Here's a quiz: The appointment of Dr. Harvey Chochinov to the Canadian Senate marks the fourth appointment of a Jewish Manitoban to that body. Who were the others? (Answer at the end of this article)
Михаил СПИВАК,
Руководитель детского шахм. клуба «Эрудит» Результаты сегодняшних канадских турниров сразу дают представление о наиболее успешных шахматных центрах страны.
(translation of Russian column above) By MICHAEL SPIVAK (Head of the Winnipeg children’s chess club, “Erudite”) The recent results of Canadian tournaments give an idea of which are the most successful chess centers in Canada.
By REBECA KUROPATWA Dealing with telecom service providers can be time consuming and costly, whether that be for personal landlines or cell phones, let alone for small-to-medium-sized businesses or organizations.
By MYRON LOVE Enrolment at Gray Academy stands at 486 this school year, down from last year’s figure of 501. For the Brock Corydon Hebrew Bilingual program, enrolment stands at 210, up from last year’s total of 200.
By BERNIE BELLAN An ongoing theme in this paper of late has been the steady influx of Russian Israelis into Winnipeg.
By REBECA KUROPATWA Sherry Rollins is the first indigenous chair of the Winnipeg School Division. She is also Jewish.
By GERRY POSNER You might say there is a gene for it. How else to explain the serious and significant involvement of the Becker family in the field of medicine and its subsidiaries?
By BERNIE BELLAN On Tuesday, October 18, I attended a town hall sponsored by the Green Party Winnipeg Centre riding association whose subject was the BDS (boycott, sanctions, divestment) movement.
By MYRON LOVE Mariam Bernstein and her daughter, Miranda Baran are eagerly looking forward to appearing together on stage for the first time later this month.
By BERNIE BELLAN In 2014 my wife Meachelle and I had the privilege of attending a Jewish media summit in Jerusalem. The highlight of that summit was seeing both then-President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on stage the same day, albeit at different times.
By BERNIE BELLAN Having arrived here in early September, the new Hebrew University of Jerusalem “Com-munity Ambassadors” to Winnipeg, Shai Josopov and Sigal Klaynerman, bring a fresh vitality to their roles.
