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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Jews nationwide mourned the Bibas family this week. Here's what it sounded like
Description: Some released bouquets of orange balloons. Others wore Batman costumes. Some did mitzvahs or studied Talmud. These were just some of the ways that Canada’s Jewish community came together in recent days to mourn the deaths of the two young Bibas children, Ariel and Kfir, and their mother, Shiri, who were murdered while in captivity in Gaza since Oct. 7.
The official handover ceremony of the coffins carrying the boys’ remains on Feb. 20 triggered an outpouring of worldwide grief tinged with rage. That rage peaked the following morning, when news broke that Hamas had actually sent back a different body...