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Ellin honoured at Jewish War Veterans of Canada Nov. 11, 2019 ceremony

December 2, 2019 Leave a comment

Martow publicly thanked Ellin for writing “Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military and WWII” and also for working with Veterans Affairs Canada to add a web exhibit about the fighting Jews in uniform to the official government Remembrance web page. That page went live in the fall of 2019.

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Ellin on Global News: Author’s research tells of 17,000 Jewish Canadian soldiers in WW II

November 18, 2019 Leave a comment

Remembrance Day has passed and we still must remember them.
It’s part of the message from journalist, researcher and author Ellin Bressner. She tells the story of members of the Canadian Jewish community who stepped into battle for a country that didn’t always support or even welcome them.

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Glaring Omission now Righted: Winnipeg Free Press on Veteran’s Affairs Canada’s new Jewish Website

November 4, 2019 Leave a comment

A moving story by journalist Sharon Chisvin about my year’s long quest to see Jewish Canadian soldiers take their place in official Canadian history. The article was published Saturday Nov. 2, 2019 in the Winnipeg Free Press.

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Ellin is a guest of the “On War and Society” Podcast

October 22, 2019 Leave a comment

The great historians at Laurier University’s Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies had their podcast host, Eric Story, interview me about Canadian Jewish involvement in WWII. Story asked probing questions about my research and my book “Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military and WWII”.

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Esprit de Corps Magazine featured story on Canada’s Jewish WWII soldiers

September 16, 2019 Leave a comment

Publisher Scott Taylor’s Esprit de Corps magazine featured “Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military, and WWII” in the August, 2019 edition of his wonderful magazine, with a front cover shoutout (bottom right) and a middle five-page spread.

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Canada’s Jewish heroes of D-Day75

June 25, 2019 1 Comment

Here is my latest story of the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 2019, from Juno Beach…

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Ellin in recent media coverage of the Normandy D-Day 75 commemorations

June 20, 2019 Leave a comment

Ellin was interviewed about her trip to Normandy and England during the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. And she wrote D-Day stories of her own.

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Why it’s important to remember the Holocaust: Ellin on CTV News

May 8, 2019 Leave a comment

With antisemitism on the rise in Canada, and around the world, “Double Threat” author Ellin Bessner tells CTV News why…

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Ellin on the Liberals’ Apology for the MS St. Louis: CBC News Network Nov. 7. 2018

November 23, 2018 Leave a comment

Guest interview of Ellin by CBC News Network on the day that the federal Liberal government under Prime Minister Justin…

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CBC Radio Winnipeg’s Nadia Kidwai interviews Ellin on Remembrance Day Nov. 11, 2018

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