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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Welcome to Disraeli, Que., where the post office says Hanukkah is never over
Description: Nathalie Fortier is the postmistress of Disraeli, Quebec. She runs the only post office in town, which was named after Benjamin Disraeli, the British prime minister who was born Jewish, faced antisemitism and supported a homeland for Jews. As far as Fortier knows, there aren't any Jews living in Disraeli—and she had never heard of the namesake—until Canada Post approached her a couple of months ago, asking for Disraeli to become the first and only post office in the country with a special permanent Jewish postmark.
Released just in time for Hanukkah, the postmark shows four...