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Remembrance Day 2020: Ellin speaks to the NCJW Orah branch on Nov. 24, 2020

August 26, 2019 Leave a comment

As the world marks Remembrance Day under COVID-19, author and journalist Ellin Bessner brings her book “Double Threat: Canadian Jews,…

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Ellin speaks about D-Day75 anniversary at the North York Historical Society Oct. 16, 2019

June 13, 2019 Leave a comment

Fresh back from her voyage to Normandy, France to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Canadian author and journalist Ellin…

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Canadian Jewish Soldier

VIDEO: Keeping Kosher and Dad’s Cookies

November 20, 2017 Leave a comment

Harry Kaushansky of Montreal served in the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. He grew up in a home where his mother served only kosher food.

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Filed under: canadian jewish soldiers, Dads cookies, Double Threat, Ellin Bessner, Harry Kaushansky, Keeping kosher, Royal Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, second world war, World War Two
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Bombardier George Meltz’s photo in Canada 150 exhibit near Parliament Hill

July 23, 2017 Leave a comment

A photo of the grave of a Toronto Jewish soldier who was killed in Normandy in July 1944 is front…

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Filed under: Barney Danson, canada 150, canadian jewish experience, canadian jewish soldiers, d-day, Double Threat, george meltz, isaac rose, jewish soldiers, jews in canada, John Friedlan, juno beach, normandy, parliament hill

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Ellin Bessner is an author and journalist in Toronto.

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