Now here's something you won't likely read again for quite some time, if ever: The first baby of 2019 in Winnipeg was born early Tuesday, January 1, to two Jewish Winnipeg doctors.
By BERNIE BELLAN
In yet another sign of the rapidly changing landscape of what was once a thriving Jewish oriented food business in Winnipeg, Desserts Plus announced on January 4 that it would be closing its doors permanently.
By MYRON LOVE
Gunn’s Bakery, western Canada’s oldest, continuous, family-owned bakery is under new management. Fivie and Bernie Gunn have passed the torch to a new, younger owner in the person of Jon Hochman.
By BERNIE BELLAN
Elsewhere on this website we have a report on a lawsuit filed by the Winnipeg Board of Jewish Education against two parents of children who had previously been enrolled in Gray Academy.
Without delving again into the specifics of that particular lawsuit, the notion that tuition levels at Gray Academy may be such that they are preventing parents who might otherwise want to send their children to that school from doing so leads to an entire series of questions.
By SCOTT TAYLOR
Yohnatan Elizarov is a rarity.
After all, it’s rare to have an Israeli-born figure skater. It’s rare that an Israeli-born figure skater lives in Manitoba and it’s rare that Manitoba has any male figure skaters at all.
It’s even rarer when one of them is good.
By REBECA KUROPATWA
Winnipeg burlesque dance studio owner Meagan Funk is out to help women find their inner dance groove while also building their body image.
By REBECA KUROPATWA
Growing up in Winnipeg with a dad who is a pilot, Dr. Samyra Stuart-Altman had the unique opportunity to experience different places growing up – spending some time in Thompson, MB, and the Caribbean – while otherwise being on a fairly common Jewish childhood trajectory – going to school at Brock Corydon, then River Heights, followed by Kelvin.
“One thing I was really drawn to in all the places we travelled to was animals – hence, my journey into veterinary medicine, which has become my passion and profession today,” said Stuart-Altman.
By MYRON LOVE
After a whirlwind past few months, Becky Frohlinger has come home again – even if only for a short time.
“I am very happy to be back and so are my parents (Tom Frohlinger and Heather Pullan),” says the musical theatre performer who is appearing in the current Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre production of “Matilda”.
By NICOLE BRYK Special to the JP&N
By BERNIE BELLAN
For the second time in its history the Winnipeg Board of Jewish Education has sued the parents of children who had been attending Gray Academy for non-payment of tuition.
By BERNIE BELLAN
To his thousands of students who either had him as a teacher at the Talmud Torah on Matheson Avenue or whom he helped prepare for their bar mitzvahs, he will always be remembered as “Mr. Berger”.
By REBECA KUROPATWA
In 2016, Daniel and Lora Kazado decided to relocate their family from Istanbul to Winnipeg.
Coming from Istanbul, Turkey, the Kazados chose Winnipeg over bigger Canadian cities like Toronto or Vancouver, to be able to enjoy the smaller, more relaxed nature of the city, as well as the openness of the community.
