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. New episodes debut each Monday to Thursday.

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Recent episodes

Bathurst Manor residents reunite at a new exhibit showcasing Toronto’s uniquely Jewish postwar neighbourhood

2023.05.29

Hartley Garshowitz went to England to honour his uncle, the lone Canadian Jew killed in the audacious Dambusters Raid

2023.05.25

What are the Jewish themes on the ballot in Alberta’s election? Three expert observers explain the current political landscape

2023.05.24

Linda Frum on fighting back (and winning) against an Arabic-language newspaper’s defamation lawsuit

2023.05.23

Will this week’s vote on Parliament Hill change Canada’s relationship with Israel? The NDP’s foreign affairs critic introduced the controversial motion

2023.05.18

Two professors from Ottawa have launched a faculty network that will attempt to protect Jewish academics from campus antisemitism

2023.05.16

Meet the Canadian starring in Netflix’s new Jewish matchmaking reality show

2023.05.11

Ontario’s solicitor general Michael Kerzner says antisemitic rhetoric by an NDP MPP is ‘toxic to our democracy’

2023.05.10

Newfoundland and Labrador is now the 7th province to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism: Does it matter?

2023.05.09

How two Canadian Jewish politicians navigated King Charles’s coronation

2023.05.08

Bonjour Chai

The latest newsworthy takes from Avi Finegold in Montreal and Phoebe Maltz Bovy in Toronto, gabbing about Jewish culture, society, parenting, politics, fashion, food and religion, with guests from across Canada and beyond. Follow us on Twitter @bonjourchai.

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Recent episodes

Do we really not have enough rabbis—or do we have too many?

2023.05.25

The death of Herschel Siegel has forced a crucial conversation about LGBTQ Orthodox Jews

2023.05.18

What’s the secret to Chabad’s success?

2023.05.12

Secular Jews are on the rise. Do they really understand what they’re missing?

2023.05.05

After Yom ha-Atzmaut, Israeli protests reignite: Where does the Jewish State go from here?

2023.04.28

Is François Legault a hypocrite for promoting Quebec’s Catholic heritage?

2023.04.20

Hear the music of Mimouna, the Sephardic celebration not to be passed over

2023.04.14

Bonjour Chai presents: The Second Annual Great Canadian Seder

2023.04.02

Tradwives and Torah chic: Is adopting an Orthodox aesthetic suddenly cool?

2023.03.23

The future of Judaism will take place in your rabbi’s house

2023.03.16

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

Why is Azerbaijan suddenly so focused on promoting its Jewish community?

2023.04.04

Ralph Benmergui on why he left Toronto for Hamilton—and never looked back

2023.03.21

Oy, what a beautiful morning: Inside Tulsa’s push for new Jewish life

2023.03.09

Education and adaptation: How Kingston’s Jewish community keeps thriving

2023.02.21

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

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

Semitic sex appeal: Romance writer Stacey Agdern on the unique hotness of Jewish athletes

2023.05.25

Day in the life of Wrigley Field’s most famous TikTok vendor, @JewishJonah

2023.05.09

Domantas Sabonis is about to become the NBA’s biggest Jewish All-Star

2023.04.20

Israel’s young hockey teams are thriving. Meet the Canadian who brought the sport there

2023.03.31

Get to know Spencer Horwitz, Blue Jays prospect and Team Israel sparkplug

2023.03.14

A deep dive into Israel’s roster at the World Baseball Classic, feat. Ryan Lavarnway

2023.03.03

Taking a close look at the rise of Jewish golfers

2023.02.07

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

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.

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Recent episodes

Do Jews have an architectural style? The man behind the Babyn Yar Synagogue says yes—with a catch

2023.05.15

The Segal Centre is putting on an epic 3-hour Jewish family drama—and we visited the set

2023.05.01

This bold new puppet show is tackling the complex history of antisemitic traditions

2023.04.15

Hear the trailer for ‘Culturally Jewish’: The CJN’s new arts & culture podcast

2023.03.27

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.