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North Star with Ellin Bessner
Newsmaker conversations from The Canadian Jewish News, hosted by Ellin Bessner, a veteran broadcaster, writer and journalist.
Quebec's French-language restrictions spark another legal challenge—and some cheek from Côte Saint-Luc
17 mins; June 13, 2023
The chilling new Toronto Holocaust museum is ready for a post-survivor world
31 mins; June 12, 2023
War of the words: The CJN Daily goes inside Toronto’s Jewish day school debate tournament
17 mins; June 08, 2023
Court martial of Canadian soldier for ‘disgusting’ antisemitic comments a milestone, says retired Jewish senior officer
19 mins; June 07, 2023
Saul Rubinek talks about returning to his mother tongue of Yiddish for a new role
17 mins; June 06, 2023
Israel's Diaspora minister visited Canada for the first time to meet lawmakers, Jewish leaders—and evangelical Christians
22 mins; June 05, 2023
Denis Brott has recovered from severe COVID—but not from his brother's sudden death
27 mins; June 01, 2023
Where heaven meets Earth: Vancouver’s Jewish community now grows fresh fruit and veggies on the rooftop
17 mins; May 31, 2023
This historic painting, looted by Nazis from acclaimed Montreal art dealer the late Max Stern, will forever remain in Germany
19 mins; May 30, 2023
A Bathurst Manor reunion kicks off a new exhibit showcasing the postwar mostly-Jewish suburban neighbourhood of north Toronto
18 mins; May 29, 2023
Hartley Garshowitz went to England to honour his uncle, the lone Canadian Jew killed in the audacious Dambusters Raid
23 mins; May 25, 2023
What are the Jewish themes on the ballot in Alberta’s election?
23 mins; May 24, 2023
Linda Frum on fighting back (and winning) a defamation lawsuit the judge said was designed to gag her from criticizing an Arabic-language newspaper
19 mins; May 23, 2023
Will this week’s vote on Parliament Hill change Canada’s relationship with Israel?
15 mins; May 18, 2023
A new faculty network has formed to help protect Jewish professors from campus antisemitism
21 mins; May 16, 2023
Meet the Canadian starring in Netflix’s new Jewish matchmaking reality show
23 mins; May 11, 2023
Ontario’s Solicitor General Michael Kerzner says antisemitic rhetoric by an NDP MPP is ‘toxic to our democracy’
14 mins; May 10, 2023
Newfoundland and Labrador is now the 7th province to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism: Does it matter?
19 mins; May 09, 2023
How two Canadian Jewish politicians navigated King Charles’s coronation
22 mins; May 08, 2023
Wayne and Shuster’s kids are helping to bring their parents’ classic comedy skits to a new generation
26 mins; May 04, 2023
Rosalie Abella gets the big-screen treatment spotlighting a life dedicated to justice
20 mins; May 03, 2023
Could Israeli-born teen singer, Maya Gamzu, win "Canada’s Got Talent"?
18 mins; May 02, 2023
Antisemitic incidents seem disproportionately high in Canada. How is this possible?
22 mins; May 01, 2023
86-year-old Hadassa Kingstone's epic life tells the story of the State of Israel
28 mins; April 27, 2023
Take our “Israel at 75” quiz
17 mins; April 26, 2023
Decorated pilot Dr. Bill Novick fought for Israel in 1948, and other ‘Honourable Menschen’ for Yom Ha-Zikaron
25 mins; April 25, 2023
Israel’s rookie Aliyah minister visits Canada to promote immigration—while avoiding protesters
18 mins; April 24, 2023
Ahead of Earth Day, a new Canadian kids book tackles climate anxiety—with a dose of Jewish soul
15 mins; April 20, 2023
Making a game about the Holocaust? Yes, says this Canadian designer of ‘Rosenstrasse’
16 mins; April 19, 2023
This wrinkled tallit tells the story of a Montrealer who became Auschwitz’s only Canadian Holocaust victim
20 mins; April 18, 2023
The Wikipedia fight over Poland’s role in the Holocaust sparks death threats against an Ottawa professor
23 mins; April 17, 2023
Why this cemetery researcher is preserving the history of 80,000 Jews buried in Quebec
26 mins; April 11, 2023
Bonjour Chai's second annual Great Canadian Seder episode
84 hours 42 mins; April 10, 2023
Is it OK if your seder plate is made in China?
