By RAN UKASHI
For the first time ever, on January 17, 2018, the Gray Academy of Jewish Education invited schools from around Winnipeg to participate in its annual Raoul Wallenberg Day.
Introduction: Elsewhere on this website (http://jewishpostandnews.ca/local/2515-temple-shalom-rabbi-bill-tepper-took-interesting-path-to-the-rabbinate) we have the first part of an interview we had conducted with Rabbi Bill Tepper of Temple Shalom on January 19.
By BERNIE BELLAN Since the news from Israel can often seem to be unremittingly bad, e.g., new threats of war with Syria/Iran/Hezbollah and/or Hamas; a peace process with Palestinians that no longer exists; ongoing corruption investigations involving the Prime Minister – along with other important Israelis - I thought it worthwhile to point out some very encouraging facts about that country.
By MYRON LOVE Even as a young girl, Allison Ginsburg knew that she wanted to dedicate her life to working with animals.
By HARVEY ROSEN On Tuesday January 16th, late in the morning, I received a phone call from sports fan Gerry Finkle, an avid reader of our publication, who duly informed me that MAX LABOVITCH had passed away and that the funeral was would be later that day.
By MYRON LOVE
Allan Gotlieb and David Golden were outstanding former Jewish Winnipeggers and Rhodes Scholars who made their marks nationally in public service.
By DON PLANT (special to The Jewish Post & News)
When the founders of Kelowna’s fledgling Jewish community decided to open a building, they couldn’t call it a synagogue.
By GERRY POSNER How many times have you heard or read about situations where a parent has established a lofty reputation in some area of life and the children of that parent are unable to surpass the high level of expectation their parent has for them?
By BERNIE BELLAN In another story posted to this website we put forward the notion that Winnipeg’s Jewish population might be quite a bit smaller than we had previously thought.
Some of the members of the Massad Alumni Choir: Standing: left to right: Adeena Lungen, Joel Braemer, D’Arcy Bruning Haid, Rob Waldman, Pam Appel, Debra Fleishman, Paula MacPherson, Miriam Baron. Seated on couch: left to right: Sharla Chochinov, Cindy Bass, Tracy Goltsman. Seated on floor, left to right: Laura Diamond, Shelley Werner, Janet Froelich.
By MYRON LOVE Miriam Baron and the Camp Massad Choir have chosen to lower the curtain for the last time on the popular choir that has been a regular feature of Winnipeg bar and bat mitzvahs for the past 25 years.
By MARTIN ZEILIG
Captain (Rabbi) Noteh Glogauer confesses that joining the Canadian Armed Forces was not that difficult a decision for him to make.
In fact, one could say it was destiny, or, in Yiddish, “beshert.”
By BERNIE BELLAN
It’s been a year and a half since Rabbi Bill Tepper began serving as rabbi for Temple Shalom Congregation. Like his immediate predecessor, Rabbi Karen Soria, Rabbi Tepper is a “fly-in rabbi”, coming to Winnipeg once a month, when he spends a four-day weekend here.
