Podcast Episodes

From Hannah Senesh to Hersh Goldberg-Polin: the Meaning of Jewish Heroism today

In his new book, Out of the Sky: Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe, Matti Friedman sets out to uncover the short life of Holocaust heroine Hannah Se…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ahead of Yom ha-Zikaron, this Rabbi’s new book confronts trauma, Oct. 7 and the power of forgiveness

Forgiveness is often framed as a moral ideal. But what happens when the wound is still open?

In his new book The Forgiveness Experiment, Rabbi Yisroe…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

The Story Behind the Kosher Canadian Cereal that Just Flew Around the Moon

Toronto entrepreneurs Daniel Carson and Daniel Schreiber have been revelling in the spotlight ever since the Artemis ll astronauts blasted off into s…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

On Yom HaShoah, Kathy Kacer Explores 13 Victims of Nazi Persecution—Jewish and Beyond

As Yom HaShoah begins, award-winning Canadian children's author Kathy Kacer explains how 100,000 small brass plaques across Europe—known as stolperst…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

After Her Mother’s First Yahrzeit, daughter does 100-Library Walk

For Marci Stepak, Toronto Public Library branches were never just about books—they were where she spent time with her mother. Eunice Stepak died of b…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

50 protesters. 80 Toronto police. Did anything change at Bathurst and Sheppard?

Two weeks after Toronto police’s new rules of engagement were announced for the duelling anti– and pro-Israel weekly demonstrations at the intersecti…

3 months ago

At an Orthodox Jewish Seder Table, a Long-Hidden Sexual Abuse Story Emerges

As extended families gather this week for their Passover seders, discussions are bound to get tense. That tension is taken to a whole other level in …

3 months, 1 week ago

New B’nai Brith Canada CEO Simon Wolle set priorities. Now they’re being sorely tested

At a time he calls a “national crisis of antisemitism,” Simon Wolle has stepped into one of the most visible advocacy roles in the country: CEO of B’…

3 months, 1 week ago

Canada Identifies Long-Lost Soldier from Prominent Jewish Family in the U.K.

It took five years of DNA testing, forensic analysis and genealogical sleuthing to restore his name — and reveal a hidden past.

Pte. Albert Henry Det…

3 months, 1 week ago

NDP leadership race: Who's the the 'least bad' for the Jewish community?

Members of Canada’s New Democratic Party are meeting this weekend to choose a new party leader, with a decision slated for Sunday. And for the first …

3 months, 1 week ago