Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchToronto’s James Hirsh says winning "Jeopardy!" was the thrill of a lifetime
Earlier this week, millions of people watched one of our own stand behind a podium on "Jeopardy!" — and win. Toronto lawyer James Hirsh, co-host of T…
4 months, 1 week ago
Why Egalitarian Prayer at the Western Wall is at Risk
Israel’s Supreme Court ordered the government on Feb. 19 to complete long-delayed renovations to Robinson’s Arch, the official egalitarian prayer sec…
4 months, 1 week ago
For the first time in a generation, Canadian Jews ask if they should leave
For many Canadian Jews who grew up feeling secure here, the idea of needing a ‘Plan B’ might have never occurred to them. Unthinkable, even. It was s…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Jewish parents are raising concerns about anti-Palestinian racism policies for Ontario schools
What is behind the push to have Ontario school boards adopt policies to combat anti-Palestinian racism? And why has it prompted an outcry of concern …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Jewish summer camps in Canada respond to new “antisemitic” boycott campaign
Just over four months from now, thousands of campers and staff will be heading out to Jewish summer camps from coast to coast. But the lead-up to the…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Meet the Canadian who's putting Jewish athletes on Manischewitz matzah boxes
In 2024, the image of Jake Retzlaff—the only Jewish quarterback ever to play for Brigham Young University’s football team—adorned special editions of…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Montreal family won't give up legal fight on behalf of expelled Iraqi Jews from 1950s
France's administrative court has thrown out a lawsuit launched by Montreal's Lawee family, who allege the French embassy in Baghdad has been occupyi…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Despite Cuba travel warning, first Canadian Jewish mission to Havana in 7 years delivers medicine, supplies—and baseball gear
The first Jewish aid mission from Canada since 2019 arrived in Havana, Cuba on Feb. 3, loaded with seven extra suitcases full of batteries, pills, an…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Global antisemitism experts offer their insight as Canada pivots its anti-hate approach
One day before Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government announced it will scrap the role of the Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and …
5 months ago
‘Canada’s dirty little secret’: Descendants demand action for 2,300 wrongfully imprisoned Jewish WWII refugees
Eight decades ago, Andrew Cassel’s father was bundled aboard a prison ship in England and sent to Canada as an “enemy alien”, where he was held behin…
5 months ago