(JTA) — Wide receiver Julian Edelman was named Most Valuable Player as the New England Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta.
On November 19, when Danielle Margolis begins her ten-day, 100-kilometre trek across the Sahara Desert in Morocco, her mother-in-law, the late Rae Margolis, will be uppermost in her mind.
Back in 2012, husband and wife, Pablo Listingart and Solange Flomin began seriously thinking about leaving Argentina. This, explained Listingart, was “because the political situation and other aspects [that] were degrading. We also wanted to have the experience of living in another country.”
So, the couple began traveling to explore other countries. They went to the U.S., but did not feel it was a good fit. Then, they went to several countries in Europe, but with a similar result.
When the Lethbridge Hebrew Congregation was inaugurated in 1954, the local Jewish community was a vibrant community made up of 64 families.
We live in a new, yet old, reality. It is antisemitism which has resurfaced (though it was never really absent) in more ways and places, more than any of us could have imagined. There is an ongoing and constant battle waged against the forces that spew hatred against Jews, be it in a direct physical manner or often in the propaganda and educational format. The result is that Jews and Jewish organizations are mounting their own campaigns to resist and counter attack this vile prejudice.
(Posted Feb. 3) Reviewed by BERNIE BELLAN
Set in 1905 New York City, “Intimate Apparel” tells the fascinating story of a black seamstress by the name of Esther who is wonderfully gifted at her craft, yet frustrated over her still being single while in her mid-30s.
By BERNIE BELLAN
The board of the Chesed Shel Emes has decided to begin allowing any Jews who have passed on and who wish to be buried in Bet Chaim Mikdash Shalom (which belongs to Temple Shalom) at Chapel Lawn Cemetery to have their bodies prepared in the Orthodox fashion for burial. Until now, only Jews who were to be buried in one of the Jewish cemeteries in the Winnipeg area (or who had expressed a wish to be buried in Israel or other communities that had Jewish cemeteries) have been able to have their bodies prepared for burial at the Chesed Shel Emes.
By BERNIE BELLAN
Thirty-six-year-old Aaron Pfeffer has been training as a judoka since he was six years old. His very first coach was Mark Berger, former Olympic Bronze medalist (1984), also a former PanAmerican Games Gold medalist.
By REBECA KUROPATWA
In 2006, when Michael and Ronit Cantor decided to move to Winnipeg, it was after Michael’s exploratory visit and job opportunity research.
“When I first signed up to be part of the Staff team at Machane Lev, I did not think that we would be having the kind of impact on the Jewish LGBTQ+ community that we have seen,” says 24-year-old Gaston Lopez Ficher, who was a staff member last summer. Machane Lev is a one-week, Jewish overnight camp for children and youth who are both LGBTQ and Jewish.
On Monday, January 7, Lt.-Gov. Janice Filmon presented the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for the Advancement of Interreligious Under-standing to Michel Aziza at a ceremony at Government House that took place with many guests of different denominations, as well as members of the Yazidi community, supporters of Operation Ezra, along with friends and family of Michel Aziza in attendance.
Jerusalem, January 18th, 2019
Moshe Arens passed away this month on January 7. Over the years I heard talks by Arens three times.. The first occasion was years ago at one of our excellent forums in Winnipeg.
