By PENNY MARGOLIS
At the age of 70, former Winnipegger Anna-Mae Silver has done something of which she'd often dreamed: She's created her first jazz CD, containing all original pieces which she'd composed over the years.
By BERNIE BELLAN
In his over 40-year career as a leading oncologist based in Winnipeg, Lorne Brandes developed a reputation not only as a caring doctor for thousands of patients, he was also a brilliant researcher and an acclaimed teacher at the University of Manitoba medical faculty. Now he has just published a memoir chronicling his years in cancer research during which he took a drug discovery from the laboratory into cancer patients.
By MYRON LOVE Elliott Lazar and Josh Bellan were among the major winners in the 98th annual Winnipeg Music Festival (which ran from February 28 to March 20).
By MYRON LOVE
Ruth Kettner recalls the moment three years ago when her daughter (and oldest child), Faye Hellner, first told her that the family (Faye and her three younger brothers, Dr. Bill – who is a dentist , Bruce and Dr. Joel) had decided to commemorate their mother’s 90th birthday by establishing the Ruth Kettner Child Life Education Endowment Fund at the Children’s Hospital.
By MYRON LOVE
The Shaarey Zedek Congregation’s long time choir – which has been led by talented maestro Yuri Klaz for the past 15 years – is no more. The choir as it was formerly constituted has been dissolved and a much smaller choir is being reassembled by Justin Odwak.
By MYRON LOVE
Temple Shalom, Winnipeg’s Reform Congregation, will be looking for a new rabbi come the end of June. That is the date that Rabbi Karen Soria will be leaving the congregation which she has led, both full and part time, for the past eight years.
By GERRY POSNER Lifetime Achievement awards are becoming a pattern these days in the Jewish community. Elsewhere on this site you can find my story about Ted Lyons receiving an award from the University of Manitoba.
Editor’s note: In October last year we were contacted by Journalism Professor Ellin Bessner, who sent us a note about a project in which she was engaged:
"Hello!
"I am a Toronto researcher and professor of journalism at Centennial College. I am currently writing a book about the Canadian Jews who were killed during the Second World War.
By SIDNEY CONN (Birmingham Alabama)
“…..and exactly what were you doing there at 5:30 in the morning? Don’t you know that a person walking up to a guard house in the dark could be in a seriously dangerous situation?”
Reviewed by BERNIE BELLAN
Why do some books create a real buzz while others don’t? Is it based on the quality of the book; on the way it’s publicized; or is it perhaps just a matter of timing or luck?
By GERRY POSNER The standard advice to students is not to leave school, but to get an education. We all might agree that is advice worth listening to but, what if you were asked to leave school by your teacher in Grade 11?
By BERNIE BELLAN
Former Winnipegger Jonas Chernick’s latest film, “Borealis”, which was shot entirely in Manitoba, is set to receive its Winnipeg premiere on Friday, April 15. Recently I chatted with Chernick, who was in his Toronto home, about the film and his career.
