By BERNIE BELLAN
How do you begin to explain all the conflicting forces and ideas that took hold during and after the First World War and that led, directly or indirectly, to so many of the problems in the world today?
By MYRON LOVE
Consoulation: A Musical Meditation”, Bryan Schwartz’s first stab at musical theatre, has been eight years and more in the making – but its gestation actually goes all the way back to his time studying law at Yale University in the late 1970s.
By BERNIE BELLAN
Fresh upon the heels of a controversy emanating from the University of Winnipeg’s Global College having sponsored a panel discussion in February which was accused of having an anti-Semitic element, the Canadian Mennonite University is about to play host to yet another forum which will feature a speaker, the Reverend Naim Ateek, who has been at the forefront of the BDS movement .
By MYRON LOVE
The annual Winnipeg Music Festival in late February and March – which provides up and coming young talent with an opportunity to measure their musical abilities with the best in their age groups – produced repeat winners who are members of our Jewish community.
Reviewed by BERNIE BELLAN
A couple of months back I was listening to one of my favourite radio shows, CBC’s “The Current”, when host Anna Maria Tremonti interviewed an American historian by the name of Steven J. Ross.
By PAUL LUNGEN
Canadian Jewish News staff reporter (Reprinted with permission)
Back in the day when Canada’s immigration policy was reflected in the phrase, “none is too many,” thousands of Jews languished in displaced persons (DP) camps throughout Europe.
When Arthur Liffmann was 17, his friends called his 1982 Pontiac J2000 the “Chai-mobile.” The vehicle earned the moniker because the aspiring singer used to play and re-play his Chai cassette and sing along at the top his lungs while driving.
Book review by JOSEPH LEVEN
Did ancient Rome exist? What about Athens and the Greek states? Was there a Second Temple? What kind of questions are these? The answers are obvious, as the physical evidence still exists in abundance. Now how about the Exodus from Egypt? Where is the evidence of the ten plagues or the 40 years in the desert?
By CHARLES (CHUCK) FAIMAN
No, this is not about the war of ’67. This is about a different success story.
Wednesday, March 14 – The Gray Academy of Jewish Education junior varsity boys “AAA” basketball team has won the provincial championship for the second year in a row.
By BERNIE BELLAN
In our March 14 issue we reported on a controversial panel discussion which had taken place at the University of Winnipeg on Feb. 28 (also Erev Purim).
