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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: How a filmmaker turned Canada's Jewish history into an Indiana Jones adventure
Description: He scoured the St. Lawrence River to find clues to how Jews helped the British conquer New France. He battled a hurricane off the coast of France and scuba dived to find a shipwreck linked to the mysterious first Jewish woman to set foot in Canada 250 years ago. No, these aren't scenes from the newest Indiana Jones movie—they're moments from the life of Len Pearl, a documentary filmmaker from Toronto, who's currently putting the finishing touches on his new series about the history of Jews in Canada.
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