19 mins; April 04, 2023
He’s Jewish. She’s agnostic and part-Indigenous. Here are their tips for a successful interfaith seder
22 mins; April 04, 2023
Why did 300 Canadian Jewish leaders sign their names to an open letter published in newspapers?
17 mins; April 03, 2023
Matzah emergency in Halifax as local Jews scramble to find crucial Passover staple
16 mins; March 30, 2023
Does your Passover haggadah need an update? This author thinks so
17 mins; March 29, 2023
On the ground of Israel’s historic protests as judicial reforms paused:'This is our 1948 all over again’
26 mins; March 27, 2023
Jewish agencies delivering thousands of Passover food boxes to Canada’s needy amid rising inflation
16 mins; March 27, 2023
Can modern archeology prove Jews’ historic ties to Israel?
17 mins; March 23, 2023
This young Ukrainian family is marking 1 year in Canada—thanks to the Jewish community
21 mins; March 22, 2023
'Bittersweet' win as King David Lions become the first Jewish senior boys basketball champions in B.C. history
22 mins; March 21, 2023
Jewish populations are growing in every major Canadian city—except Toronto
19 mins; March 20, 2023
The CJN’s Honourable Menschen returns to honour Jewish Canadians we recently lost from the world of arts
20 mins; March 16, 2023
What’s so great about Montreal winters? Ezra Soiferman’s new film captures the beauty of Snowbec
24 mins; March 15, 2023
This Toronto rabbi says Canadian Jews must support Israel and stop criticizing her politics in public
19 mins; March 14, 2023
Lenka Lichtenberg just won a Juno with her grandmother’s Holocaust poems
16 mins; March 13, 2023
A conversation with Canada’s oldest Conservative rabbi, Erwin Schild, on the occasion of his 103rd birthday
18 mins; March 09, 2023
Why this doctor wants women to go for breast cancer screening at age 40, not wait 'til 50
20 mins; March 08, 2023
Why this Oshawa man is calling out the three Conservative MPs who met with far-right German politician
16 mins; March 07, 2023
After hamantashen, the only kosher bakery on Vancouver Island is making its mark—with a challah-donut
21 mins; March 06, 2023
Meet the Canadian who just won Israel’s top science prize for his diabetes-treatment breakthrough
23 mins; March 02, 2023
The only Mikvah between Vancouver and Calgary opens in Kelowna, B.C.
17 mins; March 01, 2023
Canadian snowbirds are shaken after an alligator killed an 85-year-old woman in their Florida community
15 mins; February 28, 2023
‘The Zionist enterprise is in danger’: Why Charles Bronfman signed an open letter pushing back against Netanyahu
18 mins; February 27, 2023
Stephen Kaplan’s last motorcycle trip nearly killed him. Here’s how he survived with his wife’s help
27 mins; February 23, 2023
A new chairlift on a Canadian ski hill is being named The Fenster for two Holocaust survivors who founded Belle Neige
22 mins; February 22, 2023
It’s ‘false’ to say Israeli democracy is under attack, according to the Knesset’s new Canadian member
21 mins; February 21, 2023
The museum curator behind the new Leonard Cohen exhibit at The AGO gives The CJN a private tour
24 mins; February 16, 2023
‘Apologies without accountability’ as MPs grill government official over the Laith Marouf scandal
21 mins; February 15, 2023
An insider’s look at Aroma Espresso Bar’s troubles in Toronto
16 mins; February 14, 2023
The murders of Barry and Honey Sherman get the true crime treatment
20 mins; February 13, 2023
Why Israel’s Aroma Espresso Bar owes $10 million to their original Canadian franchisor—but they’re not paying (yet)
16 mins; February 08, 2023
This 4-year-old got his dream birthday party—at a Metro grocery store in Picton, Ont.
