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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Hear two Canadian rabbis speak out about what they witnessed at the Ukrainian border
Description: For some Jews, just the thought of returning to Poland—let alone to help Ukrainians—stirs up complicated feelings, given the two countries' fraught Holocaust legacies. But this week, three Canadian rabbis did exactly that, confronting the past and engaging with the present emergency.
Rabbi Mark Fishman, Rabbi Adam Scheier and Rabbi Reuben Poukpo travelled to Poland on a mission to help Ukrainians who are fleeing Russia's war on their home country. The rabbis flew into Warsaw and made their way east, stopping to meet traumatized Ukrainian refugees in hostels and Jewish buildings. They distributed money and dona...