When Arthur Liffmann was 17, his friends called his 1982 Pontiac J2000 the “Chai-mobile.” The vehicle earned the moniker because the aspiring singer used to play and re-play his Chai cassette and sing along at the top his lungs while driving.
Book review by JOSEPH LEVEN
Did ancient Rome exist? What about Athens and the Greek states? Was there a Second Temple? What kind of questions are these? The answers are obvious, as the physical evidence still exists in abundance. Now how about the Exodus from Egypt? Where is the evidence of the ten plagues or the 40 years in the desert?
By CHARLES (CHUCK) FAIMAN
No, this is not about the war of ’67. This is about a different success story.
Wednesday, March 14 – The Gray Academy of Jewish Education junior varsity boys “AAA” basketball team has won the provincial championship for the second year in a row.
By BERNIE BELLAN
In our March 14 issue we reported on a controversial panel discussion which had taken place at the University of Winnipeg on Feb. 28 (also Erev Purim).
By MYRON LOVE and BERNIE BELLAN
There has been a hitch in the delivery of fresh kosher meat in our community. Less than a week after two locations were supposed to begin selling fresh kosher meat, one - Miller’s Meats at Grant and Kenaston – has withdrawn from the program.
By BERNIE BELLAN
Solly Dreman is an individual about whom we’ve written many times in this newspaper.
By BERNIE BELLAN
On March 10 we received an email from someone in England by the name of Graham Finch. Here is what Graham wrote:
By HELENA KAUFMAN
Winnipeg audiences can delight in a talking tour by renowned Canadian-born historian, author, speaker and Professor of History at the University of Toronto and at Oxford: Margaret MacMillan.
By BERNIE BELLAN
Six young Israelis – representing the hugely diverse mix of ethnic backgrounds that make up that country, were in Winnipeg on March 21st as part of the ongoing efforts of the organization known as StandWithUs to reach out to students on university and college campuses in attempting to convey a positive image of Israel.
Meet Yitzchak Abuchatzeira. Yitzchak works for the Department of Youth at Risk (Kidum LeNoar) in Jerusalem with young adults from the Bratzlaver community. The ones that find their way to him are not in school, often living in the streets, and without parental guidance.
By BERNIE BELLAN
Gen. (Res.) Doron Almog is one of Israel’s greatest living heroes. Perhaps best known as the first paratrooper commander to land at Entebbe in 1976 during Israel’s rescue operation there, he also gained renown for his lead role in Operation Moses, which brought thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel in the 1980s.
