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Lifelong Yiddish advocate Oscar Antel celebrates 99th birthday

Oscar Antel

By MYRON LOVE Growing up in Winnipeg, Oscar Antel recalls, Yiddish was the every day language of our community. And, while there are few Yiddish speakers left here now, Antel, who recently celebrated his 99th birthday, has devoted much of his life to honouring the memory of his forebears in working to preserve our ancestral language (for those of us whose origins are in eastern Europe) as a living language.

Read more: Lifelong Yiddish advocate Oscar Antel celebrates 99th birthday

For Dr. Alan Slusky, building relationships is an essential part of psychology practice

Alan Slusky

By MYRON LOVE In his practice of psychology, Dr. Alan Slusky cites his late father, Irvin Slusky, as his role model.
“My father was a lawyer,” he notes. “He taught me the importance of building relationships with people. For me, that is an essential element of my work.”

Read more: For Dr. Alan Slusky, building relationships is an essential part of psychology practice

Roger Lyons: following in the family tradition of great physicians

Roger Lyons

By GERRY POSNER The Lyons name is well known in Manitoba, particularly in the medical field. Just think: Dr. Ruvin Lyons, his son Dr. Ted Lyons, Dr. Ben Lyons and his son Dr. Roger Lyons - all physicians. That is quite a family medical history. Many readers will recall Ruvin Lyons as the go-to guy as an obstetrician; Ted as a world renowned radiologist and a pioneer in ultrasound; Ben Lyons, Winnipeg’s first cardiologist and the man who established the stress test for cardiac patients in Winnipeg; and Roger, listed in “America’s Top Doctors from 2000 to the present” for his work in hematology. Now that is serious talent. And I suppose you would not be surprised to learn that they are related. Ruvin and Ben were first cousins.

Read more: Roger Lyons: following in the family tradition of great physicians

Avi Posen to discuss “Engaging the Next Generation of Jews Through Media” at Limmud

Avi & Illana Posen,
with newborn Lielle

By BERNIE BELLAN In 2019 former Gray Academy educator Avi Posen, along with his wife, the former Illana Minuk, made aliyah to Israel, where Avi began working for an organization know as “Open Dor Media” and Illana began a four year medical program at the Technion in Haifa. (You can read about Avi’s work with Open Dor Media at http://jewishpostandnews.ca/15-news/the-cms/537-how-former-gray-academy-instructor-avi-posen-came-to-take-a-central-role-in-offering-online-education-for-jewish-schools.)

Read more: Avi Posen to discuss “Engaging the Next Generation of Jews Through Media” at Limmud

Martin Silvert is a Barbra Streisand superfan

Martin Silvert

By MYRON LOVE When Martin Silvert says that he “should have been a show business journalist”, the lifelong Winnipegger isn’t kidding. He reports that he has 1100 movies on his shelves.
“Oscar night is sacred to me,” he says. I have so far watched every single show since 1962 without missing one.”

Read more: Martin Silvert is a Barbra Streisand superfan

Morley Greene: Trez Capital is Trés Terrific

Morley Greene

By GERRY POSNER “Serendipity” is how Morley Greene describes what has brought him success in life. Perhaps he’s right, but I concluded, after chatting with him and reading articles about him - the most recent one in the Toronto Globe and Mail, that it was more than serendipity that has given Morley the life that he has now at age 81.

Read more: Morley Greene: Trez Capital is Trés Terrific

The debate over whether Jewish seniors' homes need to be fully kosher

Jewish seniors foodIn recent issues of The Jewish Post & News we've been debating whether the Simkin Centre needs to remain a fully kosher facility. Following are a number of different letters that were published in the Feb. 16 issue of the print edition, followed by an article that ran in Tablet magazine in 2019 which examined the increasing number of Jewish seniors' homes in the US that have gone non-kosher:

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Dear Dad...Julius Morry says his son Jeffrey taught him that heirlooms are all about familial love.

