Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCanada’s Russian-speaking Jewish community considering appealing the results of the World Zionist Congress vote
Rabbi Marat Ressin was concerned when he heard the preliminary Canadian results for the World Zionist Congress elections. The prominent member of Can…
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Antisemitism fighter, founders of Le Château and Great Gulf Homes focus of new Honourable Menschen spotlight
Le Château was a fashion fixture across shopping malls in Canada during its heyday in the 1970s and ’80s. Founder Herschel Segal, a Montrealer who re…
1 year ago
‘This flag has power’: Wartime Canadian flag recovered from Europe after 80 years
Michael Levenston has long known about his father’s heroism in the Second World War. But he didn’t know his father dated a Dutch woman there, a nurse…
1 year ago
The CJN’s year-end antisemitism report card for Canadian schools and universities
As Canadian public schools and universities wind down the 2024-2025 academic year this week, Jewish students can enjoy a desperately needed break fro…
1 year ago
Canadians are rallying to rebuild Israeli universities hit by Iranian missiles
A direct hit by two Iranian missiles on June 15 caused an estimated $500 million worth of damage to the campus of Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Scie…
1 year ago
Exodus by way of Egypt: Hear how Canadians fled Israel after war broke out with Iran
For over a week now, we have been reporting stories about Canadians stranded in Israel since that country launched its pre-emptive attack on Iran on …
1 year ago
A Canadian woman recounts surviving a missile strike that wrecked hundreds of Tel Aviv apartments
In the early hours of Monday, June 16, Alana Ruben Free was sheltering in a friend’s safe room—with her friend, several other women and three cats—wh…
1 year ago
How an 85-year-old Canadian Holocaust survivor is riding out the Israel-Iran war in a Jerusalem hotel
Eva Kuper, a Holocaust survivor from Montreal, spent the first five years of her life hiding from the Nazis in German-occupied Poland. Now, the well-…
1 year ago
'A little bit dystopian': As Iran attacks, 2 Canadians describe the atmosphere in Israeli bomb shelters
For the last three nights in a row, ever since Israel's military and the Mossad began the ongoing strikes on Iran's nuclear program, Maddy Eisenberg …
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Canada's sanctions on Israeli MKs a 'powerful symbol' but with 'limited impact'
Political observers are describing Canada’s move as “unprecedented” after foreign minister Anita Anand announced on June 10 the country has joined 4 …
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