Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDerek Penslar, a Canadian scholar of Jewish history, hopes to fix Harvard’s antisemitism problem
Six months have passed since the president of Harvard University was forced to resign after she refused to sanction pro-Palestinian protesters. Claud…
1 year, 11 months ago
‘We are going to fight back’: Windsor Jews rally against UWindsor’s concession to pro-Palestinian students
The head of Windsor’s Jewish community, Stephen Cheifetz, is calling in the big guns to fight back “significantly” against the University of Windsor,…
1 year, 11 months ago
Former Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy wants to fight the information war in Canada
On the weekend, the IDF announced its forces had targeted a zone in the Khan Younis area of Gaza where the senior Hamas mastermind behind the Oct. 7 …
1 year, 11 months ago
When a craft market in Saskatoon banned Zionists, these Jewish parents decided to fight back
At the end of June, a queer artist group's craft market was scheduled to celebrate Pride Month in Saskatoon with an event called Cheers for Queers. …
1 year, 11 months ago
It's time for French Jews—and Jews in the Diaspora—to come live in Israel, says MK Sharren Haskel
A few days ago, Israeli Knesset member Sharren Haskel, who was born in Canada, made headlines when she said her 88-year-old grandmother, who lives ou…
1 year, 11 months ago
Anthony Housefather is the federal government’s new special adviser on antisemitism. What now?
Montreal-area Liberal MP Anthony Housefather said he is grateful to have been officially appointed on Friday July 5 as a special advisor to the Prime…
2 years ago
How Kitchener-Waterloo's own Walk for Israel drew a huge crowd—and no protesters
An estimated 500 people turned out on Sunday, June 23, to march through the streets of Kitchener, Ont., carrying Israeli flags and raising funds to h…
2 years ago
‘Apology not accepted’: Behind Jewish groups’ furor over Canada’s new human rights commissioner
Birju Dattani is a Canadian human rights lawyer who worked in the Yukon and his home province of Alberta before being catapulted into the highest-pro…
2 years ago
Oy, Canada: Jews feeling ‘vulnerable’ and ‘precarious’ on Canada Day after Oct. 7
Canada Day is usually a holiday of patriotism and pride. But this year, nine months after Oct. 7 sparked new waves of antisemitism across the country…
2 years ago
Long-buried Nazi atrocities, retold in Robert Rotenberg’s new crime novel, have lessons for today
Author Robert Rotenberg never imagined that his newest police crime novel, written against the backdrop of European fascism, would come out at the sa…
2 years ago