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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Their first high holidays: Meet Canada's newest Jewish converts
Description: Canada’s Jewish community is a little larger this high holiday season. In July, 11 adults and two young children officially converted—and all of them live in Kelowna, B.C., with a Jewish population of about 500.
Well, about 513 now.
This was a unique conversion process for many reasons. Being virtual, of course, classes were led by rabbis from across the country over Zoom. Since Kelowna doesn't have a mikvah, the converts took a dip on the beach in Lake Okanagan.
And the converts' individual reasons for joining Judaism are myriad. None are for the...