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November 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Why is The CJN important to you?
The faces behind the stories come into the limelight in FACES OF THE CJN. Meet Bryan Borzykowski.
Help us do what we do this #GivingTuesday and keep independent, trusted Jewish journalism free for everyone.
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The faces behind the stories come into the limelight in FACES OF THE CJN. Meet Bryan Borzykowski.
Help us do what we do this #GivingTuesday and keep independent, trusted Jewish journalism free for everyone.
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Our three rabbi podcasters unpack the love story between a rabbi and a podcaster – a story that, as Opinion Editor @phoebebovy.bsky.social puts it, is “an awkwardly-timed infomercial for Judaism”.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Our three rabbi podcasters unpack the love story between a rabbi and a podcaster – a story that, as Opinion Editor @phoebebovy.bsky.social puts it, is “an awkwardly-timed infomercial for Judaism”.
Read Phoebe’s column: thecjn.ca/arts-culture...
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Read Phoebe’s column: thecjn.ca/arts-culture...
Full episode: thecjn.ca/arts-culture...
Read Rebecca Eckler's full discussion with John Irving: thecjn.ca/arts-culture...
#JohnIrving #QueenEsther #LiteraryFiction #LitFic #AuthorInterview #Author #Reader
#JohnIrving #QueenEsther #LiteraryFiction #LitFic #AuthorInterview #Author #Reader
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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#JohnIrving #QueenEsther #LiteraryFiction #LitFic #AuthorInterview #Author #Reader
#JohnIrving #QueenEsther #LiteraryFiction #LitFic #AuthorInterview #Author #Reader
“This ending was written in stone before I even began,” author John Irving says of writing Queen Esther, his 16th novel. “The trajectory that Zionist Esther would become, this child affected by antisemitism before she was three.”
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“This ending was written in stone before I even began,” author John Irving says of writing Queen Esther, his 16th novel. “The trajectory that Zionist Esther would become, this child affected by antisemitism before she was three.”
Quebec’s school boards have reported a few losses of Muslim personnel due to Bill 21, but there are no reports of affected Jewish staff to date. Both the English and French systems fear the laws will boost already worrisome staff shortages.
#Secularism #Quebec #FrancoisLegault
#Secularism #Quebec #FrancoisLegault
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Quebec’s school boards have reported a few losses of Muslim personnel due to Bill 21, but there are no reports of affected Jewish staff to date. Both the English and French systems fear the laws will boost already worrisome staff shortages.
#Secularism #Quebec #FrancoisLegault
#Secularism #Quebec #FrancoisLegault
The law also ends accommodation for religious holiday leave for both staff and students in public schools, as well as no dietary accommodations based on religion, i.e., supplying kosher or halal meat for students. 🧵
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November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The law also ends accommodation for religious holiday leave for both staff and students in public schools, as well as no dietary accommodations based on religion, i.e., supplying kosher or halal meat for students. 🧵
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Read Bill 94's full provisions: thecjn.ca/news/quebec-...
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#KofflerArts #MizrahiHeritageMonth #YemeniJewish #TorontoArts #Israeli #MizrahiArt
#KofflerArts #MizrahiHeritageMonth #YemeniJewish #TorontoArts #Israeli #MizrahiArt
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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#KofflerArts #MizrahiHeritageMonth #YemeniJewish #TorontoArts #Israeli #MizrahiArt
“War dehumanizes. Literature humanizes,” the essay went on. “The writer illuminates one home, one voice, and in doing so, makes readers view others as less other.”
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Read her full reflection here: thecjn.ca/arts-culture...
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“War dehumanizes. Literature humanizes,” the essay went on. “The writer illuminates one home, one voice, and in doing so, makes readers view others as less other.”
Read her full reflection here: thecjn.ca/arts-culture...
Read her full reflection here: thecjn.ca/arts-culture...
About writing post-Oct 7: “Everything is so surreal fiction can’t compare. A graduate student I supervise tells me he’s having doubts about his project. What’s the point, he says? I want to encourage him, but I have nothing,” @ayelettsabari.bsky.social wrote in an essay for New Quarterly.
