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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: New B’nai Brith Canada CEO Simon Wolle set priorities. Now they’re being sorely tested
Description: At a time he calls a “national crisis of antisemitism,” Simon Wolle has stepped into one of the most visible advocacy roles in the country: CEO of B’nai Brith Canada. He took over in October, leading the 150-year-old Jewish human rights organization at a moment of growing concern for Jewish Canadians.
He had little time to settle into the role before the security situation changed dramatically: Wolle calls it “seismic shifts".
In recent months, Toronto police foiled an ISIS-linked terror plot; a boycott campaign targeted Jewish summer camps; and protests continue to spread through Jewish n...