So - if the 2016 census says that the number of individuals who say their ethnic origin is Jewish has radically declined, is there a possibility the census was actually correct?
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By BERNIE BELLAN
By now, there have been quite a few reports (including in our own paper) suggesting that the most recent Canadian census (2016) has badly undercounted the number of individuals who would regard themselves as Jews - at least by ethnicity, if not by religion. (Note, however: Saying your ethnic origin is Jewish doesn’t necessarily mean that you consider yourself Jewish. It might simply be an observation about your ancestry.)
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By BERNIE BELLAN (with material contributed by the Simkin Centre)
By BELLE JARNIEWSKI
By MYRON LOVE Laurel Malkin, who was elevated to the position of president of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg at the Federation’s AGM on December 7, is wasting no time introducing herself to the community.
By BERNIE BELLAN
By BERNIE BELLAN
By BERNIE BELLAN
The following was submitted by Operation Ezra - a program sponsored by many different organizations which has been bringing Yazidi refugees here since 2015:
By BERNIE BELLAN
By MYRON LOVE
Ed. note: This article was initially written Nov. 17. By Nov. 20, partly as a result of exchanges of information I had with a spokesperson for the WRHA, a decision that had been taken by the WRHA to cancel funding for security at the Simkin Centre as of Nov. 1 has now been postponed until March 31, 2018. This article details the chronology of what happened.
