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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Mikveh makeover: A U.S. charity helped build or renovate 10 ritual baths across Canada
Description: While many Canadians are continuing to boycott products made in the United States, when it comes to mikvehs, nearly a dozen Canadian Jewish communities have no qualms about accepting their money.
Mikvah USA is a Brooklyn-based charity that gives out financial aid, advice and technical support for renovating outdated mikvehs and building brand-new ones, and in the last few years, they’ve supported 10 clients in Ontario and Quebec. One of them is Ottawa’s Naomi Bulka Community Mikvah, which held its grand reopening on July 20, having completed a makeover of the 25-year-old facility, attached to Ottawa’s Soloway ewish Commun...