By BERNIE BELLAN
From time to time our esteemed sports writer, Harvey Rosen, has written something about Israeli hockey – either in reference to Israel participating in some hockey competition or another (usually with a mix of players not born in Israel) or Winnipeggers heading over to Israel to participate in a hockey tournament there.
Gray Academy of Jewish Education proudly celebrates the junior varsity (JV) boys’ basketball team for winning the Manitoba High School Athletics Association McDonalds “AAA” provincial championship.
By BERNIE BELLAN
Many members of Winnipeg’s Jewish community attended Garden City Collegiate over the years.
By BERNIE BELLAN
With the rapidly changing face of Winnipeg’s Jewish community as a result of the massive influx of newcomers to this city, one of the questions that has preoccupied us for some time is how well these newcomers are integrating into the existing community?
By BERNIE BELLAN
After a five-year tenure as Dean of the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Michael Benarroch will be leaving Winnipeg to take up a new position at Ryerson University as Provost and Vice-President Winnipeg.
There will be two tribute concerts in memory of the late Jerry Maslowsky, both at the Berney Theatre, April 13 & 14. We've reproduced 2 pages from the March 15 issue of the print edition.
By REBECA KUROPATWA
A story was written by this reporter in the Jewish Post & News back in 2010 about three newcomers who possessed aspirations to lead and thrive in their new home city of Winnipeg.
By HARVEY ROSEN
If readers don’t recognize the name of CAROLYNE LINDNER, she is the daughter of Jill Brandes, who is a former fine columnist with this publication.
By BERNIE BELLAN
(Posted March 7) The CBC Manitoba website today reported on the adversity that a Winnipegger by the name of Omar Kinnarath has encountered since he helped to organize a rally this past Saturday to counter another rally that was being held to criticize a Private Member's Motion in the House of Commons to condemn "Islamophobia". (Updated March 8) We received copies of tweets from Omar Kinnarath's Twitter feed. Those tweets can be seen at the end of this article. Not only is he anti-Semitic, he's a homophobe and a misogynist.
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.
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.”
