Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJustice for the fallen: Canadian Jewish war heroes' graves corrected, just in time for Remembrance Day
Jules Freedman, Max Sucharov and Archie Adelman have a few things in common. All three served in the Canadian military; all three were killed in 1944…
4 years, 7 months ago
This Remembrance Day, one Canadian soldier reflects on her mission to Afghanistan
After 9/11, Canada sent 40,000 troops to Afghanistan. One of those was Tamar Freeman. She spent 25 years in the military, including a deployment in 2…
4 years, 7 months ago
Surrounding the Magen David with yellow stars? The secret history and complex legacy of Israel's flag
On this week 73 years ago, Israel officially enacted a law recognizing its new national flag: the classic blue-and-white Star of David we recognize t…
4 years, 7 months ago
Canada-U.S. border reopening: Here's what you need to know
As the Canada-U.S. land border reopens today, officials are expecting it will be busy. Canadian snowbirds will begin their annual migration south to …
4 years, 8 months ago
Saul Rubinek shares his family's Holocaust story with Canadians for the first time
Saul Rubinek has had a prolific career dating back to the 1960s. He's acted at the highest echelons of Canadian theatre, enjoyed stints on popular si…
4 years, 8 months ago
From the Yom Kippur War to the war on COVID: Top Ontario nurse pleads with Canadians to stay cautious
At age 17, Doris Grinspun moved to Israel, where she enrolled in nursing school in Jerusalem. When the Yom Kippur War broke out in 1973, even though …
4 years, 8 months ago
Meet the amateur Jewish baker winning over hearts and bellies on CBC TV
Steven Levitt isn't the first Jew to compete in CBC TV's reality competition, The Great Canadian Baking Show. But he is the only one this season. And…
4 years, 8 months ago
Celebrating our 100th episode: Behind the scenes of The CJN Daily
Today marks The CJN Daily's 100th episode: a significant milestone for any podcast, but especially one exclusively covering Canadian Jewish issues on…
4 years, 8 months ago
Halachic Halloween: Why are there so few scary Jewish movies?
If horror films ever have religious themes, they’re almost always Christian ones: good and evil, exorcisms, crosses and vampires, satanic cults. But …
4 years, 8 months ago
Holocaust survivor Eva Olsson celebrates a very special 97th birthday—thanks to Yad Vashem
In the spring of 1944, Eva Olsson's family—along with the rest of her town’s Jewish population—was deported to Auschwitz. Her parents were killed, al…
4 years, 8 months ago