Podcast Episodes

Bonus: Federation CJA speaks to lawyer Neil Oberman about antisemitism in Montreal

We're taking a day off at The CJN Daily, so please enjoy this podcast from our friends at Montreal's Federation CJA, which aired last month. To subsc…

2 years, 1 month ago

What this Canadian-Palestinian peace activist wants you to know about life after Oct. 7

Yafa Sakkejha was named after the city of Jaffa, where, until 1948, her Palestinian grandparents lived and owned property and managed orange groves. …

2 years, 1 month ago

A new political Jewish students’ union has sprung up after weeks of pro-Palestine tent protests

Since Oct. 7, at least five mezuzahs have been torn off the doors of Jewish students living in residence at Queen’s University. At the University of …

2 years, 1 month ago

Bais Chaya Mushka families celebrated Jewish pride on Sunday after gunfire was aimed at the Toronto school on Shabbat

One day after the weekend targeting of Bais Chaya Mushka, a Jewish girl’s school in Toronto, by suspects who sprayed the front of building with bulle…

2 years, 1 month ago

New B.C seniors advocate Dan Levitt flew to the U.N. to fight for the rights of Canada’s growing 65+ population

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Seniors are in the spotlight this week as Canada and other countries are meeting at the United Nations to discuss ways to help the world’s…

2 years, 1 month ago

The CJN’s Honourable Menschen: Remembering the politically embattled Patti Starr, referee Harry Davis and other late influential Canadian Jews

The CJN Daily‘s Honourable Menschen is back, just ahead of Lag b’Omer on June 11, when tens of thousands of observant Jews traditionally make a pilgr…

2 years, 1 month ago

The 13-year old who hundreds walked to school in Toronto has no plans to change schools due to antisemitic bullying

Eitan Cohen, 13, is determined to head back to class after the Victoria Day long weekend—despite months of being bullied, taunted, threatened and ass…

2 years, 1 month ago

An Israeli high schooler was beaten up in Fredericton. Her family believes it was a hate crime

On April 30, Shaked Tsurkan, a 14-year-old Israeli girl attending high school in New Brunswick, was followed and beaten up by an older student. It ha…

2 years, 1 month ago

Yossi Klein Halevi on Israel at 76: ‘We are still an enormously powerful people’

The respected Israeli journalist and author Yossi Klein Halevi is bringing his message of hope to Canada on May 14, 2024, to mark Israel’s 76th anniv…

2 years, 1 month ago

‘Nobody can go through those tunnels and come back the same person’: IDF veterans speak on Yom ha-Zikaron

As Israel and Jewish communities around the world mark Yom ha-Zikaron, the Israeli memorial day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror, some Toron…

2 years, 1 month ago