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

Hear why Canada’s first permanent Jewish postmark is from a town with no Jews

2021.12.06

Hanukkah (mostly not) on the Hill: Over 400 people gather virtually for Parliament’s first national candle-lighting ceremony

2021.12.02

Flying south: Why snowbirds are flocking back to Florida this season

2021.12.01

They don’t have a shul or rabbi, but P.E.I.’s few dozen Jews just celebrated their first public Hanukkah ceremony

2021.11.30

The Hanukkah House that Canadians built: Inside the new Jewish gingerbread house trend

2021.11.28

Sex, drugs and depression: New Leonard Cohen biography doesn’t pull punches

2021.11.25

With more rain coming, this B.C. broadcaster is bracing for the storm

2021.11.24

He lost his parents to the Nazis. Now their names are engraved in a Viennese memorial he helped build

2021.11.23

Mezuzahs and sneakers: What two Jewish MPs are bringing on their first day in Parliament

2021.11.20

The rarely told story of how a handful of Montreal Jews covertly rescued 300 Ethiopian refugees

2021.11.18

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

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

Should we allow the private sale of Nazi memorabilia?

2021.11.05

How can Jewish Canadians fix our abysmal rates of organ donation?

2021.10.29

Three years after the Squirrel Hill shooting, how has the community changed?

2021.10.22

Rabbi burnout is a real thing, and it’s more important than you think

2021.10.14

Canadian housing is unaffordable. Jewish housing is even worse

2021.10.07

The Jewish case for Indigenous truth and reconciliation

2021.09.30

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

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

Reflections on the once-thriving Jewish community of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

2021.08.13

One British rabbi’s quest to keep Judaism alive in Regina

2021.07.30

Buzzy and Caplansky: Meet the deli men of remote B.C.

2021.07.14

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.