Tête-à-tête: Conversations in Canadian Jewish Studies
Jun 23, 2026 · 48 min · 14 segments
As Canada experiences a disturbing surge of popular antisemitism, what responsibility do arts organizations—and the arts in general—have in championing Jewish culture, fostering inclusivity, and…
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Evelyn TobinGuest
Jonathan SlaterHost
So, I'm gonna guess that, um, more than a few people attending the podcast recording this morning at Community Day at the ACJS Conference are hearing about Shvilim for the first time.
Um, Shvilim, as many of you will know, is the Hebrew word for paths, and, uh, the project-- It's the name we gave to an initiative that, uh, is dedicated to addressing antisemitism in and through the arts, and also celebrating the diversity of Jewish life through the arts.
And as you can imagine, there was a lot of brainstorming what we wanna call our project, and we landed on this name, and specifically in the plural, to communicate that there are many paths to doing this work, uh, to be-- that there doesn't have to be one approach.
And, um, also that to signal that we felt that it was time for some new paths to be mapped out, that some of the roads we've been walking aren't serving us well and it's time for some new pathways.
What, what do you mean by that? What, you know, weren't serving us well, what, and, and, and the need for new pathways? Can you just expand on that?
... um, in broad strokes, I think that we know that the communal approach to addressing antisemitism is not actually helping and in some times is, uh, contributing to polarization and the divisine- divisiveness that we see in Canadian communities.
And so we wanted to imagine what are some new pathways that also involve creativity, because as we'll talk about, this project started, uh, rooted in the arts community.
So, we will talk more about the relationship to, uh, mitigating antisemitism in, in a few minutes.
So, I'm gonna guess that, um, more than a few people attending the podcast recording this morning at Community Day at the ACJS Conference are hearing about Shvilim for the first time.
Um, Shvilim, as many of you will know, is the Hebrew word for paths, and, uh, the project-- It's the name we gave to an initiative that, uh, is dedicated to addressing antisemitism in and through the arts, and also celebrating the diversity of Jewish life through the arts.
And as you can imagine, there was a lot of brainstorming what we wanna call our project, and we landed on this name, and specifically in the plural, to communicate that there are many paths to doing this work, uh, to be-- that there doesn't have to be one approach.
And, um, also that to signal that we felt that it was time for some new paths to be mapped out, that some of the roads we've been walking aren't serving us well and it's time for some new pathways.
What, what do you mean by that? What, you know, weren't serving us well, what, and, and, and the need for new pathways? Can you just expand on that?
... um, in broad strokes, I think that we know that the communal approach to addressing antisemitism is not actually helping and in some times is, uh, contributing to polarization and the divisine- divisiveness that we see in Canadian communities.
And so we wanted to imagine what are some new pathways that also involve creativity, because as we'll talk about, this project started, uh, rooted in the arts community.
So, we will talk more about the relationship to, uh, mitigating antisemitism in, in a few minutes.
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