Newsmaker conversations from The Canadian Jewish News, hosted by Ellin Bessner, a veteran broadcaster, writer and journalist.
Introducing The CJN Daily Dead Beat, telling real and rare stories of the recently deceased
19 mins; May 04, 2022
Israel has a new museum dedicated to Allied Jewish soldiers—but not a lot of Canadians
14 mins; May 03, 2022
News you need to watch out of Israel, according to the Times of Israel podcasters
27 mins; May 02, 2022
Hear the highlights of this historic debate over Holocaust denial in Canada’s House of Commons
11 mins; April 28, 2022
Hidden for 1,000 days: How 8 members of this Canadian family survived the Holocaust
15 mins; April 27, 2022
Tory MP claims Liberals "stole" his Holocaust denial bill—and watered it down
15 mins; April 26, 2022
The story behind this secret Jewish photo of Guy Lafleur
13 mins; April 25, 2022
Zoom funerals, socially distanced shivas: One rabbi's guide to coping with death during COVID and beyond
16 mins; April 21, 2022
After getting fired by Doug Ford, Dianne Saxe hopes to make political history
15 mins; April 20, 2022
Let my shofars go: How the Passover story saved one woman's Judaica from Canadian border control
0 secs; April 19, 2022
Canada might ban Holocaust denial. Here's why that probably won't curtail antisemitism
0 secs; April 18, 2022
We want your Passover stories
0 secs; April 14, 2022
Atlantic Canada's first-ever Reform community kicks off with a virtual seder
0 secs; April 13, 2022
Why are so many campus student unions voting on BDS motions this year?
16 mins; April 12, 2022
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
0 secs; April 11, 2022
The classical world remembers renowned conductor Boris Brott, 78, who 'painted with music'
16 mins; April 07, 2022
After the Oscars slap fiasco, Rabbi Joshua Corber wants you to know he has alopecia, too
15 mins; April 06, 2022
Demand for food donations keeps spiking as Canadians enter their third pandemic Passover
13 mins; April 05, 2022
Why is kosher-for-Passover Coca-Cola different from all other Coca-Colas?
13 mins; April 04, 2022
Terror in Israel claims 11 lives: Hear two Canadians describe life on the ground
0 secs; March 31, 2022
The new mahjong cards are arriving: Will the pandemic mean another lost winter for players?
13 mins; March 30, 2022
'It is hard not to be moved to tears': A Canadian doctor describes volunteering at a Ukrainian pop-up medical clinic
15 mins; March 29, 2022
Israel's new women's hockey team lost badly in their international debut—but they're ready for more
13 mins; March 28, 2022
‘Our family has lost its voice': Hear stories of the life and accomplishments of Julia Koschitzky
13 mins; March 24, 2022
Sonia Bazar's new book unveils the hidden secrets and forgotten lives of Montreal's Back River Jewish cemetery
14 mins; March 23, 2022
This 67-year-old Ukrainian widow journeyed by bus, train, foot and plane to find safety in her new home: Winnipeg
0 secs; March 22, 2022
Linda Frum and Adam Minsky flew to the Ukraine border to see where millions of dollars in donations are going
15 mins; March 21, 2022
'It really hurts': Dutch Jewish leader Ruben Vis strikes back at explosive new Anne Frank book
14 mins; March 17, 2022
Mishpacha Feud: Behind the scenes of this Thornhill family's game show victory
10 mins; March 16, 2022
Construction kicks off for Toronto's new $27-million Holocaust museum—at a time it's needed most
13 mins; March 15, 2022
Peek behind the pages of the new book celebrating BC's Jews
14 mins; March 14, 2022
Hear two Canadian rabbis speak out about what they witnessed at the Ukrainian border
0 secs; March 10, 2022
Author of the controversial new Anne Frank book defends her work against 'misplaced' criticism
15 mins; March 09, 2022
The bat mitzvah turns 100: Meet the oldest celebrant in Canada—and one of the youngest
15 mins; March 08, 2022
Ongoing rash of Nazi symbols in Canadian schools is a 'contagion', expert warns
0 secs; March 07, 2022
Out of the Dragons' Den and into the fire: Amy Rosen on her 'humiliating' TV debut and new show
14 mins; March 03, 2022
Swastikas drawn and coins thrown: This is life for Jewish high school students
15 mins; March 02, 2022
An Ottawa family builds bridges between Ukrainians and Jews—now, more than ever
14 mins; March 01, 2022
'There will be another Babi Yar if the world doesn’t stop Putin': A plea from Jewish Kyiv
0 secs; February 27, 2022
Meet the writer whose semi-autobiographical Jewish conversion story won her Canada's top Jewish playwriting prize
13 mins; February 24, 2022
David's new tea: This entrepreneur is betting against supermarkets for his next venture
15 mins; February 23, 2022
Which Canadian campuses are safest for Jews? Anywhere outside Toronto
0 secs; February 22, 2022
Pulling a rabbit out of their virtual hats, these magicians transformed a pandemic into financial success
15 mins; February 17, 2022
Born with a rare disorder, Maya Sinclair is overcoming the odds
15 mins; February 16, 2022
Welcome to the other side: Hear from Jews who support the truckers
17 mins; February 15, 2022
Taking back Ottawa's streets: Inside the counter-protests against the truckers
14 mins; February 14, 2022
Antisemitism in Toronto schools, Part 2: The targeted teen speaks out
16 mins; February 10, 2022
Antisemitism in Toronto schools, Part 1: Why are we still seeing Nazi symbols in classrooms?
