Treyf Podcast

On this episode: we discuss the institutional Jewish community's response to the ongoing migration crisis, talk about the fight against BDS on Canadian campuses, and try to be more clear about when we're being sarcastic. We reflect on the Jewish left's response to recent repression of BDS Quebec, and debate the ethics of not feeding pets on Yom Kippur. We're then joined by Sozan Savehilaghi to talk about No One Is Illegal's new multimedia project Never Home, as well as Canada's role in the global crisis of migration.

Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2015/10/07/on-this-episode-we-discuss-the-institutional/

On this episode: David theorizes about Harry Potter's anti-Semitism, and Sam asks if there’s any difference between politicians' Rosh Hashanah greetings. We discuss the Federation CJA’s failed attempt at online advertorials, and the Quebec government’s new legislation that targets Muslims. We're then joined by Yoni Goldstein, editor of the Canadian Jewish News, to talk about partisan politics and the discourse of Jewish media, as well as his role in changes at Canada’s largest Jewish newspaper.

Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2015/09/24/episode-6-jewish-media-and-partisan-politics-on/

On this episode: we talk about the Montreal businessman being called the 'Jewish Schindler' and break our promise to stop talking about the Canadian election. We reflect on the legacy of Montreal's Yom Kippur Ball and try to get to the bottom of an instance of vandalism at a Chabbad Centre in Illinois. We're then joined by Erika Davis, who runs the blog Black Gay and Jewish, to talk about the work she's doing to combat racism within the Jewish community with the Jewish Multiracial Network.

Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2015/09/12/on-this-episode-we-talk-about-the-montreal/

On this episode: We reflect on the 7th anniversary of Fredy Villanueva's murder by Montreal police and talk about the continuing reality of systemic anti-black racism in Quebec. We do a survey of the bi-partisan support for Israel in the federal election campaign and problematize the way we talk about histories of anti-Jewish lynching. We're then joined by Rachel Zellars to talk about her petition urging the Quebec government to remove the n-word from natural site place names.

Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2015/08/26/episode-4-anti-black-racism-quebec/

This segment didn’t make it into the last episode but we still wanted to share it with you! In this short, we discuss Mike Huckabee’s recent holocaust-invoking fame, Steven Blaney’s special permission, and comparisons between Iran and Nazi Germany.

Show notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2015/08/14/short-whos-invoking-the-holocaust-now/

On this episode: we talk about the new Amazon Prime show ‘The Man in the High Castle,’ provide some updates on the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement, and try to parse through the ways North American Jewish communities are talking about the nuclear deal signed by Iran. We reflect on CIJA’s attempt at a national conversation on Jewish safety and examine legal controversies surrounding the state of ‘J’ dating. We’re then joined by Clifton Nicholas, a Mohawk filmmaker and activist, to talk about his fundraising campaign to produce a new film looking back at the uprising in Kanesatake 25 years later.

*CORRECTION: In this episode, David mentioned that Black Lives Matter activists shut down the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto but it was actually the Allen.

Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2015/08/12/03-oka-everywhere-25-years-since-the-crisis/

This is the first of our Shorts format, where we release things we've recorded outside the confines of a usual show. This week we're putting up an interview with Griffin Epstein, responding to discussions in the Jewish press about Jewishness and whiteness.

Griffin is an Ashkenazi Jew from New York City who works as a front-line social service provider and college teacher in Toronto. Griffin is currently in the final stages of a PhD in social justice education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. 

Show notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2015/08/06/this-is-the-first-of-our-shorts-format-where-we/

On this episode: we talk about the JDL in Montreal and an expansion of the Canada-Israel Free Trade agreement. We give a nod to the St.Louis Jewish Voice for Peace in their response to the Anti-Defamation League’s collaboration with city police, and question the royal family’s “heil-gate”. Lastly, we’re joined in studio by Claire Hurtig (Treyf’s director of design) to talk about pinkwashing and a recent Quebec delegation of LGBT Francophone Quebecois(es) to Israel.

Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2015/07/29/on-this-episode-we-talk-about-the-jdl-in/

On this episode: we break down new anti-semitism numbers, discuss increasing repression against Muslim communities, and introduce the Jewish National Fund’s mysterious new Israel Advocacy HQ. We bid farewell to the Jewish Tribune, talk about Bill Marantz’s racist column in the Jewish Post and News, and try to wrap our heads around why Mexican workers were paid to dress up as Chassids in NY. Lastly, we’re joined in studio by Amy Darwish (an organizer with Tadamon!) to talk about ten years of the BDS movement.

Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2015/07/24/on-this-episode-we-break-down-new-anti-semitism/

David's article going into more detail on anti-semitism numbers: http://treyfpodcast.tumblr.com/post/125089303662/anti-semitism-data