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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: These Canadian fathers describe what it’s like as their children fight for Israel
Description: One is a doctor. One is with a tank unit. One is in reconnaissance. All three sons of Toronto-born Ira Garshowitz were called up on the weekend to serve at the front with the Israel Defense Forces after the unprecedented Hamas attack on Oct. 7. Garshowitz’s daughter is also in uniform–and like her brothers, all are Canadian citizens but born in Israel.
Meanwhile, Jonathan Shiff now has two married sons and a daughter in action since the weekend.
The Canadian-born lawyer immigrated to Israel in 1989 and like Garshowitz, is also an IDF veteran.
Between him and Gars...