The following message was received from the Combined Jewish Appeal today (March 18):
Dear Friends,
This year’s annual campaign has focused on increasing donorship to the Combined Jewish Appeal (CJA). As a community, we are proud to have successfully added 274 new donors to CJA.
By MYRON LOVE
Winnipeg’s David Matas, one of the world’s leading human rights activists, was in Ottawa on February 19 to present a submission on Iran to the House of Commons Subcommittee on International Human Rights.
By MYRON LOVE Retirement can be a difficult transition. You suddenly have too much time on your hands and not enough structure to your day.
By MYRON LOVE
Making his third appearance in three months before the newly-formed Winnipeg Friends of Israel on February 24, Kasim Hafeez described Iranian expansionism and Saudi worldwide proselytization as the two greatest threats to world peace.
By BERNIE BELLAN
Every once in a while one hears of a student who is so exceptionally gifted in so many different areas that one wonders whether it can possibly be true.
By MYRON LOVE The Lodz Ghetto (or Littmannstadt Ghetto, as the Nazis called it) - the focus of a photo exhibit that was on display at the Ogniwo Polish Museum Society at 1417 Main Street in North Winnipeg (and which was held over until February 20th) - was the first large ghetto established by the Nazis after their conquest of Poland. At its peak in early 1941,the ghetto housed 200,000 Jews reported Dr. Thomas Lutz, at a public lecture at the Berney Theatre on Wednesday, February 11.
By MYRON LOVE Carol Matas undoubtedly needs little introduction to most readers. She is a top-selling internationally acclaimed author of 45 books for children and young adults. Her best-selling work, which includes three award-winning series, has been translated into over a dozen languages including Spanish, Catalan, Japanese, Taiwanese, Turkish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, German, French, Indonesian, Bulgarian and Russian. For her latest work though, she has taken a different route.
By BERNIE BELLAN
While Limmud attracts presenters of all different stripes, it’s always nice when among those presenters we find a few former Winnipeggers who have made names for themselves in other parts of the world. When those individuals do return to Winnipeg for Limmud you can be sure that some of the people who will turn out to hear them will be old friends and sometimes former students from years past – as well, of course, as relatives.
By MYRON LOVE
“These are tough times for Israel,” says Dick Rothberg. “As Jews, we need to stand together. I want to encourage as many people as possible to visit Israel.”
Jewish Federation CEO Adam Bronstone was caught by surprise on Tuesday, February 3, when a group of Grade 7 Gray Academy students greeted him outside the Federation offices with a card that recognized his status as an "important person" in the community.
Teacher Avi Posen introduced Adam to the students - then he introduced me, saying I was also an "important person". I told the students that Avi was kidding.
By MYRON LOVE For the first time in more than 25 years, Salisbury House is opening a new location outside of Winnipeg. The newest Salisbury House is scheduled to open at Norway House Cree Nation at the end of March with 40 full and part-time staff.
