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Podcast: CANADALAND
Episode: The Newfoundlander: Chapter 1
Description: This is chapter 1 of a mini series. To listen to all episodes, become a supporter at https://canadaland.com/joinIn 2001, 9/11 forced airplanes from all over the world to suddenly land in Newfoundland. As communities responded to the crisis and welcomed people into their homes, there was a chance encounter between a Rabbi from England and an elderly person from Gander, Newfoundland: Edward Brake, grandfather of reporter Justin Brake.Edward told the Rabbi that he was a Holocaust survivor and had suppressed his Jewish identity his whole life. But now, he said, it...