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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Remembering a global genealogist, a Romanian survivor, B'nai Brith's CEO and more community builders recently lost
Description: On the second Honourable Menschen of 2025, we pay tribute to five Canadians from four provinces who left a mark on our community and who passed away in recent months.
Dianne Kipnes, an Edmonton clinical psychologist and philanthropist who, together with her husband Irving fought to find and fund better treatment for people with cancer-related conditions.
Sandy Keshen, executive director for 41 years of Toronto’s Reena organization, which was created to help her own daughter and other persons with disabilities find facilities and inclusion in the community.
Michael Mostyn, the former CEO of B’nai Brith Canada, a Toronto lawyer who r...