13 mins; February 09, 2022
Inside the initiative to help impoverished Holocaust survivors live out their days in comfort
14 mins; February 08, 2022
Meet the Canadian Jewish performer pushing for people with disabilities to take centre stage
16 mins; February 07, 2022
Meet the Canadians behind the scenes of the Jewish movement to boycott the Beijing Olympics
12 mins; February 03, 2022
The untold story of Isay Rottenberg, Nazi Germany's 'reverse Schindler'
12 mins; February 02, 2022
Justin Trudeau’s chief policy advisor, the highest-ranking Jewish woman in the PMO, has stepped down
16 mins; February 01, 2022
'Who cares' about swastikas in the trucker convoy, group's Jewish spokesperson asks
12 mins; January 31, 2022
Why Emma Cunningham quit the Ontario NDP over antisemitism
13 mins; January 27, 2022
One-third of Canadian kids don’t understand or question the Holocaust, new survey shows
14 mins; January 26, 2022
How Ashley Waxman Bakshi leapt from beauty tips to the frontlines of Israel's digital information war
0 secs; January 25, 2022
Jewish public servants are calling out antisemitism in Ottawa's corridors of power
13 mins; January 24, 2022
An exit interview with Karen Mock of JSpaceCanada
18 mins; January 20, 2022
Public Safety Minister pledges to move ‘urgently’ to speed up funds for Canadian Jewish institutions
13 mins; January 19, 2022
The United Church angers Canadian rabbis with its new proposed Mideast policy
17 mins; January 18, 2022
Canadian institutions brace themselves after the Colleyville hostage situation
16 mins; January 17, 2022
Back on dry land: Canada’s first seafaring Jewish military chaplain reflects on four months on the Pacific
17 mins; January 13, 2022
One man's journey from Montreal day school to Chief Rabbi in the UAE
16 mins; January 12, 2022
Thousands of birds have died at an Israeli wetland with a Canadian connection
15 mins; January 11, 2022
Faced with more school shutdowns in Ontario, Jewish parents are fighting back
16 mins; January 10, 2022
Modern diets are making us fat: A Canadian author explains food cravings
14 mins; January 06, 2022
One step closer to a cure for Alzheimer's? A Canadian expert weighs in
17 mins; January 05, 2022
Fighting antisemitism and learning to skate: An interview with Israel's new Canadian ambassador
15 mins; January 04, 2022
Sing along to these COVID-themed parody songs
12 mins; January 03, 2022
COVID in 2022: Canada's new observantly Jewish medical officer of health explains what's to come
18 mins; December 27, 2021
Canada should stay out of Bill 21, Quebec Jewish leader warns
11 mins; December 22, 2021
Alone in the Holy Land: Life as a Canadian IDF lone soldier
17 mins; December 21, 2021
"A fire waiting to happen": Canada’s hardest-hit Jewish senior’s home braces for Omicron
15 mins; December 20, 2021
This kids' book wiped Israel off the map. Now it's wiped off Indigo bookshelves
10 mins; December 16, 2021
After the Alexandra Lulka fiasco, what's next for the TDSB?
13 mins; December 15, 2021
Meet the woman at the centre of Jewish life in Abu Dhabi: Canada's ambassador
0 secs; December 14, 2021
"A true salesman committed to selling Toronto": Remembering Mel Lastman
17 mins; December 13, 2021
Unpacking the bizarre case of Alexandra Lulka vs. the TDSB
13 mins; December 09, 2021
Ruth Wisse on her new memoir, campus antisemitism and our abundance of Holocaust memorials
0 secs; December 08, 2021
This Jewish journalist was embedded with the Wet'suwet'en—then the RCMP arrested him
14 mins; December 07, 2021
Welcome to Disraeli, Que., where the post office says Hanukkah is never over
11 mins; December 06, 2021
Hanukkah (mostly not) on the Hill: Over 400 people gather virtually for Parliament's first national candle-lighting ceremony
11 mins; December 02, 2021
Flying south: Why snowbirds are flocking back to Florida this season
10 mins; December 01, 2021
They don't have a shul or rabbi, but PEI's few dozen Jews just celebrated their first public Hanukkah ceremony
11 mins; November 30, 2021
The Hanukkah House that Canadians built: Inside the new Jewish gingerbread house trend
11 mins; November 28, 2021
Sex, drugs and depression: New Leonard Cohen biography doesn’t pull punches
15 mins; November 25, 2021
With more rain coming, this B.C. broadcaster is bracing for the storm
14 mins; November 24, 2021
He lost his parents to the Nazis. Now their names are engraved in a Viennese memorial he helped build
0 secs; November 23, 2021
Mezuzahs and sneakers: What two Jewish MPs are bringing on their first day in Parliament
13 mins; November 20, 2021
The rarely told story of how a handful of Montreal Jews covertly rescued 300 Ethiopian refugees
14 mins; November 18, 2021
Ethiopia is spiralling into civil war—and Israel has a chance to help
0 secs; November 17, 2021
Release the Kraken: How one Jewish Canadian is helping build an NHL team from scratch
17 mins; November 16, 2021
COP26 is over, but the war on climate change is heating up
16 mins; November 15, 2021
Justice for the fallen: Canadian Jewish war heroes' graves corrected, just in time for Remembrance Day
14 mins; November 11, 2021
This Remembrance Day, one Canadian soldier reflects on her mission to Afghanistan
15 mins; November 10, 2021
Surrounding the Magen David with yellow stars? The secret history and complex legacy of Israel's flag
0 secs; November 09, 2021
Canada-U.S. border reopening: Here's what you need to know
15 mins; November 08, 2021
Saul Rubinek shares his family's Holocaust story with Canadians for the first time
16 mins; November 04, 2021
From the Yom Kippur War to the war on COVID: Top Ontario nurse pleads with Canadians to stay cautious
