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Ellin Bessner

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Born

Montreal, Canada

Website

https://ellinbessner.com/

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Genre

History, Religion, Memoir

Influences

Ted Barris, Gerald Tulchinsky, Jack Granatstein, David Bercuson

Member Since

June 2013

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Ellin Bessner is a professor of journalism at Centennial College in Toronto, and the author of a new book about Canada’s Jewish servicemen and women who fought in the Second World War. The book is called “Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military and WWll” and published by the University of Toronto Press. It is available from fine booksellers including Chapters, Amazon and Target.
Ellin was born in Montreal and graduated with a degree in journalism and political science from Carleton University. Her career as a journalist took her from Canada and around the world, working for CTV News and CBC News, and also for the Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press and other organizations. As a foreign correspondent based in Italy, during the 1990s, aside ...more

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	Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military, and World War II 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Northern Lights: A Canadian Jewish History by Greg Beiles, Ellin Bessner (Goodreads Author), Bryan Borzykowski really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.”
― Henry David Thoreau

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