won’t unilaterally recognize Palestine after all, as NDP walks back key demand
Mar 19, 202422 min
What’s the deal with that photo showing Ya’ara Saks holding hands with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas?
Mar 18, 202439 min
Selina Robinson is mulling her future after quitting the B.C. NDP over its ‘silence’ on antisemitism
Mar 13, 202429 min
Jewish organizations are suing the Canadian government over new kosher slaughter rules they warn could destroy the industry
Mar 12, 202417 min
Why did Israeli real estate shows become such a flashpoint for protests in Canada?
Mar 11, 202425 min
What’s so important about the UN’s new report confirming Oct. 7 rapes, torture of Israeli women?
Mar 7, 202421 min
This Canadian lone IDF soldier describes life fighting on Israel's wartime front
Mar 6, 202434 min
18 things worth remembering about Brian Mulroney’s support for Canadian Jews and Israel
Mar 4, 202435 min
Will Canada's proposed new law regulating online hate speech be derailed by politics?
Feb 29, 202423 min
Why these are the most unsafe campuses for Jews in Canada: York, UofT, Concordia, UVic, Queen’s, UBC, TMU and Lethbridge
Feb 27, 202425 min
Two Toronto Raptors fans think their ‘Free Our Hostages’ hoodie should be exempt from political messages ban
Feb 26, 202426 min
Pro-Israel 'bloody pants' protests are popping up across Canada. Here's what they mean
Feb 22, 202425 min
Paul Rinkoff, Toronto’s top Jewish police community partnerships officer, has his hands full since Oct. 7
Feb 19, 202429 min
As anti-Israel protests spread, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association warns about the dangers of banning them outright
Feb 15, 202424 min
We asked Canada's antisemitism special envoy what she's doing to stop 'despicable' protests targeting Jews
Feb 14, 202429 min
Adi Vital-Kaploun was murdered by Hamas on Oct. 7. Now her parents are sharing her story with the world
Feb 12, 202422 min
Why UNWRA should be dismantled: Canadian UN watchdog Hillel Neuer weighs in
Feb 8, 202425 min
These Israeli hockey teens came to Canada for a sport break from the war
Feb 7, 202427 min
A rabbi and a surgeon explain why they support MAiD and discuss whether to include those suffering from mental illness
Feb 5, 202439 min
Rabbi Michael Dolgin explains how the Oscars commercial on antisemitism was made in Canada
Feb 1, 202421 min
Why trustee Nili Kaplan-Myrth is fighting back against the Ottawa school board that sanctioned her
Jan 30, 202423 min
International Court of Justice: Who won and who lost?
Jan 29, 202428 min
Encore presentation: The Jewish spokesman behind the trucker convoy
Jan 24, 202427 min
Encore presentarion: Oscar nominations hide the real Canadian Jewish story of ‘Oppenheimer’
Jan 23, 202417 min
Note from Ellin
Jan 22, 202416 min
Paying tribute to Harry Rosen, George Cohon and other high-profile Canadian leaders we lost in 2023: The CJN Daily’s ‘Honourable Menschen’ returns
Jan 18, 202429 min
What’s at stake for Israel after the International Court of Justice genocide hearings?
Jan 17, 202423 min
Prominent Canadians in Israeli hockey speak out after the IIHF abruptly banned Israel from competition
Jan 15, 202427 min
Justin Trudeau privately met with Jewish leaders in Toronto yesterday—but these rabbis left dissatisfied
Jan 11, 202418 min
‘It was like standing in a shtetl right after a pogrom’: Why solidarity missions are the only tourism to Israel right now
Jan 10, 202428 min
Toronto police chief apologizes after officer carries Tim Hortons coffee for anti-Israel protesters
Jan 8, 202429 min
These Canadians are still writing letters to Israeli hostages—even while the Red Cross isn’t delivering them
Jan 4, 202417 min
This 96-year-old Canadian is moving to Israel in the middle of the war, as have hundreds of Jews
Jan 2, 202433 min
Shai DeLuca hopes to have set an example for fighting antisemitism in Canada with his legal victory over Foodbenders
Dec 28, 2023
The CJN Daily panel talks about the year in politics: Canada on Israel, predicting Trudeau’s future, the Nazi standing ovation—and what to watch for in 2024
Dec 26, 202350 min
Jew hatred in Canada is scary now—but it’s not 1939, say Holocaust educators
Dec 20, 202321 min
Hear why Victoria, B.C. Jews don’t feel safe going downtown on the weekends since Oct. 7
Dec 19, 202321 min
Terrorism expert David Hofmann on how Hamas propaganda likely radicalized Ottawa teen now in custody
Dec 18, 202322 min
What really caused Calgary’s mayor to boycott the Hanukkah ceremony, and what happens next?
Dec 13, 202324 min
Canada's ambassador to Israel offers help to investigate Hamas’s mass sexual assault of women and girls
Dec 11, 202323 min
These Israelis fled to Canada after Oct. 7: Why some of them want to stay
Dec 7, 202335 min
‘Put two menorahs up in every public square’: Parliament Hill rally urges Canadians to support the Jewish community
Dec 6, 202328 min
Moncton city council urged to revisit the ‘insensitive and callous’ end to municipal menorah lighting
Dec 4, 202320 min
Evan Kosiner told the CBC to call Hamas ‘terrorists’; CBC's ombudsman agrees they could
Nov 30, 202317 min
Just freed by Hamas, 10-year-old Ofri Brodutch wants to come to Canada, her uncle says
Nov 29, 202320 min
Ellin Bessner explains why you should consider donating to The CJN Daily on #GivingTuesday
Nov 28, 202313 min
A Canadian photographer survived the Supernova music festival on Oct. 7. Here’s what he saw
Nov 27, 202320 min
'There’s nowhere to hide from antisemitism': Hear Montreal Jews describe daily life amid gunshots and molotovs
Nov 23, 202333 min
Canada’s new antisemitism envoy Deborah Lyons urges tripling office staff to handle ‘moment of crisis’
Nov 21, 202323 min
Hundreds gathered to honour Canadian peace activist Vivian Silver at memorial in Israel
Nov 20, 202318 min