
Ellin Bessner
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Journalist, Author. Host of The CJN Daily Podcast. Outlander Fan. Canadian Jews in #WWll
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Israel has struck back against the #Houthis today after a terrorist ballistic missile hit Tel Aviv's airport Ben Gurion International AirPort Sunday, just as 200 Canadian kids and their chaperones and #holocaustsurvivors were checking in for their return trip home after a two week March of the


Why Bora Laskin, the 1⃣st Jewish justice appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1970, is coming to the small screen today, courtesy of Historica Canada–only the second time in the history of the org's Heritage Minutes to feature a Jewish Canadian icon, (played by Victor


Why public washrooms with automatic flush toilets can be scary & also dangerous to your ears: a prize-winning study by 2 Winnipeg teens flushes out the noise about risky decibels, reveals which restrooms in Manitoba's capital are the best/worst. The Canadian Jewish News thecjn.ca/news/one-more-…



Why did Canada "summon" the Israeli ambassador Iddo Moed 🎗️ for an explanation of the gunfire near some 🇨🇦diplomats touring the West Bank? Why is Prime Minister Mark Carney taking a seemingly much tougher stance on Israel's war in Gaza and dealings with the Palestinians, after he's


The 56th annual UJA Federation of Greater Toronto #WalkWithIsrael saw a record crowd raise $1.4 million for the victims of Oct. 7, the walk coming just 4 days after the horrific murders of 2 staffers from the Israeli embassy in Washington. But a phalanx of thousands of police officers and private


Lawyers for JNF Canada were back in a different court this week trying to fight against CanadaRevenueAgency revoking its charitable status last summer, which stripped the venerable Jewish charity of the ability to issue tax receipts to donors. Yesterday, JNF Canada's lawyers asked the


Why conversions to Judaism in Canada are popular, despite or because of Oct. 7? Why would anyone chose to become Jewish, with so much antisemitism and anti-Zionism plaguing the community? The answers will inspire you, on today's The Canadian Jewish News Daily, with two rabbis deeply involved in


Crucial elections are underway for control over Israel's 4 main historic #Zionist bodies: the Keren Kayemeth LeYisrael–Jewish National Fund, The Jewish Agency for Israel Keren Hayesod-UIA + WZO. Voting is international, with Canadians placing their ballots starting today June 5-15. These



#ICYMI: Air Canada delays resumption of direct flights from to Israel, again. Until September 8. Cites "ongoing geopolitical uncertainty in the region". Service from #YYZ to #TLV was supposed to resume June 8, but the airline pulled the plug on May 15, in this release, while



A day before Canada announces #sanctions vs 2 #Israeli cabinet ministers איתמר בן גביר& בצלאל סמוטריץ' for extremist anti-Palestinian views, Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney "wiped away tears" while he visited a memorial exhibition for the victims of the #October7 Hamas massacre at the

From denouncing vandalism on 🇨🇦's Holocaust monument to protecting 🇨🇦Jews from violent street protests, these 2 rookie Conservative MPs Tamara Kronis 🇨🇦 and Roman Baber have had their hands full defending Jewish issues since taking office a mere 3 weeks ago on Parliament Hill. In




How reciting Psalms and channeling the story of Persia's Jewish heroine Queen Esther helped Canadian Alana Ruben survive an Iranian missile strike that wrecked the Tel Aviv apartment building where she was sheltering. The playwright and visual artist, who is originally from


Why the suspect arrested in connection with the defacing of Canada's #Holocaust memorial, was also charged with criminal harassment by threatening the Jewish community. It's an usual move, according to some lawyers familiar with the case. City of Ottawa says the suspect, Iain

Did Canada's elections to the World #Zionist Congress get marred by the same kind of alleged massive voting fraud that plagued the @AMZ4israel vote in the U.S.A? Probably not, The Canadian Jewish News has learned, but that doesn't mean there are no issues. Which is why the final results of the
