Podcast Episodes

Two scions of a prominent Winnipeg rabbinic family are now helming the city’s biggest shuls

For more than half a century, the Rose family—headed by Rabbi Neal Rose and his wife, Carol—have been prominent leaders in Winnipeg’s Jewish communit…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Sault Ste. Marie’s next generation vows to carry on Jewish life, especially for these coming High Holidays

In the riverside border city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Jewish community leaders are stepping up to run programming for the 35 member families of Con…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Slain law professor Dan Markel's Canadian family hopes for more time with his kids, after new guilty verdict

A Florida court convicted Dan Markel’s former mother-in-law of first degree murder on Sept. 4 for the 2014 contract hit on the Canadian law professor…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

What it was like at the world premiere of ‘The Road Between Us’

The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue, a new documentary, debuted to a sold-out audience of nearly 2,000 ticket-holders at the Toronto Internation…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

University is back in session. What are Jewish students walking into?

As a new academic year starts on Canadian post-secondary campuses, headlines and social media posts are already revealing a familiarly troubling atms…

9 months, 4 weeks ago

As the UN General Assembly meets this week, they’ll have a vocal new critic: Linda Frum

The United Nations General Assembly gets to work this week, beginning its 80th anniversary session on Sept. 9. And as the ambassadors gather in New Y…

10 months ago

Harvard experts warn Diaspora Jews are suffering from ‘traumatic invalidation’ after Oct. 7

Diaspora Jews have spent nearly two full years seeing posters of Israeli hostages ripped down in public, hearing chants of “Go back to Poland” in the…

10 months ago

How Ottawa’s Jewish community is reacting to the Loblaws stabbing attack

The suspect charged in the stabbing of a Jewish Ottawa woman at the city’s main kosher Loblaws grocery store last week is still in custody, and is go…

10 months ago

Menschwarmers: This Canadian athlete drew a swastika on a Jewish student’s dorm room. The New York Yankees drafted him anyway

Ellin Bessner will return next week. Today, we're bringing you the latest episode of Menschwarmers, The CJN's Jewish sports podcast. Subscribe to Men…

10 months, 1 week ago

Greatest Hits: After escaping the Jasper forest fires, this tourist couple found safety in the Jewish community

North Star is on vacation this week, so we're rerunning some of our favourite episodes. This one originally aired August 7, 2024.

Sharon Chodirker an…

10 months, 1 week ago