The CJN Daily

This is what Jewish Canada sounds like. A bite-sized newscast hosted by investigative journalist Ellin Bessner, breaking stories and interviewing community leaders. Airs Monday to Thursday.

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Recent episodes

Why Emma Cunningham quit the Ontario NDP over antisemitism

2022.01.27

One-third of Canadian kids don’t understand or question the Holocaust, new survey shows

2022.01.26

How Ashley Waxman Bakshi leapt from beauty tips to the frontlines of Israel’s digital information war

2022.01.25

Jewish public servants are calling out antisemitism in Ottawa’s corridors of power

2022.01.23

An exit interview with Karen Mock of JSpaceCanada

2022.01.20

Public Safety Minister pledges to move ‘urgently’ to speed up funds for Canadian Jewish institutions

2022.01.19

The United Church angers Canadian rabbis with its new proposed Mideast policy

2022.01.18

Canadian institutions brace themselves after the Colleyville hostage situation

2022.01.17

Back on dry land: Canada’s first seafaring Jewish military chaplain reflects on four months on the Pacific

2022.01.13

One man’s journey from Montreal day school to Chief Rabbi in the UAE

2022.01.12

Bonjour Chai

Political punditry, spiritual advice, challenging analysis: our weekly current affairs show breaks down the most important topics for Canadian Jews every Friday morning. Follow us on Twitter @bonjourchai.

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Recent episodes

What is the future of progressive Zionism?

2022.01.20

Skip shul, buy pastrami: How Jewish nostalgia became a religious practice

2022.01.16

Sitting down with a few new Jews in the Order of Canada

2022.01.07

The Canadian Jewish year in review—a podcast conversation to cap 2021

2021.12.29

The secret history of Jews and Indigenous communities

2021.12.24

The great Jew-face debate: Should gentile actors play Jewish characters?

2021.12.10

Jewish students are outraged at the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus BDS decision

2021.12.03

Hallmark Hanukkah flicks: Did anyone actually ask for these?

2021.11.26

Social media communities are toxic echo chambers—but they might be necessary to live a Jewish life

2021.11.19

To cut or not to cut: Debate over circumcision is heating up

2021.11.13

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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Recent episodes

Can North Bay’s decimated Jewish community make a post-pandemic comeback?

2022.01.26

Memories of growing up Jewish in postwar Manitoba

2022.01.12

Kabbalat Shabbat on the beach: This is Jewish life on Bowen Island

2021.12.08

Meet the ‘Bagel Lady of Niagara’, serving up the only true Jewish bagels south of Hamilton

2021.12.01

The perfect storm: How a New York meteorologist wound up in Newfoundland—and never left

2021.11.17

The last native Yiddish speaker from Saint John, N.B., reflects on the Jewish Maritime exodus

2021.11.03

Why one Jewish couple decided to leave the city for a rural life in Uxbridge, Ont.

2021.10.20

The only rabbi in Vaudreuil: Why Alice Frank Patry moved from New York to suburban Quebec

2021.10.06

Why Joel Axler loves being one of two Jews living in Walkerton

2021.09.15

Take an audio tour of Jewish Northern Ontario

2021.08.25

Rivkush

Interviews with fascinating Jews of colour from all over the world: activists, artists, rule-breakers and change-makers.

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Recent episodes

Live from Limmud: Susannah Heschel on Jewish participation in the civil rights movement

2021.11.29

How white supremacy rooted itself in mainstream Judaism

2021.11.15

This Black Jewish Canadian punk rapper poet gamer doesn’t care about your expectations

2021.11.01

From ex-con to convert: David Ben Moshe is exposing Israel’s systemic racism

2021.10.18

No, Jews are not a race

2021.10.04

For Black Jews, Israel is safer than the U.S.

2021.09.20

One man’s dream to create a Birthright-style trip for Puerto Rico

2021.09.01

Rain Pryor: Actress, comedian, not just Richard’s daughter

2021.08.18

Noah Shufutinsky, a.k.a. Westside Gravy, is blending Zionism with hip hop

2021.08.09

Jews of colour face antisemitism and racism—from the right and the left

2021.07.27

Menschwarmers

The world’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.