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
About writing post-Oct 7: “Everything is so surreal fiction can’t compare. A graduate student I supervise tells me he’s having doubts about his project. What’s the point, he says? I want to encourage him, but I have nothing,” @ayelettsabari.bsky.social wrote in an essay for New Quarterly.
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#GryfesBagelBakery #Gryfes #Bagels #TorontoBagels #MontrealBagels #NewYorkBagels #TorontoBakery #JewishBakery #JewishArchives
#GryfesBagelBakery #Gryfes #Bagels #TorontoBagels #MontrealBagels #NewYorkBagels #TorontoBakery #JewishBakery #JewishArchives
October 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Don’t get David Fisher, owner since 2022, started on how other bagel spots fail to nail the right recipe for the perfect bagel. 🧵
Archival pictures supplied by Ontario Jewish Archives.
Archival pictures supplied by Ontario Jewish Archives.
October 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Don’t get David Fisher, owner since 2022, started on how other bagel spots fail to nail the right recipe for the perfect bagel. 🧵
Archival pictures supplied by Ontario Jewish Archives.
Archival pictures supplied by Ontario Jewish Archives.
We start with our hosts: Avi Finegold, a rabbi and a writer with The CJN, and Yafa Sakkejha, a Canadian-Palestinian entrepreneur and volunteer with the Friends of Standing Together.
In the first episode, they meet face-to-face for the first time and just… talk.
In the first episode, they meet face-to-face for the first time and just… talk.
October 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We start with our hosts: Avi Finegold, a rabbi and a writer with The CJN, and Yafa Sakkejha, a Canadian-Palestinian entrepreneur and volunteer with the Friends of Standing Together.
In the first episode, they meet face-to-face for the first time and just… talk.
In the first episode, they meet face-to-face for the first time and just… talk.
"That was always the joke when we were kids. Everyone claimed Shawn Green had gone to their synagogue on holidays, that they saw Shawn Green."
On today's Menschwarmers' ep: 'Every Jewish angle we could find to the Blue Jays’ World Series matchup'.
On today's Menschwarmers' ep: 'Every Jewish angle we could find to the Blue Jays’ World Series matchup'.
October 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"That was always the joke when we were kids. Everyone claimed Shawn Green had gone to their synagogue on holidays, that they saw Shawn Green."
On today's Menschwarmers' ep: 'Every Jewish angle we could find to the Blue Jays’ World Series matchup'.
On today's Menschwarmers' ep: 'Every Jewish angle we could find to the Blue Jays’ World Series matchup'.
On the two-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre, the families of the eight Canadians murdered want Carney to show the same level of compassion for Canadian citizens who have been killed as they feel he has shown to the Palestinians in Gaza.
October 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
On the two-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre, the families of the eight Canadians murdered want Carney to show the same level of compassion for Canadian citizens who have been killed as they feel he has shown to the Palestinians in Gaza.
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#ArielBibas #BibasBoys #TorontoWaterfrontMarathon #Batman #JewishFitnessCoach #YoelLevy
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#ArielBibas #BibasBoys #TorontoWaterfrontMarathon #Batman #JewishFitnessCoach #YoelLevy
October 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“I feel like I was treated like part of their family, in the hardest years of their lives. It’s not just one person who is impacted. Yarden has parents, aunties, cousins, and friends. On that day it made me realize that it’s so many people’s pain," says Yoel Levy, known as The Jewish Fitness Coach.
October 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“I feel like I was treated like part of their family, in the hardest years of their lives. It’s not just one person who is impacted. Yarden has parents, aunties, cousins, and friends. On that day it made me realize that it’s so many people’s pain," says Yoel Levy, known as The Jewish Fitness Coach.
This subtlety creates a nuanced, albeit comical, portrayal of yiddishkeit–without mentioning the word “Jewish”.
