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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · Nov 10

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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 1d

NORTH STAR producer Andrea Varsany visited a new support group for Jews under-40. Here are their stories: thecjn.ca/news/support...

Support group Ha'ikar offers a 'brave space' for young Jews post-Oct. 7

The co-founders wanted to create a space where they could express their emotions about facing antisemitism, and processing grief.

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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 1d

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Sponsored by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, with support from the Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation.

#Interfaith #Podcast #Israel #Activism #October7 #Jewish #Peace #BringThemHome #Zionist

What happens when a Zionist rabbi and a Palestinian peace activist sit down and talk?

Introducing 'In Good Faith', an interfaith podcast for a post-Oct. 7 world.

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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 1d

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.

The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 4d

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#ShawnGreen #BlueJays #WorldSeries #Baseball #MLB #LADodgers #Dodgers

Every Jewish angle we could find to the Blue Jays' World Series matchup

Celebrity fans and wagering rabbis celebrate ahead of the Jays' first World Series since 1993.

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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 4d

"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'.

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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 4d

After Louis Helbig discovered his German grandfather was a Nazi brownshirt, he's on a mission of intergenerational amends—to save a famous Jewish pilot's vintage plane from the scrap heap. thecjn.ca/news/a-famou...

A famous Jewish pilot's vintage plane could be scrapped. This man is on a mission to save it

Louis Helbig hopes a museum will save the smallest aircraft of its time that crossed the North Atlantic Ocean.

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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 6d

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#MarkCarney #Israel #Antisemitism #Carney #BringThemHome #Hostages #October7

With Israeli hostages set to return, Canadian Oct. 7 victims' families are still seeking justice

Prime Minister Mark Carney has not met with the group of eight families since his election in March.

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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 6d

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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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 7d

Introducing 'In Good Faith', a Jewish-Muslim podcast for a post-Oct. 7 world.

Hear Episode 1 & subscribe: thecjn.ca/opinion/what...

What happens when a Zionist rabbi and a Palestinian peace activist sit down and talk?

Introducing 'In Good Faith', an interfaith podcast for a post-Oct. 7 world.

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Phoebe Maltz Bovy @phoebebovy.bsky.social · 8d

My latest @thecjn.bsky.social is kind of two-piece column, but there were two things needing saying! thecjn.ca/opinion/will...

Will Donald Trump or Jia Tolentino bring peace to the Middle East?

The living hostages return; the Palestine-themed North American literary-world drama continues.

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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 8d

This episode will air (audio only) as an episode of our interfaith miniseries, "In Good Faith". Subscribe at thecjn.ca/faith - thanks for your interest!

In Good Faith - The Canadian Jewish News

A rabbi and a Palestinian sit down and talk.

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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 8d

Michal Cotler-Wunsh is the third envoy to leave her country's antisemitism-fighting post this year, following Canada's Deborah Lyons and American Deborah Lipstadt. thecjn.ca/news/israels...

Israel's antisemitism envoy opens up about why she quit—and what comes next

Michal Cotler-Wunsh is the third envoy to leave her country's antisemitism-fighting post this year, following Canada's Deborah Lyons and American Deborah Lipstadt.

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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 11d

We're honoured to announce all proceeds from our Jewish/Muslim comedy night will be going toward the Vivian Silver Impact Award, awarded annually to two women, Arab and Jewish, who work toward peace in the Middle East.

Get your ticket today: ingoodfaith.eventbrite.ca

In Good Faith: A Jewish/Muslim Night of Comedy and Conversation

A live interfaith podcast recording with 2 Muslim comics, 2 Jewish comics, a Palestinian peace activist & an Orthodox rabbi.

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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 12d

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#ArielBibas #BibasBoys #TorontoWaterfrontMarathon #Batman #JewishFitnessCoach #YoelLevy

The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 12d

“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.

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Phoebe Maltz Bovy @phoebebovy.bsky.social · 12d

If you have a new or forthcoming Jewish-however-tangentially (or not tangentially!) book you'd like me to review, this is a thing I do for @thecjn.bsky.social so please do alert me to this! I do my own combing but welcome your self-promotion. pbovy at thecjn dot ca . Thank you!

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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 12d

TORONTO: Join us next Wednesday at Youngplace!

⭐Hilarious comics
⭐Drinks
⭐Catering
⭐Podcasting

...All for a good cause.

Learn more: ingoodfaith.eventbrite.ca

In Good Faith: A Jewish/Muslim Night of Comedy and Conversation

A live interfaith podcast recording with 2 Muslim comics, 2 Jewish comics, a Palestinian peace activist & an Orthodox rabbi.

ingoodfaith.eventbrite.ca

The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 18d

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

The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 18d

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. 🧵

The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 18d

"There’s one thing I know about European technocrats who run sporting organizations: they’re all cowards and will always do the easiest thing in the goal of self-preservation."

The Menschwarmers dig into Israel-Premier Tech ditching the "Israel" brand: thecjn.ca/arts-culture...

Cycling team Israel–Premier Tech is ditching the 'Israel' brand. But was it entirely their decision?

Despite widespread protests, the Israeli-branded team performed quite well—and the stage next year will be even bigger.

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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 19d

In partnership with the Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation.

#Comedy #StandUpComedy #TorontoStandUp #TorontoComics #Comedian #LiveComedy #Interfaith #Podcast

The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 19d

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...

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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 22d

Shye Klein and Joy Frenkiel hadn’t met before last week. But they have a lot in common: both are dual Canadian-Israeli citizens, and both are still helping victims of trauma heal, as the world prepares to commemorate two years since Oct. 7, 2023. thecjn.ca/news/when-i-...

'When I tell the story, it is therapeutic': These Canadians are still on the front lines, 2 years after Oct. 7

Shye Klein and Joy Frankiel have been working professionally to help Israeli victims heal from the trauma of the last two years.

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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 25d

“What I discovered is that there is an enormous amount of Jewish history and philosophy and culture woven into the fabric of these characters and these stories in these comic books," explains Cantor Jeremy Burko.

#Marvel #CaptainAmerica #Batwoman #JewishSuperheroes #Superman

The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social · 25d

Marvel comic books are on the curriculum at this Sunday school.

Full episode: thecjn.ca/arts-culture...