Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFor the first time in nearly 100 years, Belleville's synagogue can't offer High Holiday services—because no one will lead them
The Sons of Jacob Congregation, Belleville's only synagogue, has been servicing the town's tight-knit local Jewish community for nearly a century. Du…
3 years, 9 months ago
Saving Sukkot: Hear why the Canadian government almost accidentally banned importing lulavs
Over the last few days, Canadian border officials blocked a shipment of lulavs bound for Montreal. Why? They believed, erroneously, that the Sukkot s…
3 years, 9 months ago
Ottawa’s Jewish community has a message for their school board: 'Nothing about us, without us'
On Sept. 13, 2022, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board held a special meeting. They were finally set to discuss a brewing fiasco in which the b…
3 years, 9 months ago
Canada's oldest Ashkenazi congregation just recovered a 100-year-old time capsule on their milestone anniversary weekend
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim is older than Canada itself. It was founded by Jews who came from England to what is now Quebec, wanting to create thei…
3 years, 9 months ago
Marsha Lederman’s mother would have been proud of her new high-profile Globe and Mail column beginning this weekend: will she be the voice for Jewish Canadians?
This weekend, after spending 15 years as an arts writer for The Globe and Mail, Marsha Lederman is debuting her new opinion column for the paper. The…
3 years, 9 months ago
Run, hide, defend: This is the new approach to keep Canadian Jews safe over the High Holidays and beyond
As Canadian Jews debate whether to head back to in-person synagogue services for the High Holidays, and parents may fret about their kids' safety at …
3 years, 9 months ago
Beloved March of the Living survivor David Shentow has city park in Ottawa named in his memory
The late David Shentow once vowed he would "crawl on his hands and knees to Auschwitz" to tell his Holocaust story, as a way to counter those who den…
3 years, 9 months ago
Queen Elizabeth II was 'good for the Jews' even though she never visited Israel: tributes from Canada and Britain on her death
As the official mourning period continues for Queen Elizabeth II – who died on Sept. 8 at the age of 96 – the Jewish community is, mostly, rememberin…
3 years, 9 months ago
For the first time ever, Jewish RCMP officers can now wear kippot on duty
While RCMP commissioner Brenda Lucki has been in the hot seat all summer, facing an inquiry into the mass shooting that struck Nova Scotia in 2020, s…
3 years, 10 months ago
How Vancouver's Jews are fundraising one of the most expensive Jewish building projects in Canadian history
When Vancouver's current Jewish community centre opened in Oakridge in 1962, the local community numbered about 8,000. Today, Vancouver's Jewish comm…
3 years, 10 months ago