By BERNIE BELLAN
To his thousands of students who either had him as a teacher at the Talmud Torah on Matheson Avenue or whom he helped prepare for their bar mitzvahs, he will always be remembered as “Mr. Berger”.
By BERNIE BELLAN
Earlier this year (in October) we reported on the sale of the large block of empty land next to the Simkin Centre to a corporation known as Tell Ventures Ltd. Tell Ventures is the developer behind Brightwater Senior Living of Tuxedo, located on Sterling Lyon Blvd. (next to the Fashion Outlet Mall).
By BERNIE BELLAN
At two separate events:the Rady JCC Annual General Meeting, held Thursday December 13, and a special farewell event held Tuesday, December 18, Gayle Waxman was honoured for her 13 years of service as the Rady JCC executive director. (Waxman will be leaving as of January to take up a new position as head of a nation-wide nursing association.
Elaine Goldstine honoured for 25 years of service to the Federation
By BERNIE BELLAN
The Jewish Federation of Winnipeg was able to allocate more money to its 12 member agencies this past year despite there having been less money donated to the Combined Jewish Appeal campaign than the previous year ($5,668,391 in 2017/18 as opposed to $5,701,468 in 2016/17).
By MYRON LOVE
“It was strictly a business decision,” says Jonathan Buchwald, the executive director of Congregation Etz Chayim, of the congregation board’s decision to sell the HSBA Gardens, one of three low-rent north end seniors apartment blocks that the synagogue owns.
(Provided by the JNF) The Jewish National Fund of Canada – Manitoba/Saskatchewan Regional Branch is thrilled to announce its 2019 Negev Gala Honouree: Mr. Steven Schipper, Former Artistic Director of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre.
In a day and age when the notion of what defines a “community” is constantly evolving, especially with the advent of the internet, from time to time we are contacted by individuals who have a story to tell – yet they are not a part of the Jewish “community”, per se.
By BERNIE BELLAN
It was billed as a program devoted to a discussion of Jewish food, to be held in the Multipurpose Room of the Asper Campus the evening of November 19. But - the program turned into something far more than simply a discussion of favourite Jewish foods.
Titled “What’s for Dinner?” the evening was intended to introduce the latest project of the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada.
By MYRON LOVE
Noam Gershony is a still relatively young man who has been to hell and back. His ability to triumph over extreme adversity and reach the heights of Olympic glory is an inspiration to all.
By MYRON LOVE
Those of us of a certain age may recall the cult classic “Reefer Madness”. The 1936 film was intended to scare young people out of trying marijuana – which has also been known as “grass”, “weed”, “pot” and “reefer”.
After donating an ambulance and scooter to Magen David Adom in 2016 on Mark Bernstein’s 90th birthday, the Mark and Zita Z’L Foundation, which is now run by the couple’s three daughters, will be sponsoring the research of Dr. Aaron Ciechanover M.D., D.Sc., for the next six years through the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF).