Julius & Jeffrey Morry
Photograph by Skye Spence

By JEFFREY MORRY “Can you tell where it was broken?” This was a common refrain from you throughout my childhood. In 1970, when I was nine, you left your job as a hospital administrator in Winnipeg with plans for our family to relocate to Los Angeles. But the Byzantine paperwork and looming bills for a family of six made you realize that staying in Canada and turning a hobby into a job made the most sense.

Read more: Dear Dad...Julius Morry says his son Jeffrey taught him that heirlooms are all about familial love.

Greg Brodsky through the years in the pages of The Jewish Post & News

Greg Brodsky Z"L

By BERNIE BELLAN The news of the passing of legendary lawyer Greg Brodsky has already been well reported in various news media.
But, aside from his numerous contributions to jurisprudence Greg Brodsky was someone who contributed a great deal of his his time to a myriad of Jewish organizations.

Read more: Greg Brodsky through the years in the pages of The Jewish Post & News

The 1970 girls: the terrific ten

Celebrating a birthday - Covid style
April, 2020 Top row l-r: Jackie (Rosen Nash)
Michelle Golfman, Marni (Fingold) Miller,
Jill (Margolis) Atnikov. Middle row:
Davina (Muchnik) Golden, Lisa (Golfman) Kroft,
Lisa (Hamburg) Weidman, Jodi Hyman. Bottom row:
Samantha Zimberg, Allison (Hyman) Axelrod.

By GERRY POSNER I have always thought I was privileged to have grown up when and where I did, but I have learned that my children’s generation has also been imbued with this same feeling. In particular, I refer to 10 girls, now women, all born in 1970, who are all now just past 50, and who share this same sentiment. Their story almost makes one cry for a time gone by.

The ladies are: Jill (Margolis) Atnikov, Allison (Hyman) Axelrod, Davina ( Muchnik) Golden, Michelle Golfman, Jodi Hyman, Lisa (Golfman) Kroft, Marni (Fingold) Miller, Jackie (Rosen) Nash, Lisa (Hamburg) Weidman, and Samantha ( Zimberg) Adelman.

Read more: The 1970 girls: the terrific ten

Honorary Doctorate fitting cap to cantorial career of Herschel Fox

Herschel Fox

By MYRON LOVE Many readers of a certain age will no doubt have fond memories of Herschel Fox. In the 55-plus years since he left Winnipeg, he has built a notable career as both a chazzan and an entertainer – and he says that he has loved every minute of it.

Read more: Honorary Doctorate fitting cap to cantorial career of Herschel Fox

Four members of Jewish community appointed as Queens’s Counsel by Manitoba Government

4 new Queen's Counsel appointees
clockwise from top left:
Brenlee Carrington Trepel,
Jonathan Kroft, Leilani Kagan,
Richard Buchwald

Honorary Title Recognizes Exceptional Merit in Law Profession: Goertzen (January 25, 2022)  The Manitoba government has appointed 11 Manitoba lawyers as Queen’s counsel to recognize their extraordinary contributions to the practise of law, Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced today. Among the 11 appointees are four members of the Jewish community:

Read more: Four members of Jewish community appointed as Queens’s Counsel by Manitoba Government

Limmud preview: Famous novelist Naomi Ragen to discuss situation of Haredi Orthodox women

Naomi Ragen
cover of her latest novel

By BERNIE BELLAN The following information is taken from Naomi Ragen’s website: “Naomi Ragen is an American-born novelist, playwright and journalist who has lived in Jerusalem since 1971. She has published eleven internationally best-selling novels, and is the author of a hit play, ‘Women’s Minyan’, that has been performed more than 500 times in Israel’s National Theatre as well as in the United States and Argentine.

Read more: Limmud preview: Famous novelist Naomi Ragen to discuss situation of Haredi Orthodox women

New Jewish Federation staff members mix of native-born Winnipeggers, new immigrants

clockwise from top left:
Abby Flackman, Ian Baruch
Evelyn Orlovitz

By MYRON LOVE It is a healthy sign when an organization – such as the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg – can continue to attract new and enthusiastic staff members. Such is the case with the Federation’s three latest hires – and a diverse trio they are: Abby Flackman, Ian Baruch, and Evelyn Orlovitz.

