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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: These Canadians are still writing letters to Israeli hostagesâeven while the Red Cross isnât delivering them
Description: Canadaâs Jewish community wants the 119 remaining Israeli hostages to know that they are not forgottenâeven though the letters theyâre writing to them most likely will never arrive.
For nearly three months now, in schools and synagogues and kitchen tables across Toronto, more than 1,000 volunteers have been penning letters to the hostages, filling care packages and mailing themâor, in some cases, delivering them in personâto the offices of the Canadian Red Cross.
The letter-writing campaign, called âYou Are Not Forgottenâ, is supported by Torontoâs UJA Federation, which provides a suggested script and the address of the Canadian...