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article describes the podcast as "unapologetically leftist, loudly Jewish, and completely unashamed to demand more diverse and critical community conversations. Online, audio-based, user-supported, young, and progressive, Treyf is totally different from the media that the
Canadian Jewish community is
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Most episodes of Treyf feature a segment called
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The title of the podcast, Treyf, is a
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in the US & Canada by profiling groups, projects, writers, and activists that were becoming more active during that time. By 2018, the format changed again toward episodes with multiple interviews on a specific topic, as well as multiple-episode series exploring a single theme.
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