Culturally Jewish

Join actors David Sklar and Ilana Zackon as they schmooze with creative Jews of all disciplines, taking you behind the scenes of what matters most to Canada's Jewish arts community—and why our cultural representation matters.

Jewish artists have been ostracized since Oct. 7. Will it lead to a renaissance of Jewish art?
Mar 24, 2025 – 00:43:34
Daniel Pelton transformed Holocaust tattoos into orchestral jazz. This is what it sounds like
Jan 27, 2025 – 00:33:05
See the world through the eyes of an autistic poet in a new exhibit by Adam Wolfond and Estée Klar
Jan 14, 2025 – 00:23:48
Erez Zobary dives into her Yemenite heritage with R&B soul
Dec 30, 2024 – 00:35:25
'My Dead Mom' gives the nagging Jewish mother trope a haunting twist
Nov 28, 2024 – 00:34:23
Yosl and the Yingels balance classic klezmer with modern jazz in their debut EP
Nov 13, 2024 – 00:30:53
Live from the Toronto Holocaust Museum: Talking zombies on Halloween Eve
Oct 31, 2024 – 00:36:50
Jacob Samuel wants audiences to know he's Jewish—and to make that tension funny
Oct 8, 2024 – 00:31:25
A new exhibit of dreamlike family portraits recall bygone Jewish life, tinged with trauma
Sep 24, 2024 – 00:22:05
A new Winnipeg staging of 'Tuesdays with Morrie' brings the menschdom
Sep 9, 2024 – 00:34:54
Talia Schlanger spent years interviewing professional musicians—then became one herself
Jul 30, 2024 – 00:36:10
'I could not stop crying': Holocaust survivor Maxwell Smart on his life story being made into a movie
Jul 9, 2024 – 00:23:10
Danila Botha's new book of short fiction wants to break the mold of Jewish Orthodoxy
Jun 25, 2024 – 00:23:08
Meet the singer who performs Yiddish opera from Holocaust survivors—and also Wagner
May 27, 2024 – 00:30:32
How a class of Dawson College theatre students are incidentally workshopping a controversial script about Zionism and campus politics
May 15, 2024 – 00:26:33
Remembering filmmaker Charles Officer, who 'cut through the ideology' with incisive storytelling
May 2, 2024 – 00:36:09
She saved 12 Jewish lives during the Holocaust—and Quebecois filmmakers are now telling her story
Apr 18, 2024 – 00:24:22
MAiD takes centre stage in a new comedy about the difficulty of preparing to die
Mar 27, 2024 – 00:33:26
Just for Laughs co-founder Andy Nulman on the comedy festival's Jewish roots—and recent collapse
Mar 11, 2024 – 00:31:32
From Nassau Street to United Bakers, a new family folk album waxes nostalgic about old Jewish Toronto
Mar 6, 2024 – 00:31:10
As Kanye West drops a new album, a new play in Winnipeg shines a harsh light on his antisemitic past
Feb 15, 2024 – 00:38:39
A new comic book spotlights Toronto's Ward—with a supernatural twist
Jan 31, 2024 – 00:41:31
Does Jewish representation actually matter in film and TV? A Jewish casting director weighs in
Jan 17, 2024 – 00:26:06
'A very dangerous precedent': Everything wrong with the Belfry Theatre cancelling 'The Runner'
Jan 4, 2024 – 00:27:09
Israeli-Canadian drag queen Gila Münster reflects on a year mired in right-wing protests and left-wing antisemitism
Dec 11, 2023 – 00:42:27
In her new book, Ruth Rakoff tackles ultra-Orthodox Judaism, generational trauma and the death of her brother
Nov 30, 2023 – 00:32:29
A new Canadian opera spotlights the legacy of Chiune Sugihara, the 'Japanese Schindler'
Nov 14, 2023 – 00:29:17
'A more beautiful side of Israel': This Canadian-led photography collective is raising money for kibbutzim attacked by Hamas
Nov 2, 2023 – 00:34:49
'It feels pretty hopeless': Jewish artists open up about working in a dominantly anti-Zionist industry
Oct 19, 2023 – 00:31:48
'Controversial' Canadian artist Matthew Jocelyn just took over the Koffler Centre. What does that mean for its Jewish future?
Oct 3, 2023 – 00:28:06
How Sarah Segal-Lazar went from Jewish Montreal to writing folk songs in rustic P.E.I.
Sep 19, 2023 – 00:36:01
Forgotten Canadian sports icon Bobbie Rosenfeld gets an onstage revival in Barrie, Ont.
Sep 6, 2023 – 00:30:30
Why do Jews love jam bands?
Aug 7, 2023 – 00:49:06
Bobbi Goddard wasn't born Jewish, living in Mexico, or a country singer—and is now all three
Jul 13, 2023 – 00:38:35
In his debut comedy album, Jacob Balshin tackles mohels, masculinity and magic mushrooms
Jun 27, 2023 – 00:34:48
'Less Than Kosher' is a surprisingly heartfelt story of spiritual discovery
Jun 12, 2023 – 00:50:47
Jeff Rothpan on puppets, stereotypes and what it takes to make it as a comic in the States
May 29, 2023 – 00:37:03
Do Jews have an architectural style? Manuel Herz says yes—with a catch
May 15, 2023 – 00:27:23
The Segal Centre is putting on an epic 3-hour Jewish family drama—and we visited the set
May 1, 2023 – 00:30:58
This bold new puppet show is tackling the complex history of antisemitic traditions
Apr 16, 2023 – 00:35:50
Trailer: Culturally Jewish
Mar 24, 2023 – 00:01:13