Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHundreds gathered to honour Canadian peace activist Vivian Silver at memorial in Israel
There has been an outpouring of love and support from around the world for the late Vivian Silver, the Canadian-born peace activist whose remains wer…
2 years, 7 months ago
How Canadians felt marching for Israel at the historic Washington rally
The historic March for Israel in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14 is already being described as the largest public rally by Jewish people in American his…
2 years, 7 months ago
Why aren’t police doing more to stop antisemitic speech in Canada?
Show notes Police in Montreal are redeploying their squad cars in different locations this week in an effort to better protect the city’s Jewish comm…
2 years, 7 months ago
A coin collector stumbled upon a Canadian Jewish war hero’s story—and is now dedicated to sharing it
In the summer of 2022, coin expert Brian Iseman stumbled on a trove of long-forgotten personal military possessions belonging to the family of Lt. My…
2 years, 8 months ago
Jewish university students talk about recently rising antisemitism at school
Being a Jewish post-secondary student on Canadian campuses this semester has become an uncomfortable experience in the past month. Students have rece…
2 years, 8 months ago
A security expert says this isn't the time to take your mezuzahs down in fear
Toronto police have arrested and charged a 32-year-old Toronto man after he allegedly tried to stop someone from putting up posters of missing Israel…
2 years, 8 months ago
Meet the Canadian teenagers choosing to stay in Israel during the war
Maya Winkler, 19, was supposed to be taking classes at Reichman University in Herzliya this year—but is instead spending her days collecting supplies…
2 years, 8 months ago
Israel’s new envoy on antisemitism has harsh words for Canada after its abstention in a UN vote on the war with Hamas
Just ahead of her first visit to Canada as Israel’s newly-appointed Special Envoy on Combatting Antisemitism, Michal Cotler-Wunsh had strong criticis…
2 years, 8 months ago
Hear the families of Hamas’s hostages urge the Canadian government to do more
If you ask some relatives of the nearly 240 Israeli hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7, they will say “there hasn’t been enough pressure” to free thei…
2 years, 8 months ago
Vivian Silver, the Canadian peace activist taken hostage by Hamas, would wish to be released through non-violent means, her close friend says
As Israeli tanks and infantry forces began a limited push into Gaza over the weekend, ahead of an expected full-scale ground invasion, families and f…
2 years, 8 months ago