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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Behind the scenes at Canada’s weekly rallies for the Israeli hostages
Description: For the 61st week since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, Jewish Canadians–and increasingly, some of their non-Jewish allies–came out to stand for two hours in the cold on Sunday Dec. 1 at a Toronto street corner in support of Israel, to call for the release of the 101 remaining hostages held in Gaza, and to pray for Israel’s soldiers. For over a year now, a similar scene also takes place every Sunday in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg and Montreal: hundreds of people turn out, rain or shine, for solidarity rallies and marches.
While the smaller cities’ events have been mos...