By MYRON LOVE The “Family of Roses” will soon be blooming again in Winnipeg.
In selecting Rabbi Kliel Rose as its new spiritual leader, Congregation Etz Chayim is going back to the future. Kliel Rose’s parents, Rabbi Neal and Carol Rose have had an ongoing relationship with the congregation – and its predecessor, the Rosh Pina Synagogue – going back 40 years or more.
Sam Di Cresce (little brother Isaac on his back), Olivia Swirsky, Sam Charach, Jericho Knazan. All are in the Hebrew Bilingual program at Brock Corydon
By MYRON LOVE More than a dozen budding young potential future scientists - who also happen to be Jewish, stood out at this spring’s Winnipeg School Science Symposium
Member of Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity at the Concert Hall May 29
By BERNIE BELLAN
The Jewish National Fund held another very successful gala May 29, the proceeds of which will go to help build a dental clinic in Israel for children and young adults with special needs. Honouress this year included members of the Manitoba Chapter of the Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity, with special honouree Dr. Gerald Niznick.
David Asper (left) presented with the Sol Kanee Distinguished Community Service Medal by Richard Kroft
By MYRON LOVE They come from various walks of life. They include lawyers and financial planners, teachers, homemakers, a hotelier, a long time camp director and an immigration consultant. What all those who shared the stage at the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue on Thursday, May 17, at the annual Jewish Federation of Winnipeg/Combined Jewish Appeal Kavod Evening is a willingness to give of their time for the betterment of our community.
By SHELLEY ROBERTSON (Copyright to The Jewish Post & News) Winnipeg philanthropist and businessman Arnold Frieman is being honoured by the University of Manitoba with an honorary degree at a convocation ceremony on Friday, June 8.
By BERNIE BELLAN (Note: My meeting with Canada’s Ambassador to Irsael, Deborah Lyons, occurred before news began to appear about the most recent violence on Israel’s border with Gaza - and well before Prime Minister Trudeau issued a statement that was strongly critical of Israel’s actions on May 14.)
clockwise from top: Carolyn Lindner, David Gurvey, Kyle Doering, Yonatan Orlov, Sydney Hnatuk, Daniel Tsaiger, Matthew Bernstein
By HARVEY ROSEN
My, how rapidly time passes. It seems ever so recent that Teemu Selanne was the featured celebrity at the 45th Rady JCC Sports Dinner on May 10th, 2017.
By now, it’s become standard practice for emergency room physician and CBC radio host Dr. Brian Goldman to appear at the Asper Campus whenever he launches a new book. The first time was in 2011, when he spoke in the Berney Theatre to promote his first book, The Night Shift, which talked about what really goes in a hospital emergency room.
(l-r): Drs. Richard Boroditsky, Neil Margolis, & Manuel Matas
By BERNIE BELLAN The Jewish Heritage Centre held another in a series of programs looking back at a century of Manitoba Jewish physicians on Thursday, May 17, at the Berney Theatre.
By MYRON LOVE The 11th annual Cancercare Manitoba Foundation Challenge for Life 20KM walk (or 200-minute workout) will take place in Assiniboine Park on Saturday, June 10, and several members of our Jewish community are – once again – among the leading fundraisers.