15 mins; February 07, 2023
‘This is the direction we want Judaism to move’: a Canadian Orthodox rabbi’s Tu B’Shevat call to save the environment
16 mins; February 06, 2023
A spiritual conversation with the young Hollywood horror movie writer who used to watch Jewish bodies before they were buried in Toronto
17 mins; February 02, 2023
Toronto’s Reena agency turns 50 facing middle-aged challenges of caring for older residents with disabilities
13 mins; February 01, 2023
YidLife Crisis explain why they translated their very Jewish humour into Chinese (and French, too!)
23 mins; January 31, 2023
University of Toronto held a private event to help Jews heal from antisemitism. Two attendees reveal what happens in a ‘restorative circle’
20 mins; January 30, 2023
Take our 15-minute audio tour of Winnipeg’s redesigned Holocaust Education Centre
15 mins; January 26, 2023
Shining a new light on Rudolf Vrba, the Canadian who escaped from Auschwitz
27 mins; January 25, 2023
Remembering the late Rabbi Bernard Baskin, 102, and other 'Honourable Menschen'
25 mins; January 24, 2023
Why is Israel's ambassador to Canada quitting his job?
18 mins; January 23, 2023
Hear how Ottawa’s public school board decided to finally take formal action against antisemitism
17 mins; January 19, 2023
Remembering war veteran Jerry Gross, 96, who served with Machal in Israel’s first struggle for survival
15 mins; January 18, 2023
'Early bird' dinners and bathing caps: Miami Beach's previous generation of Jewish snowbirds remembered
18 mins; January 17, 2023
A swoosh and a schmear: Nike launches Montreal bagel-inspired sneakers
15 mins; January 16, 2023
Montreal kosher meat store J&R abruptly closed after 70 years. The reasons why were complicated
18 mins; January 12, 2023
Cyberfrumenism: Why these ultra-Orthodox women singers are going viral—against the wishes of some rabbis
16 mins; January 11, 2023
How a plate of herring is the secret to Jewish unity
17 mins; January 10, 2023
10 ideas to save a broken Canada—from the Jewish policy expert who says 2023 will be ‘brutish and nasty’
28 mins; January 09, 2023
The CJN: Where we’ve been and where we’re heading next—and how you can help in 2023
29 mins; December 25, 2022
Why this Ottawa artist turns her broken glass menorahs into grave-marker stones
17 mins; December 22, 2022
On Bowen Island, a community rallies against Holocaust denial—behind a giant driftwood menorah
15 mins; December 21, 2022
Recognize this blue moose menorah? The artist has never lit Hanukkah candles
15 mins; December 20, 2022
'This is a hair-on-fire moment': Why Canadian Jewish leaders are worried about Israel’s new government
35 mins; December 19, 2022
After losing her job, Phyllis Taylor went behind bars—and became The Prison Lady
20 mins; December 15, 2022
How well do you remember the 2022 news cycle? Take The CJN Daily’s political pop quiz
45 mins; December 14, 2022
From architects to Olympians: A winter roundup of the recently deceased
16 mins; December 13, 2022
Is antisemitism really that bad at the University of Toronto’s medical school? These doctors say ‘yes’
19 mins; December 12, 2022
Here’s why Irwin Cotler says his political prisoner clients are the real heroes
25 mins; December 08, 2022
'We cannot fix this alone': How a Vancouver rabbi assembled a team of diverse leaders to tackle racism
19 mins; December 07, 2022
How a filmmaker turned Canada's Jewish history into an Indiana Jones adventure
15 mins; December 06, 2022
Freedom Convoy spokesman Benjamin Dichter takes us behind the scenes of the three weeks that paralyzed Ottawa
27 mins; December 05, 2022
A century of welcoming Jewish immigrants: JIAS marks its 100th anniversary
25 mins; November 24, 2022
'All in this together' or 'Every man for himself'? Donniel Hartman on the future of Diaspora-Israeli relations
23 mins; November 23, 2022
How Sean Shapiro became known as the TikTok Traffic Cop—and went viral with video tips to avoid getting tickets
19 mins; November 22, 2022
This new Canadian podcast examines why Hasidic Jews leave their communities to go 'off the derech'
0 secs; November 21, 2022
Author Dara Horn on the rise in antisemitism, and why Holocaust museums and Holocaust education won’t stop it
31 mins; November 17, 2022
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