Podcast Episodes

University of Windsor cut a deal with a pro-Palestinian encampment in July. What’s happened since?

It’s been nearly five months since officials at the University of Windsor signed what many observers describe as the most far-reaching agreement by a…

1 year, 7 months ago

Rabbi Adam Scheier slams Montreal police for instructing him to leave a street corner—for safety reasons

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1 year, 7 months ago

Behind the scenes at Canada’s weekly rallies for the Israeli hostages

For the 61st week since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, Jewish Canadians–and increasingly, some of their non-Jewish allies–came out to stand for t…

1 year, 7 months ago

Ottawa's school board censured a trustee after antisemitism complaint—but stopped short of suspension

Donna Blackburn, a long-serving trustee on the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, has been formally censured by her peers and must take antisemit…

1 year, 7 months ago

Fighting antisemitism—and loving Star Trek—were Henry Wolfond’s rocket fuel to reach outer space

It lasted just over 10 minutes, but on Nov. 22, Henry Wolfond became an astronaut. The Canadian business executive is still processing what it means …

1 year, 7 months ago

Irwin Cotler responds to Iran’s assassination attempt on his life: ‘This has to serve as a wake-up call’

It’s been an open secret for a year now: the esteemed Canadian human rights advocate, Irwin Cotler, 84, has been living under round-the-clock police …

1 year, 7 months ago

A new government-issued handbook aims to define antisemitism. Will it make a difference?

Ever since Oct. 7, there has been a deluge of antisemitism propagated under the veil of anti-Zionism. Cartoons of world-dominating Jewish rats and ho…

1 year, 7 months ago

Amsterdam's mayor says the violence wasn't a pogrom. Dutch Jewish leaders agree, but demand protection

On Nov. 7, mobs of Dutch soccer fans rampaged through central Amsterdam beating up Israeli and Jewish tourists there to see the Maccabi Tel Aviv team…

1 year, 7 months ago

Mississauga organizers cancel vigil honouring Sinwar as ‘Our Mandela’. But local Jews aren’t relaxing yet

The organizers of a vigil for Yahya Sinwar, the former leader of Hamas whom Israeli forces killed earlier this year, have decided to cancel their con…

1 year, 7 months ago

Why this Canadian Catholic leader is rallying Christians to stand up against antisemitism

Just before Rosh Hashanah, Rev. Dr. Andrew Bennett, a Catholic community leader in Ottawa, launched a campaign to convince more of his Christian coll…

1 year, 7 months ago