Ever since Oct. 7, 2023, Muslim and Jewish communities in Canada have been torn apart. Dialogue groups disbanded. Friendships bottomed out. Campuses became battlegrounds. And what happens when two groups stop speaking to one another, both reeling from a raging war halfway around the world?
Dehumanization. Anxiety. Trauma. Hatred.
It is against this backdrop, as a fragile ceasefire slowly cools the Israel-Gaza conflict, that The CJN is launching In Good Faith. In this podcast, you'll hear difficult, honest, challenging conversations with Jews and Muslims, Israelis and Palestinians, from across the country.
But first, we start with our hosts: Avi Finegold, a rabbi and a writer with The CJN, and Yafa Sakkejha, a Canadian-Palestinian entrepreneur and volunteer with the Friends of Standing Together.
In the first episode, they meet face-to-face for the first time and just... talk.
Credits
Hosts: Yafa Sakkejha and Avi Finegold
Producers: Michael Fraiman and Zachary Judah Kauffman
Editor: Zachary Judah Kauffman
This podcast is sponsored by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, with support from the Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation.
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In Good Faith: Coming Fall 2025
This podcast features strong expletives and language that some audiences may find offensive.
In a post-Oct. 7 world, news feeds are filled with videos, podcasts and reports of Jews and Muslims talking at each other, or about each other, but rarely with each other. We're doing something different. This limited series brings together Jews, Muslims, Israelis and Palestinians, from across Canada and the political divide, to sit down and have honest, heartfelt, difficult conversations—in good faith.
Sponsored by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, with support from the Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation.
Credits
Hosts: Yafa Sakkejha and Avi Finegold
Production team: Michael Fraiman and Zachary Judah Kauffman
Music: Yurii Suprunenko
In a post-Oct. 7 world, news feeds are filled with videos, podcasts and reports of Jews and Muslims talking at each other, or about each other, but rarely with each other. This limited series brings together Jews, Muslims, Israelis and Palestinians, from across the country and the political divide, to sit down and have difficult conversations—in good faith.
Sponsored by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, with support from the Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation.
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