Read more: New Jewish Federation staff members mix of native-born Winnipeggers, new immigrants

Four seniors’ apartment buildings connected to the Jewish community were built in a 20-year period in Winnipeg

clockwise from top left:
Beit Am
HSBA Gardens
Shalom Gardens
Rosh Pina Housing Co-op

Three have had open and fair admission policies throughout their histories, but now there are questions about how Shalom Gardens accepts new applicants

By BERNIE BELLAN There have been several periods in the history of Winnipeg’s Jewish community that saw bursts of construction activity of different sorts.
Perhaps the most notable period was the post-war era following World War II when, in no particular order, the community saw the building within a ten-year period of: the Shaarey Zedek, Rosh Pina, Adas Yeshurun (and Herzlia Academy), and Talmud Torah synagogues, along with the YMHA on Hargrave, Talmud Torah and I.L. Peretz schools, Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate, and Ramah Hebrew School.

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“A Queen to the Rescue” tells the story of Henrietta Szold

Henrietta Szold - founder of Hadassah
cover of the children's book
which is also a
PJ Library selection

By IRENA KARSHENBAUM There has been renewed interest recently in the life of Henrietta Szold, whose name is not as well known as it should be given that she saved 11,000 children from perishing in the Holocaust and improved the lives of millions of people.

Read more: “A Queen to the Rescue” tells the story of Henrietta Szold

Two murders of two Jewish Winnipeggers – one in 1913 and one in 1928 Could they have been eerily connected?

Left: David & Sarah Feinstein
Sarah was murdered in her bed in 2013.
Right: Ruven (or Robert) Cohen
Ruven was murdered in Saskatchewan in 1928.
His body was tied to the saddle of his horse.

By BERNIE BELLAN The story you’re about to read started off in one direction – then, following a phone call I received Tuesday evening, January 25, took a completely different – and frighteningly eerie direction.
My original story was going to be about a new book that is about to be launched titled “The End of Her”. The book’s author, Wayne Hoffman, is someone who first came to my attention, and subsequently the attention of our readers, in 2015 when he sent me a tantalizingly provocative email whose subject was the long-ago murder of his great-grandmother, Sarah Feinstein.

Read more: Two murders of two Jewish Winnipeggers – one in 1913 and one in 1928 Could they have been eerily...

New book about sensational 1913 murder of young Winnipeg Jewish mother about to be released

cover of "The End of Her"
author Wayne Hoffman

By BERNIE BELLAN In November 2016 we received a very interesting email from someone by the name of Wayne Hoffman. As it turned out, Wayne was the executive editor of Tablet magazine, an online Jewish magazine, from which we’ve run stories from time to time.

Read more: New book about sensational 1913 murder of young Winnipeg Jewish mother about to be released

New Jewish Federation of Winnipeg President has strong business, diplomatic background

Gustavo Zentner

By MYRON LOVE You might say that community involvement is part of Gustavo Zentner’s DNA. 

The new president of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg – who originally hails from the city of Corrientes in northeastern Argentina – notes that his great-grandfather –

Read more: New Jewish Federation of Winnipeg President has strong business, diplomatic background

In new book, well-known psychologist argues that autism is grossly over-diagnosed

book cover
author Shoshana Levin Fox

Book review by TOBY KLEIN GEENWALD Dr. Shoshana Levin Fox has authored a book that will hold you spellbound. Section I is titled “Children.” These first eight chapters are the stories of Jack, Sasha, Annie and others (all the children’s names used are pseudonyms) – children who came into the Feuerstein Institute after having been diagnosed as autistic. They exited with new hope, not only for themselves, but for their parents, who were usually devastated by their children’s diagnoses and needed their own emotional propping up.

Read more: In new book, well-known psychologist argues that autism is grossly over-diagnosed

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