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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: This Hanukkah, a new children’s book shares the true story of a young boy who kept the light on in his shtetl
Description: Just in time for Hanukkah, comes a century-old-tale of a young Jewish boy’s courage to take on an adult’s responsibilities as chief light keeper in his Russian shtetl. It’s the true story of Ottawa’s Samuel Saslove, who stepped up to keep his community's brand new electric street lights working, at the tender age of ten. Saslove arrived in Canada in the 1920s and while he didn’t divulge much about his experiences growing up in “the old country”, his daughter, Sheila Baslaw, preserved those memories for decades.
Now, at 92, Baslaw has found a whole new audience for h...