Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHidden for 1,000 days: How 8 members of this Canadian family survived the Holocaust
It's highly unusual that eight family members would not only survive the Holocaust, but all end up living in Canada after the war. Yet that's what ha…
4 years, 2 months ago
Tory MP claims Liberals "stole" his Holocaust denial bill—and watered it down
As Parliament resumed Monday after a two-week break, politicians jumped straight into debating the recently revealed annual budget. Tucked inside the…
4 years, 2 months ago
The story behind this secret Jewish photo of Guy Lafleur
For Robert Foxman, this photograph has become family lore. It's a shot of hockey legend Guy Lafleur sporting a kippah, draped in a tallit and holding…
4 years, 2 months ago
Zoom funerals, socially distanced shivas: One rabbi's guide to coping with death during COVID and beyond
Four years ago, Rabbi Avraham Plotkin was writing a book about bereavement when, in a horrible coincidence, his own 14-year-old son died. Rather than…
4 years, 2 months ago
After getting fired by Doug Ford, Dianne Saxe hopes to make political history
The Green Party of Ontario has only one seat at Queen's Park right now, but Dianne Saxe is hoping to change that. The high-profile environmental lawy…
4 years, 2 months ago
Let my shofars go: How the Passover story saved one woman's Judaica from Canadian border control
When Sara Davis began exploring her Jewish roots, she decided to order a bunch of items from an online Judaica store based in Israel. She bought two …
4 years, 2 months ago
Canada might ban Holocaust denial. Here's why that probably won't curtail antisemitism
Canada's most recent budget earmarks $70 million dollars for the Jewish community, with a specific focus on fighting antisemitism and Holocaust denia…
4 years, 2 months ago
We want your Passover stories
We're taking a short break for Passover, and will be returning on Monday. In the meantime: we want to hear your stories. How did you handle the seder…
4 years, 2 months ago
Atlantic Canada's first-ever Reform community kicks off with a virtual seder
Historically, Canada's Reform movement has been most prominent in Toronto and Montreal. Head east of Quebec, for example, and all you'd find are Orth…
4 years, 2 months ago
Why are so many campus student unions voting on BDS motions this year?
On Wednesday, the student council at Simon Fraser University will vote to approve a motion entitled "Establishing an SFSS Issues Policy on Palestinia…
4 years, 2 months ago