By BERNIE BELLAN In another story posted to this website we put forward the notion that Winnipeg’s Jewish population might be quite a bit smaller than we had previously thought.
Some of the members of the Massad Alumni Choir: Standing: left to right: Adeena Lungen, Joel Braemer, D’Arcy Bruning Haid, Rob Waldman, Pam Appel, Debra Fleishman, Paula MacPherson, Miriam Baron. Seated on couch: left to right: Sharla Chochinov, Cindy Bass, Tracy Goltsman. Seated on floor, left to right: Laura Diamond, Shelley Werner, Janet Froelich.
By MYRON LOVE Miriam Baron and the Camp Massad Choir have chosen to lower the curtain for the last time on the popular choir that has been a regular feature of Winnipeg bar and bat mitzvahs for the past 25 years.
By MARTIN ZEILIG
Captain (Rabbi) Noteh Glogauer confesses that joining the Canadian Armed Forces was not that difficult a decision for him to make.
In fact, one could say it was destiny, or, in Yiddish, “beshert.”
By BERNIE BELLAN
It’s been a year and a half since Rabbi Bill Tepper began serving as rabbi for Temple Shalom Congregation. Like his immediate predecessor, Rabbi Karen Soria, Rabbi Tepper is a “fly-in rabbi”, coming to Winnipeg once a month, when he spends a four-day weekend here.
Considering how much this newspaper has been reporting upon the massive influx of Israelis into Winnipeg in the past 12 years, it should come as no surprise that many of those newcomers to Winnipeg wold be enthused to attend an event tailored precisely to their interests.
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.)
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 (with material contributed by the Simkin Centre)
On Monday, January 9, 2018, The Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre held its annual Centenarian Celebration to honour residents who are 100 years and older.
By BERNIE BELLAN
It’s been a little more than two years since the Federal Liberals became the governing party of Canada’s House of Commons. Jim Carr, the Member for Winnipeg South Centre, is now Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources – a portfolio he has held since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formed his first Cabinet.
By BELLE JARNIEWSKI
Every year, the Freeman Family Foundation Holocaust Education Centre holds events to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
By BERNIE BELLAN
An interesting discussion about the situation of the Jewish population of France took place Wednesday evening, December 6th, at the River Heights Community Centre. Once again, as seems to be the case so often these days, the discussion was organized jointly by Winnipeg Friends of Israel and Bridges for Peace.
