Category: Podcasts

“If you have not been to Łódź you cannot imagine its texture, the strange uniqueness of its streetscape….”

In this episode we speak with Norman Ravvin, writer, literary scholar, Concordia University professor, and contributor to the fall 2024 volume of Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes. Norm discusses with host Jonathan Slater his essay, “City, Writer, Conference: A Chava Rosenfarb Conference in Łódź, Poland, October 2023,” a moving on-the-ground report from Łódź, where he attended a centennial conference devoted to the Canadian Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, who was born in the city.

Click here to read Norm’s essay. The entire volume is free to read on our website.

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In this episode we speak with Daniel Held, co-editor of the special summer 2024 volume of Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes, which dives into the many varieties of Jewish education in Canada, past, present, and future. Dan, the chief program officer for the United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto and executive director of the Julia and Henry Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Education, discusses current trends challenging Jewish educational institutions and programs and shares his vision for how Jewish education can continue to flourish in Canada.

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Tête-à-tête: Conversations in Canadian Jewish Studies is an interview podcast featuring dynamic, informative, and always thought-provoking scholarly discussions about new research published in the pages of CJS. Join host Jonathan Slater as he talks with leading scholars, journalists, Jewish community leaders, and more, to unpack the big ideas driving the study of Canadian Jewish life—past, present, and future. Tête-à-tête is a production of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies.

New episodes are released monthly. 

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