Podcasts
The CJN Daily
This is what Jewish Canada sounds like. A newscast hosted by investigative journalist Ellin Bessner, breaking stories and interviewing community leaders. New episodes Monday to Thursday.
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Bonjour Chai
Current affairs from a Canadian perspective. Hear opinions, debate and hot takes on everything from politics to fashion to pop culture from hosts Avi Finegold and Phoebe Maltz Bovy. Subscribe to the Substack at bonjourchai.substack.com.
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Justice: A Holocaust Zombie Story
A young woman finds herself in the middle of a burgeoning global crisis when zombified Holocaust victims begin rising from the mass graves of former concentration camps. An original seven-part fiction miniseries produced in association with the Ashkenaz Foundation.
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Not That Kind of Rabbi
Spiritual journeys, discussions and lessons from award-winning broadcaster Ralph Benmergui. Every two weeks, join Ralph and his insightful guests for an in-depth sit-down conversation about the unseen problems affecting our world.
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Culturally Jewish
Join actors David Sklar and Ilana Zackon as they shmooze with creative Jews of all disciplines, taking you behind the scenes of what matters most to Canada’s Jewish arts community—and why our cultural representation matters. Please send pitches to producer Michael Fraiman at [email protected].
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Menschwarmers
The web’s most popular Jewish sports podcast. Join Gabe and Jamie for laid-back interviews, global commentary and surprisingly in-depth investigations into whether athletes whose names sound Jewish actually are. Follow us on Twitter @menschwarmers.
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Rivkush
Interviews with fascinating Jews of colour from all over the world: activists, artists, rule-breakers and change-makers. Hosted by Rivka “Rivkush” Campbell, founder of Jews of Colour Canada. We gratefully thank our lead sponsor, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation.
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Won't You Be My Rabbi?
A thirtysomething comedian searches for the meaning of… maybe not life, exactly, but something like it? Just general meaning would be nice, honestly.
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Yehupetzville with Ralph Benmergui
From Moncton to Moose Jaw, Glace Bay to Thunder Bay, join veteran broadcaster Ralph Benmergui as he travels from coast to coast to coast in search of a truly national Canadian Jewish identity.
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Five Questions About Israel
Hosted and sponsored by Dan Brotman of the Windsor Jewish Federation and Yaron Deckel of the Jewish Agency for Israel, this special podcast miniseries asks big questions about Israel—and invites you to share your voice.
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A Few of My Favourite Jews
Comedian Laura Leibow sits down with friends to chat about their favourite Jewish person. Hopefully, someone learns something about somebody.
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Shticks & Giggles
What does it mean to be a Jewish comic in an era when “Jewish” is no longer synonymous with “stand-up”? To find the answer, comedian Laura Leibow sits down with the world’s best and brightest Jewish comics who were willing to appear on this show.
