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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Construction kicks off for Toronto's new $27-million Holocaust museum—at a time it's needed most
Description: If you haven't heard, Toronto is getting a new Holocaust museum. The $27-million institution will be located in the new Prosserman Jewish Community Centre, and will do more than simply commemorate the past: it aims to make the Holocaust relevant to modern visitors, world events and Canadian life, using augmented reality, tablets and video of survivors to tell its stories.
But work began only recently, and it will take at least a year before its doors open to the general public. In the meantime, the city's old Holocaust museum has closed down and a rash of antisemitic...