Erez Zobary talks about blending her Yemenite heritage with soulful sounds
Multiple songs tell her Safta’s escape story on Operation Magic Carpet.
‘My Dead Mom’ gives the nagging Jewish mother trope a haunting twist
The new Crave web series wants to show the diversity of grief.
Yosl and the Yingels balance classic klezmer with modern jazz in their debut EP
The group is one of the few secular bands writing original Yiddish songs in Toronto.
Live from the Toronto Holocaust Museum: Talking zombies on Halloween Eve
Our arts podcast goes behind the scenes of ‘Justice: A Holocaust Zombie Story’.
Jacob Samuel wants audiences to know he’s Jewish—and to make that tension funny
The comedian is headlining at the Chutzpah! Festival in Vancouver next month.
A new exhibit of dreamlike family portraits recall bygone Jewish life, tinged with trauma
Arnie Lipsey’s acrylic paintings are on display until December at the Museum of Jewish Montreal.
‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ are back with a new-generation cast onstage in Winnipeg
The CJN’s own male lead David Sklar talks about taking on the classic part of Mitch Albom.
Talia Schlanger spent years interviewing professional musicians—then became one herself
Her debut albums draws inspiration from her survivor grandparents.
‘I could not stop crying’: Holocaust survivor Maxwell Smart sees his life story adapted for film
The film interweaves Yiddish folklore into Smart’s true story of living in the woods for over a year.
Danila Botha’s new book of short fiction wants to break the mold of Jewish Orthodoxy
Plus she talks about “Zionist lists” pervading the literary industry today.