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#LondonCalling #AllanUngar #RickHoffman #JewishRepresentation #Suits #JoshDuhamel
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#LondonCalling #AllanUngar #RickHoffman #JewishRepresentation #Suits #JoshDuhamel
October 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This subtlety creates a nuanced, albeit comical, portrayal of yiddishkeit–without mentioning the word “Jewish”.
Read more: thecjn.ca/arts-culture...
#LondonCalling #AllanUngar #RickHoffman #JewishRepresentation #Suits #JoshDuhamel
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#LondonCalling #AllanUngar #RickHoffman #JewishRepresentation #Suits #JoshDuhamel
Jewish references are sprinkled throughout Allan Ungar's London Calling: Benson calling his son “bubeleh” and making references to being in the desert for 100 years (which Julian corrects and tells him it’s 40). A hanukkiah can be seen in the background. 🧵
October 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Jewish references are sprinkled throughout Allan Ungar's London Calling: Benson calling his son “bubeleh” and making references to being in the desert for 100 years (which Julian corrects and tells him it’s 40). A hanukkiah can be seen in the background. 🧵
In partnership with the Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation.
#Comedy #StandUpComedy #TorontoStandUp #TorontoComics #Comedian #LiveComedy #Interfaith #Podcast
#Comedy #StandUpComedy #TorontoStandUp #TorontoComics #Comedian #LiveComedy #Interfaith #Podcast
October 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
In partnership with the Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation.
#Comedy #StandUpComedy #TorontoStandUp #TorontoComics #Comedian #LiveComedy #Interfaith #Podcast
#Comedy #StandUpComedy #TorontoStandUp #TorontoComics #Comedian #LiveComedy #Interfaith #Podcast
Hear comedy sets from Adrienne Fish, Nour Hadidi, Foad HP and Dan Rosen, and stick around for a panel discussion about what it's like performing as Muslim and Jewish comics in 2025—including the challenges they’ve faced since October 7th.
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Register here: thecjn.ca/arts-culture...
October 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Hear comedy sets from Adrienne Fish, Nour Hadidi, Foad HP and Dan Rosen, and stick around for a panel discussion about what it's like performing as Muslim and Jewish comics in 2025—including the challenges they’ve faced since October 7th.
Register here: thecjn.ca/arts-culture...
Register here: thecjn.ca/arts-culture...
Marvel comic books are on the curriculum at this Sunday school.
Full episode: thecjn.ca/arts-culture...
Full episode: thecjn.ca/arts-culture...
October 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Marvel comic books are on the curriculum at this Sunday school.
Full episode: thecjn.ca/arts-culture...
Full episode: thecjn.ca/arts-culture...
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#RoshHashanah #OpenLetter #MarkCarney #OpEd #OpinionEssay #Antisemitism #ForeignPolicy #Ottawa #Israel #Carney
#RoshHashanah #OpenLetter #MarkCarney #OpEd #OpinionEssay #Antisemitism #ForeignPolicy #Ottawa #Israel #Carney
September 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In a Rosh Hashanah sermon, in the spirit of “radical honesty”, Rabbi Grover calls on Mark Carney to reflect on “policies and postures that feel complacent, performative, and, at times, outright hostile.” 🧵
Read the full letter: thecjn.ca/opinion/pers...
Read the full letter: thecjn.ca/opinion/pers...
September 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In a Rosh Hashanah sermon, in the spirit of “radical honesty”, Rabbi Grover calls on Mark Carney to reflect on “policies and postures that feel complacent, performative, and, at times, outright hostile.” 🧵
Read the full letter: thecjn.ca/opinion/pers...
Read the full letter: thecjn.ca/opinion/pers...
The least tax-efficient way to give is just cash, costing you roughly 50 cents on the dollar. Luckily, Canadians can use the Income Tax Act and flow-through shares to their advantage.
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September 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The least tax-efficient way to give is just cash, costing you roughly 50 cents on the dollar. Luckily, Canadians can use the Income Tax Act and flow-through shares to their advantage.
Listen to the full episode: thecjn.ca/sponsored/th...
Listen to the full episode: thecjn.ca/sponsored/th...