By HOLLY HARRIS
Four short years ago, Winnipeg-based lyric colouratura soprano Lara Secord-Haid, 28, had just graduated from New York City’s prestigious The Juilliard School, a song in her heart as she embarked on establishing an international opera career.
By BERNIE BELLAN
“Call me Ishmael” – or don’t. I’ve always wanted to use those words at the beginning of a story. In this case the story centres around my lovely wife, Meachelle who, I believe is the modern day embodiment of Captain Ahab.
Here I Am - Reviewed by BERNIE BELLAN
Jonathan Safran Foer is often considered one of the best young American Jewish novelists writing today, in the same league as Michael Chabon.
MONTREAL (JTA) — Montreal police are investigating a three-year-old video that shows an imam, Sayyed al-Ghitaoui at a local mosque calling on Allah to “destroy the accursed Jews” and to kill them “one by one.”
By MYRON LOVE
“American Idiot”, Kayla Gordon’s Winnipeg Studio Theatre’s upcoming new production - Feb 23 - March 5 at the Tom Hendry Warehouse Theatre – marks the professional stage debut for 19-year-old Josh Bellan, one of the younger members of our community. Fellow Jewish cast member Elliott Lazar, on the other hand, in his early 20s, is already a veteran both onstage and behind the scene.
By HARVEY ROSEN While sitting at my computer on Tuesday morning, the 7th of February, and already working on the sports column for the 15th of the month an e-mail popped up on my monitor that was short but not so sweet.
By MYRON LOVE For many years now, the Gray Academy has been organizing yearly Shabbatons in January for the high school students attending the school. Last year, Gray Academy teachers Sheppy Coodin and Avi Posen decided to raise the bar with a Shabbaton for young Jewish adults aged 18-26.
By BERNIE BELLAN
A while back I received an interesting email from someone who identified herself as Sara Gardner. In the course of corresponding with Sara I learned that she is a former Winnipegger -
By MYRON LOVE Some years ago, I read the memoirs of Western novelist Louis L’amour and one of his observations stood out for me. To paraphrase, an adventure is interesting to read about but damned difficult when experiencing it firsthand.
By BERNIE BELLAN The firing of St. Boniface Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hussam Azzam, only two months after he was hired led me to an extremely disturbing and surprising discovery about that doctor’s history of posting invective laden posts against Israel on social media.
