After a whirlwind past few months, Becky Frohlinger has come home again – even if only for a short time. “I am very happy to be back and so are my parents (Tom Frohlinger and Heather Pullan),” says the musical theatre performer who is appearing in the current Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre production of “Matilda”.
Now here's something you won't likely read again for quite some time, if ever: The first baby of 2019 in Winnipeg was born early Tuesday, January 1, to two Jewish Winnipeg doctors.
By BERNIE BELLAN In yet another sign of the rapidly changing landscape of what was once a thriving Jewish oriented food business in Winnipeg, Desserts Plus announced on January 4 that it would be closing its doors permanently.
Fivie Gunn with new Gunn’s owner Jon Hochman. (Bernie Gunn is away for the winter.)
By MYRON LOVE Gunn’s Bakery, western Canada’s oldest, continuous, family-owned bakery is under new management. Fivie and Bernie Gunn have passed the torch to a new, younger owner in the person of Jon Hochman.
(l-r): Dr. Aviva Goldberg, (Director, Canadian Society of Transplantation), Adas Yeshurun Herzlia Rabbi Yossi Benarroch, kidney recipient Marshall Miller and kidney donor Naama Miller
By MYRON LOVE Readers may be familiar with the Red Cross slogan – “It’s in you to give” – in its efforts to encourage more blood donations. The same thought can be applied to organ donations.
(l-r): Misha, Shoshana, and Shai Cook-Libin holding Duke of Edinburgh Silver certificates. (Shoshana was a winner in a previous year.)
By MYRON LOVE
The annual Duke of Edinburgh Awards is an international program that provides incentives to young people to develop well-rounded personalities through a combination of participation in sports, nurturing different skills, embarking on adventure and giving back to their communities. On November 15 this year, about 25 young Manitobans presented themselves at the Lieutenant-Governor’s residence for presentation of their Duke of Edinburgh Awards. Among them were Gray Academy Grade 12 student Jenna Bravo and former Gray Academy students Misha and Shai Cook-Libin.
Sign in front of the project with artist's rendering of the finished development
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 For the second time in its history the Winnipeg Board of Jewish Education has sued the parents of children who had been attending Gray Academy for non-payment of tuition.
At right, at the Rady JCC AGM, Ben Haid receives a certificate from outgoing Rady JCC executive director Gayle Waxman in recognition of Ben’s 15 years of service at the Rady JCC.
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.
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”.
Jewish Federation President Laurel Malkin (right) presents a certificate to Federation CEO Elaine Goldstine on the occasion of Elaine’s 25th year of service to the Federation.
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).
Now here's something you won't likely read again for quite some time, if ever: The first baby of 2019 in Winnipeg was born early Tuesday, January 1, to two Jewish Winnipeg doctors.
By BERNIE BELLAN
By BERNIE BELLAN
By BERNIE BELLAN
