Yoni Goldstein, editor of the Canadian Jewish News joins us to talk about partisan politics and the Jewish media, as well as his role in changes at Canada’s largest Jewish newspaper.
On this episode David theorizes about Harry Potter’s anti-Semitism, while Sam asks if there’s much difference between Rosh Hashanah greetings from one politician to another. We discuss Federation CJA’s failed attempt at online advertorials, and the Quebec government’s new legislation that targets Muslims.
For more listening on the subject of Jewish media, check out our previous episodes on the subject. On Episode 19: The End of Leftist Jewish Publishing in Canada we spoke with the editor of Outlook Magazine Carl Rosenberg, to talk about closing the doors on Canada’s last remaining leftist Jewish publication. And on Episode 38: A Resurgence of Leftist Jewish Media we interviewed Ben Ratskoff (editor of PRTCLS) and Jacob Plitman (editor of Jewish Currents) about what’s led to this upsurge in the Jewish left, generational divides, the role of secularism, and what’s different about this moment.
Show Notes: Episode 6 – Jewish Media and Partisan Politics
Intro
- Hassan Rouhani’s Tweet
- Jewish Daily Forward “ A Jewish Journalist’s Exclusive Look Inside Iran” Larry Cohler-Esses August 2015
Federation CJA and Jewish Stereotypes
- MTL Blog “Ten Realities of Having a Jewish Best Friend” Synden Hope-Johnson September 2015
- “An Open Letter to Federation CJA” September 2015
- Canadian Jewish News “Federation CJA pulls ‘humorous’ blog post after complaints” Janice Arnold and Jodie Shupac September 2015
Quebec Government’s “hate crime” legislation
- Montreal Gazette “Groups upset by lack of diversity at Bill 59 hearings” Kalina Laframboise July 2015
- Montreal Gazette “Charkaoui wants hate speech bill scrapped; Coderre favours rewrite” Caroline Plante September 2015
- Canadian Jewish News “Quebec hate bill could stifle free speech, CIJA says” Janice Arnold August 2015
Strange Holocaust Related News
- The Independent “Hitler’s all-conquering stormtroopers ‘felt invincible because of crystal meth-style drug Pervitin” Tony Paterson September 2015
- New York Times “At Auschwitz, a Summer Precaution Is a Grim Reminder to Some” Christine Hauser September 2015
Shkoyakh
- CBS News “Do the Jewish holidays affect stock prices?” Jonathan Beer September 2015
- City News Toronto “A Sit down Interview with Doug and Karla Ford”
- Doug Ford at CHAT debate
- CP24 “My Wife is Jewish, Doug Ford Tells Reporters”
Interview with Yoni Goldstein
- The Walrus “Jew v. Jew v. Jew v. Jew v. Jew v. Jew” September 2015
- Canadian Jewish News “Community needs unity, not uniformity” Shimon Koffler Fogel and David J. Cape August 2015
- Canadian Jewish News “Is it time to have a debate about the JNF?” MIra Sucharov July 2015
Additional
