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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Jewish public servants are calling out antisemitism in Ottawa's corridors of power
Description: When Louis Rasminsky was appointed to be governor of the Bank of Canada in 1961, he became the first Jew to hold such a high office in the history the Canadian public service—even though he’d previously been passed over for the job due to antisemitism, and wasn't even allowed to join Ottawa’s exclusive Rideau Club at the time, since it didn't accept Jews until 1964.
Canada's public service today is, of course, much more accepting of diversity. But there is still work to do. Antisemitic jokes are still made among colleagues in some departments, while Jews are no...