June is traditionally the time of year for endings and transitions. It is when universities award honorary degrees (along with graduate and post-graduate degrees, of course) and others are recognized by their peers for outstanding achievement in their fields.
The Jewish Child and Family Service held its Annual General Meeting June 19 in the Berney Theatre.
The 10th anniversary celebration of the Mam-eloshen Festival of Yiddish Entertain-ment and Culture took place during the week of June 17-24, 2018 in the form of four amazing concerts held at the Berney Theatre.
The Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba has made it official. As of April 1, Gady Jacoby, formerly the acting dean, is the Asper School’s new dean (as well as the CPA Manitoba Chair in Business Leadership).
For most people, if you live long enough, you are almost certain to develop some form of dementia. According to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researcher Dr. Deborah Toiber, while the early signs of aged-related brain disease such as Alzheimer’s Disease may first appear in some people as young as 50, those symptoms most often appear after 70 and increase exponentially with age.
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.
General (Retd.) Gabi Ashkenazi has had a long and distinguished career with the Israel Defence Force (IDF).
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
There was an air of anticipation as the almost 1400 attendees who filed into the Club Regent Event Centre on a warm Thursday evening, June 7, took their seats. For the first time ever, the Chai Folk Ensemble was going to be joined onstage by groups representing four different Winnipeg ethnic groups: Rusalka Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, Magdragat Phillipines, The Aboriginal School of Dance, and La Troupe jeunesse de l’Ensemble folklorique de la Riviere-Rouge (Métis).
In addition to the Chai Folk Ensemble singers, audience members were treated to singing by the Yona Choir, Paul Ong, and Ray St. Germain.
The evening also provided an opportunity to honour Tova and Larry Vickar, longtime supporters of so many causes in this province.
For a montage of photos from the concert click on "Read more".
May 29, 2018 – The College of Dentistry has received the largest gift in its history, from Dr. Gerald and Mrs. Reesa Niznick.
