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The episode commemorates the Phillips garment factory fire in 1950 Toronto, unveiling a plaque for the victims, including Jewish immigrants and Holocaust sur...

This episode of Unorthodox delves into the complexities of kosher certification, highlighting the Orthodox Union's decision not to certify "Impossible Pork" ...

"The House of Fragile Things" offers a poignant narrative about the French-Jewish elite families, delving into how their cultural heritage and identity were ...

Dr. Radu Ioanid, Romanian Ambassador to Israel and a historian of Romanian Jewry, delves into his book "The Ransom of the Jews: The Story of the Extraordinar...

This episode of The CJN Daily features Bradley Okrant and Danelle Clark, a Jewish-Indigenous couple, discussing the cultural challenges and the significance ...

The new Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C., set to open in 2022, will offer a comprehensive narrative of the Jewish experience in the nation's capital....

The episode discusses the underuse of Canada's National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa, opened in 2017, and recent efforts to revive its purpose by commemorati...

The YouTube video showcases how to make classic and matbucha bialys, sharing the history and origin of this traditional Ashkenazi pastry popular among Jews i...

Israel's early efforts to manage mass immigration and prevent the spread of disease are highlighted in historian Rhona Seidelman's book "Under Quarantine: Im...

The debate surrounding Zionism and Judaism focuses on whether opposing Zionism makes one un-Jewish. Proponents argue that anti-Zionism dismantles a core aspe...

Rabbi Alvin Kass, the NYPD's longest-serving and only Jewish chaplain, reflects on his experiences during and after the 9/11 attacks. Arriving at Ground Zero...

This podcast episode reflects on the lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 crisis, drawing parallels with Tanachic rules for understanding significant even...

The episode features an interview with Rabbi Leivi Sudak, who was stranded in Gander, Newfoundland, during the 9/11 attacks. The locals' hospitality and the ...

This episode discusses practical differences between Chassidim and Misnagdim, focusing on how these differences impact the relationship between Torah and Tef...

In this episode, Evan Gottesman and Neri Zilber discuss the parallels between the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and Israel's military withdrawals from Leb...

This episode of Israel Policy Pod explores the complex situation surrounding potential evictions in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem, where an Israeli court proposed...

This episode of The CJN Daily features Jeffrey Freedman, a COVID-19 survivor who suffered severe health complications and later got to throw the first pitch ...

In the summer of 1991, the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn witnessed one of its most turbulent periods when an accidental car death of a Black child l...

This episode of The CJN Daily revisits two significant events in Jewish history: the Farhud pogrom against Iraqi Jews in 1941 and the unsolved AMIA bombing i...

This episode marks the 88th anniversary of the Christie Pits Riot, the largest race riot in Canadian history, sparked by pro-Nazi sentiments during a Jewish-...

This episode explores the connections between Jewish and Indigenous communities in Canada, highlighted through shared traumas of the Holocaust and residentia...

This episode of The CJN Daily explores the resumption of Canadian Birthright trips to Israel amidst the pandemic and revisits the legacy of Faye Schulman, a ...

This episode delves into the Gaon's criticism of Chassidim regarding Kibud Av and explores key concepts surrounding Tzimtzum. The disagreement between R' Ema...

This episode highlights the extraordinary actions of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who defied orders to save over 2,000 Jews during World War II, incl...

This episode discusses the auction of a unique World War I poster created to encourage Jewish men to enlist in the Jewish Reinforcement Draft Company, the on...

David Rieff, a journalist and cultural critic, questions the value of remembering history in his book "In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and Its Iro...

In this episode, the discussion centers around the concept of Haalas Nitzotzim, raising the sparks, a key issue that the Vilna Gaon debated with the Besht. T...

Dr. Yair Wallach's book "A City in Fragments: Urban Texts in Modern Jerusalem" explores the evolution of text in late 19th and early 20th-century Jerusalem, ...

During the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, a moment of silence was observed for the first time during the opening ceremony to honor the 11 Israeli athletes murdered at ...

Isaac Bashevis Singer's poignant return to Ellis Island in 1979 is captured in a newly discovered series of photographs by Robert A. Cumins, now published fo...

This episode delves into the Vilna Gaon's criticism of Beshtian Chassidus, focusing on accusations of revealing explanations in Torah against Halacha and pos...

The Fillmore East, originally opened in 1922 as the Commodore Theater, embodies a historical intersection of Jewish culture and the evolution of performance ...

This episode discusses the evolving diplomatic efforts between Israel and Jordan, emphasizing the impacts of past tensions under the Trump administration and...

The podcast discussed the success of the American people in vaccination efforts and questioned why this achievement is being portrayed negatively. It also ce...

This episode revisits the devastating AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which remains unsolved 27 years later, with suspicions pointing towards Iran a...

In this episode, Dan Senor discusses with Gary Ginsberg the crucial yet often overlooked role of informal advisors, such as 'first friends,' in shaping presi...

In this podcast sponsored by Rabbi Ari Senter and his father, the discussion revolves around the significance of mourning on Tisha B'Av and the difficulty in...

This episode features Canadian veterans Bill Novick and Irving Matlow, who were part of the Machal, a group of foreign volunteers that supported Israel in it...

In this episode, the focus is on the significant letter written by the Vilna Gaon in 1796, where he explains his objections to the ideas of the Besht (founde...

This episode covers the inspiring story of Morris Saxe, a Jewish Canadian farmer who helped 79 Jewish orphans from Poland relocate to Canada in the 1920s, re...

This episode delves into the controversies surrounding the Ramchal, focusing on the specific causes that led to each. It explores how the Ramchal himself per...

This episode of The CJN Daily discusses the tragic Miami-Dade condo collapse and its profound impact on the Jewish community, both locally in Surfside and in...

James B. Meigs discusses the reluctance to entertain the idea of COVID originating from a lab leak and highlights a tendency in the press to believe in corpo...

Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's new president, known as "The Butcher," has a history marred by major human rights abuses, including involvement in the mass execution o...

The text discusses the phenomenon of some individuals choosing to continue living under COVID-19 restrictions, such as masks, despite data indicating the pan...

Historian Sarah Schrank of California State University, Long Beach delves into the history of American nudism in her book "Free and Natural: Nudity and the A...

In recent years, American Jews have increasingly engaged with Juneteenth, integrating it into Jewish communal life and reflecting on racial justice. As this ...

Michael Packard, a lobster diver off Cape Cod, experienced a modern-day parallel to the biblical story of Jonah when he was briefly caught inside the mouth o...

This episode explores Canada's complex history with its First Nations communities through the lens of Nakuset, an activist adopted by a Jewish family during ...

In this discussion, the focus is on the controversy surrounding R' Moshe Chagiz challenging the Ramchal, leading to the Ramchal ceasing his public teachings ...