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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Antisemitism fighter, founders of Le Château and Great Gulf Homes focus of new Honourable Menschen spotlight
Description: Le Château was a fashion fixture across shopping malls in Canada during its heyday in the 1970s and ’80s. Founder Herschel Segal, a Montrealer who recently died, is credited with bringing bell-bottom jeans to the masses—and later helping to launch the David’s Tea brand.
Segal is one of the five prominent Canadian Jewish leaders we’ve lost since this spring, and whose larger-than-life achievements left a clear mark on the community. Today, we honour those men and women with another episode of our recurring podcast series, Honourable Menschen.
Also in today’s show: Larry Robbins, 94, known affectionate...