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Newsmaker conversations from The Canadian Jewish News, hosted by Ellin Bessner, a veteran broadcaster, writer and journalist.
Ellin Bessner hosts North Star with Ellin Bessner, a news show with 840 episodes published.
Debbie Wasserman has spent nearly four decades volunteering with the National Council of Jewish Women in Canada. Now she’s taken on her highest profile role yet: she’s the new president of the International Council of Je
Vancouver Holocaust survivor Adam Policzer, 87, is marking three major milestones this summer: the publication of his first English-language Holocaust autobiography in the form of a 60-page graphic novel, The House Acros
This episode originally aired on July 25, 2025. Ellin Bessner will return with new episodes next week. If you happen to be in the Laurentians one Friday afternoon this summer, near the Saint-Agathe, a resort area north o
This episode of Menschwarmers originally aired on July 9, 2026. Subscribe at thecjn.ca/menschwarmers . __ The recent FIFA World Cup match between Egypt and Argentina became a surprising battleground for—what else?—the Is
This episode originally aired on July 26, 2023, when this podcast was called The CJN Daily_. We will resume all-new stories next week._ There were whistles and angry shouts of “Go back to New York” and “Get lost” on July
This episode originally aired on Not in Heaven on July 9, 2026. Subscribe to Not in Heaven here . How much does motive matter when it comes to hate crimes? In recent years, Canadian Jews have been rocked by a series of a
Ellin Bessner is off on a well-deserved summer vacation, so we're bringing back some favourite episodes from the archives. This episode originally ran on May 31, 2021. Has there ever been a better home for Jews than Cana
There’s been a major new development in the controversy surrounding the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ new Nakba exhibit. Canada’s Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Mark Miller, toured the exhibit before the
When people think of the Calgary Stampede, they probably picture rodeos, chuckwagon races, the famous parade, or perhaps deep-fried Mars bars on the midway. But how about kosher pancake breakfasts, Israeli tech entrepren
Over the past school year, The Canadian Jewish News' Local Journalism Initiative reporter, Mitch Consky, who covers education, has introduced readers to some exceptional students through his "Chai Achievers" series. He h
Mark Berlin initially supported the Canadian Museum for Human Rights creating a Nakba exhibit on the experiences of Palestinian Canadians displaced during the Israel War of Independence in 1948. But the Ottawa human righ
A police officer and a Jewish civilian have been killed after a gunman opened fire in a deadly ambush that unfolded Monday mid-morning June 22 in one of Montreal’s busiest Jewish districts. The shooting appears not to ha
“I didn’t know there was a need.” Two years ago, Dr. Irv Siegel, a past president of Beit Rayim Synagogue in Vaughan, Ont., heard about growing food insecurity in York Region, one of Canada’s wealthiest suburbs, where on
Last month, during a ceremony to award the Jerusalem Unity Prize, Israeli President Isaac Herzog greeted the audience with a warning about “a terrible process of brutalization” that has been threatening Israeli society.
On June 17, the suspect caught and charged in connection with breaking a window, then setting fire to Montreal’s Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, is scheduled to have his bail hearing. Court documents show the suspect, Steve
As Jonathan Levy prepares to preside over his final Grade 12 graduation ceremony as head of school on Wednesday June 17, the outgoing leader of TanenbaumCHAT says the mission of Jewish education has never been clearer. "
With less than a month until a controversial Nakba exhibit opens at Canada’s national human rights museum in Winnipeg, some Jewish leaders are making a final push to have the contents reviewed first. Palestine Uprooted:
As Niagara Falls glowed blue against the night sky on Thursday May 20, it became the most visible symbol yet of a one-man, grassroots campaign to ensure that this year, Canadian Jewish Heritage Month was not completely f
The acclaimed off-Broadway production of “Fiddler on the Roof”—in Yiddish, with English and Russian supertitles—opens in Canada this week, during Jewish Heritage Month. This is the stage musical’s first international tou
As the official Toronto police Level 1 search for missing Toronto teen Esther (“Esti”) entered its second week, hundreds of community members ignored rainy weekend weather to help a Jewish safety patrol group spread upda
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