Description
For the third year in a row, Bonjour Chai is proud to present the Great Canadian Seder, a coming-together of notable and insightful Canadian Jews from across different demographics and denominations.
Why is this year different from all other years? Because seders across Canada will likely be marred, like any good family gathering, by some kind of political argument over Israel. How should you navigate these murky waters and keep the peace while leaning back in your chair over a few cups of wine? And as haggadah-writers co-opt the Passover story for myriad unrequested adaptations, does this change whether the stories we tell should be universalized for broader audiences?
To hear answers, stories, musings, anecdotes and teachings, we're joined by prominent seder guests from around the country:
Emil Sher, author and playwright
Dahlia Kurtz, radio host
Zachary Paikin, foreign policy researcher
Gila Munster, drag performer
Marsha Lederman, author and Globe and Mail columnist
Michael Weisdorf, CEO, The CJN
Jonathan L. Milevsky, author and educator; and Raphi Zaionz, founder of mygoals Inc.
Naomi Harris, photographer
Lissa Skitolsky, editor-in-chief, Cannabis Jew Magazine
Jamie Golombek, tax expert
The children and teachers at Gray Academy of Jewish Education
Credits
Bonjour Chai is hosted by Avi Finegold and Phoebe Maltz Bovy. The show is produced by Michael Fraiman and edited by Zachary Kauffman. Our theme music is by Socalled. The show is a co-production from The Jewish Learning Lab and The CJN, and is distributed by The CJN Podcast Network. Support the show by subscribing to this podcast, donating to The CJN and subscribing to the podcast’s Substack.
As pro-Palestinian encampments pop up across Canadian campuses this week, protesting against university ties to Israel and threatening to keep their tents pitched until the war in Gaza ends, it helps to understand the broader context of how this all began. And if you ask the Columbia University...
Published 05/02/24
This week, the editor of Guernica resigned in protest of her own staff and publisher. The respected literary journal had recently published of an essay by an Israeli writer and translator, Joanna Chen, called "From the Edges of a Broken World". In the piece, Chen conveys Israelis, like their...
Published 04/12/24