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

A spiritual conversation with the young Hollywood horror movie writer who used to watch Jewish bodies before they were buried in Toronto

2023.02.02

Toronto’s Reena agency turns 50 facing middle-aged challenges of caring for older residents with disabilities

2023.02.01

YidLife Crisis explain why they translated their very Jewish humour into Chinese (and French, too!)

2023.01.31

University of Toronto held a private event to help Jews heal from antisemitism. Two attendees reveal what happens in a ‘restorative circle’

2023.01.30

Take our 15-minute audio tour of Winnipeg’s redesigned Holocaust Education Centre

2023.01.26

Shining a new light on Rudolf Vrba, the Canadian who escaped from Auschwitz

2023.01.25

Remembering the late Rabbi Bernard Baskin, 102, and other ‘Honourable Menschen’

2023.01.24

Why is Israel’s ambassador to Canada quitting his job?

2023.01.23

Hear how Ottawa’s public school board finally decided to take formal action against antisemitism

2023.01.19

‘A hero in the creation of our homeland’: Remembering war veteran Jerry Gross, 96, who served with Machal in Israel’s first struggle for survival

2023.01.18

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

The Chabadification of Judaism: How did this one sect get so big?

2023.02.02

Israeli courts are heading down a dangerous path. Canada can teach them a lesson

2023.01.26

What did we talk about before we talked about antisemitism?

2023.01.19

Cancellation Policy: Should we hold figures from past generations to modern standards?

2023.01.12

Should the swastika get cancelled?

2022.12.08

A different kind of wig in shul: How drag performers are finding community in Jewish spaces

2022.12.01

Both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian students feel under siege on campus. Who’s right?

2022.11.28

What should Israelis’ relationship with Diaspora Jews look like?

2022.11.17

I’ll read what she’s reading: What’s the deal with Jewish romance novels?

2022.11.10

Firsthand Holocaust education keeps slipping further away. What does that mean for its future?

2022.11.03

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

How Heidi Coleman tapped into Kamloops’ Jewish community—and quickly became their leader

2023.02.02

Shalom, y’all: What life is like for the Jews of Little Rock, Arkansas

2022.12.07

This Israeli expat is making Jewish life happen in Prince Edward County

2022.11.23

‘You feel more of an obligation to assert your identity’: How the Jews of Tasmania are slowly growing their community

2022.11.08

Windsor’s Jews have a strong pitch to grow their numbers. So why aren’t more people moving there?

2022.10.25

Niagara Falls is losing its only synagogue—but the building’s legacy lives on

2022.09.29

One woman’s mission to revitalize the Jewish community of Quebec City

2022.09.07

Small-town Judaism is in danger. Here’s how it can be saved

2022.08.24

How a handful of Jewish doctors formed an unlikely community in Sioux Lookout, Ont.

2022.08.09

Meet the Jamaican Jewish leader who once took Louis Farrakhan to synagogue

2022.07.07

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. For speaking inquiries, contact producer Michael Fraiman at [email protected].

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Recent episodes

This year in Jewish sports: Recapping the highs and lows of 2022

2022.12.15

Sheldon Plener shares his best advice on becoming an acclaimed sports lawyer

2022.12.01

The secret Jewish history of how Qatar got the World Cup

2022.11.17

Who exactly are the Black Hebrew Israelites? A deep dive into the world behind the Kyrie Irving antisemitism scandal

2022.11.03

Putting the ‘bet’ in Aleph-Bet: What does the Talmud say about sports gambling?

2022.10.19

Buy me some pinot and Cracker Jack: Meet the MLB’s first-ever master sommelier

2022.10.03

‘I belong on the ice’: The remarkable story of trailblazing hockey player Eliezer Sherbatov

2022.09.14

A Canadian Jewish Olympian recalls witnessing the 1972 Munich Games, 50 years later

2022.09.01

Laurence Applebaum is on a mission to showcase Canadian golf to the world

2022.08.11

Laetitia Beck on growing golf in Israel, where there’s only one 18-hole course

2022.07.28

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

‘We want to belong to a common narrative’: Devyani Saltzman on making systemic changes happen in Canadian arts and culture

2022.12.25

In her art, Tamara Podemski channels the survival of her ancestors—both Jewish and Indigenous

2022.08.29

Jews are a multicultural people. Loolwa Khazzoom wants our spaces to reflect that

2022.07.27

Michael Twitty on race, religion, politics and survival in America

2022.06.07

Lawyer, filmmaker, would-be candidate for Conservative leader: A deep dive with Joel Etienne

2022.05.10

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

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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Recent episodes

How do you balance being modern with being Orthodox?

2021.09.03

Understanding the appeal of Reconstructionist Judaism

2021.09.02

Living between two worlds: Modern Orthodoxy is hard to define

2021.09.01

The shifting face of Conservative Judaism

2021.08.31

‘Won’t You Be My Rabbi?’ A new CJN podcast miniseries

2021.08.30

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.