By MYRON LOVE The 11th annual Cancercare Manitoba Foundation Challenge for Life 20KM walk (or 200-minute workout) will take place in Assiniboine Park on Saturday, June 10, and several members of our Jewish community are – once again – among the leading fundraisers.
JCFS Community of Caring Gala Committee (left-right): Elena Grinshteyn, Randee Pollock, Leslie Wilder, Meytal Lavy, Pam Vine, Heather Leonoff, Harriet Zimmer, Sherry Lercher-Davis, Al Benarroch, Einat Paz-Keynan, Shana Menkis, Rietta Floom, Jill Atnikov, Tara Greenberg, Danita Dubinsky-Aziza (Missing from photo: Joanne Grusko, Carli Rossall, Irina Krassovitski) Photo courtesy of Manuel F. Sousa Photography
By BERNIE BELLAN Of all the lousy luck – a gala evening that had been long in the planning happened to coincide with what was, to that point, the most important game in Winnipeg Jets’ history.
It was Game 7 of the Jets-Nashville series. Knowing that many of those who would be in attendance would be checking their phones all during the evening, the decision was made by JCFS gala planners to try to accommodate the many hockey fans who were in attendance at the JCFS “Community of Caring” gala on May 10th. MC Rabbi Matthew Leibl told the almost sold-out Convention Centre crowd that “We have tried to plan this evening so that the main entertainment and the main speeches coincide with intermissions in the hockey game.”
Shaarey Zedek Congregation bade farewell to longtime Rabbi Alan Green and his wife Chaya with a series of events beginning with a gala dinner Thursday, April 26, followed by a special Shabbat service on April 28 that saw participation by Cantors Herschel and Judy Fox.
Manitoba Jewish dentists - members of Alpha Omega Fraternity to be honoured at Negev Gala
On May 29th, 2018 the Jewish National Fund (JNF) will be honouring the Manitoba Chapter of Alpha Omega Fraternity and one of its most distinguished members, Dr. Gerald Niznick.
Members of the Schulman family (l-r): MARLON SCHULMAN (Dara’s brother-in-law), SYLVIA SCHULMAN (Dara’s mother-in-law), DARA HORN, BRENDAN SCHULMAN (Dara’s husband), and PERRY SCHULMAN (Dara’s father-in-law)
By BERNIE BELLAN
Over 250 people were in attendance at the Adas Yeshurun Herzlia Synagogue Sunday evening May 6th as well-known writer Dara Horn gave a talk titled “Eternal Life - Blessing or Curse?” Also prior to Dara’s talk, it was announced that the congregation had successfully raised $1.2 million in its recent fund-raising drive and that the mortgage on the building has been halved.
The Rady JCC float in the 2017 Pride Parade - voted "Best Overall Float"
In June, 2017, members of the Jewish community participated with a float in the annual Pride Parade and were recognized as “Best Overall Float” for the 2017 event.
By BERNIE BELLAN On Wednesday, April 25th, the Canadian Mennonite University played host to a speaker by the name of Rev. Naim Ateek, a Palestinian Anglican priest who has been in Canada as part of a cross-country tour. Rev. Ateek promotes something he describes as “Palestinian Liberation Theology”. “
Pinchas Gutter being presented with Philip Weiss Award by Francie Winograd, daughter of the late Philip Weiss
By BERNIE BELLAN For 13 years every year around this time the Arthur V. Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice at St. Paul’s College presents something called The Winnipeg International Storytelling Festival.
Ed. note: The following copy of a letter sent from the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg to the president of Canadian Mennonite University was received in our office Monday afternoon, April 23. It refers to a decision taken by the Canadian Mennonite University to play host to a contorversial speaker on April 25.
(l-r): Steven SaperSilver, Ed Calnitsky, Sherwood Sharfe, Jeffrey Block
By BERNIE BELLAN Normally, this wouldn’t be the kind of story we’d be writing about in The Jewish Post & News (although Myron Love occasionally writes about something that would be considered a business story).
Consoulation: A Musical Meditation”, Bryan Schwartz’s first stab at musical theatre, has been eight years and more in the making – but its gestation actually goes all the way back to his time studying law at Yale University in the late 1970s.
