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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Sault Ste. Marie’s next generation vows to carry on Jewish life, especially for these coming High Holidays
Description: In the riverside border city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Jewish community leaders are stepping up to run programming for the 35 member families of Congregation Beth Jacob. The synagogue—gearing up to celebrate its 80th anniversary next year—can no longer afford to hire clergy to conduct High Holiday services. Instead, over the next month, the prayers will be all DIY, led by local congregant Tova Arbus, who’s filling the shoes of her father, Jeff Arbus, a former union activist.
But while the younger Arbus prepares to take the reins, she recognizes that even her father only led the Hi...