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What does Jeopardy co-host (and former Big Bang Theory star) Mayim Bialik have to do with Israel’s 75th birthday? Why does the winner of the Tour de …
3 years, 2 months ago
Decorated pilot Dr. Bill Novick fought for Israel in 1948, and other ‘Honourable Menschen’ for Yom Ha-Zikaron
As Israel mourns its 24,213 fallen soldiers (and 4,255 civilians killed by terror) this Yom Hazikaron, Canada’s Jewish community also recently lost a…
3 years, 2 months ago
Israel’s rookie Aliyah minister visits Canada to promote immigration—while avoiding protesters
Ofir Sofer is the first member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to visit Canada since pro-democracy protests began in Israel four mo…
3 years, 2 months ago
Ahead of Earth Day, a new Canadian kids book tackles climate anxiety—with a dose of Jewish soul
An orphaned polar bear named Steve with not enough fish to eat meets a lonely electric vehicle named Eve who ran away to the North Pole to escape bei…
3 years, 2 months ago
Making a game about the Holocaust? Yes, says this Canadian designer of ‘Rosenstrasse’
The Rosenstrasse Protest – which occurred in Berlin in 1943 just weeks before the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, which we remember today – was the only demo…
3 years, 2 months ago
This wrinkled tallit tells the story of a Montrealer who became Auschwitz’s only Canadian Holocaust victim
As ceremonies are held across Canada for Yom ha-Shoah, the commemoration of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, we bring you the little-k…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Wikipedia fight over Poland’s role in the Holocaust sparks death threats against an Ottawa professor
As the world prepares to mark Yom ha-Shoah on Monday night, April 17, thousands of Jewish visitors have descended on Poland for the annual March of t…
3 years, 2 months ago
Why this cemetery researcher is preserving the history of 80,000 Jews buried in Quebec
With the yizkor memorial service fast approaching on the last day of Passover, April 13, The CJN Daily felt it appropriate to shine a light on the ce…
3 years, 2 months ago
Bonjour Chai's second annual Great Canadian Seder episode
The CJN Daily returns Tuesday April 11, 2023 with regular programming but for today, Monday, April 10, we are offering a bonus – for subscribers only…
3 years, 2 months ago
Is it OK if your seder plate is made in China?
As Jewish people around the world sit down for Passover seders this week, they may be using treasured ritual objects such as seder plates and wine go…
3 years, 3 months ago