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Canada's Schindler: Meet the man who gave 79 Jewish orphans a new life on Canadian soil

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JL;DR SUMMARY This episode covers the inspiring story of Morris Saxe, a Jewish Canadian farmer who helped 79 Jewish orphans from Poland relocate to Canada in the 1920s, requiring them to learn farming, despite the challenges posed by Canada's anti-Semitic policies. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Cairo Item ID 23883
Cairo Source ID 72
Retrieved 2024-05-23 16:41:29 UTC
Curated 2024-08-31 07:20:40 UTC