Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMassive crowds gather to remember Rabbi Bulka
As many have now heard, Rabbi Reuven Bulka died on June 27, 2021. Rabbi Bulka was a beloved public figure in Ottawa, once called "Canada's Rabbi" by …
5 years ago
Miami-Dade condo collapse: What comes next?
On June 24, a 12-storey beachfront condo building collapsed in Surfside, a suburb of Miami, with more than 150 people still missing as rescue operati…
5 years ago
Reflections on high school graduation from the COVID Class of 2021
The graduating class of TanenbaumCHAT, a Jewish high school in Toronto, comprises 196 students who haven't actually set foot in their school building…
5 years ago
Pride Month: Why Canada’s blood donation ban for gay men matters for Jews
This past Monday, just in time for Pride Week, Canadian Blood Services quietly posted an update on their website, recommending the elimination of Can…
5 years ago
Canada’s Oldest Person: Cecile Klein marks 114 years
How does someone live to celebrate their 114th birthday? On today's episode, Ellin poses the question to Cecile Klein, Canada's oldest person. She te…
5 years ago
Meet the Jewish artist painting Holocaust and residential school survivors
Robbie Waisman is a well-known speaker on Holocaust education. When he was 11, he was forced to worked in a munitions factory in Poland; by 14 he was…
5 years ago
Why are so many Canadian rabbis leaving their jobs this year?
In the past year, an unusual number of Canadian rabbis have changed jobs, even while COVID restrictions make job interviews difficult. Rabbis across …
5 years ago
Israel’s new leader has a Canadian connection—and plenty of challenges
This week, Israel got its first new prime minister in over a decade: Naftali Bennett, an Orthodox right-wing politician, formed an unlikely governing…
5 years ago
Coping with loss and optimism: One Chabad rabbi's reflections on COVID
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, died on June 13, 1994. Each year, to commemorate his death, his Chabad followers visit Schee…
5 years ago
Irwin Cotler: Canada needs action, not words, to combat anti-Semitism
Canadian Jewish groups have been pushing the federal government for weeks to create a national emergency summit on anti-Semitism. The calls follow sp…
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