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By GABRIEL EMMANUEL In 1964 the Beatles were banned from performing in Israel (to the Jewish state’s everlasting shame and embarrassment). Nearly 60 years later a...
By HENRY SREBRNIK We are now three months past the horrific Hamas attack on Israel, and things get worse, not better, as antisemitic activities have grown...
By GERRY POSNER The Guslits name in Winnipeg is widely known. Just scratch a little and you will strike a Guslits descendent. One such Gusilts is...
By BERNIE BELLAN As we near year’s end we are still living through what is arguably the most difficult period in Israel’s history since the War...
By VIRGINIA ALLEN (The Daily Signal) David Newman sent a text to a friend the morning of Saturday, Oct. 7. Something terrible had happened. Word quickly...
By BERNIE BELLAN The Covid pandemic affected all our Jewish organizations, but none more so than the Rady JCC. It’s been a steady road back though...
Our parents had a strong and loving marriage for 56 years and together raised four children.Evelyn is survived by her children: Jim and Mickey Wener, Lynne...
By IRENA KARSHENBAUM In early November, just prior to arriving in Canada from her home in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Ladino singer and songwriter, Nani Vazana, evokes...
By MYRON LOVE I remember many years ago attending a presentation by Simon Wiesenthal, the world’s leading Nazi hunter, during which he made the point that...
Wiseman, Nathan Elliot1944 – 2023Nathan, our beloved husband, Dad, and Zaida, died unexpectedly on December 13, 2023. Nathan was born on December 16, 1944, in Winnipeg,...
On Saturday, December 16, Pnina Simkin, the daughter of Sam and Rachel Simkin, and sister to Jonah and Vered Simkin, celebrated her bat mitzvah at IKAR...
Bill Maher cuts to the chase like no one else. Here’s a link to a segment from the most recent episode of “Real Time with Bill...
By HENRY SREBRNIK Two things are essential for an anti-democratic political movement to succeed: ideological justification by academics and intellectuals, and control of the streets by...
By BERNIE BELLAN Over 500 people had registered to attend the memorial for slain peace activist and former Winnipegger Vivian Silver on Thursday evening, December 14,...
By BERNIE BELLAN At its Annual General Meeting, held December 6, the Jewish Federation reported a surplus of $110,916 for the 2022-23 fiscal year (which ended...
By BERNIE BELLAN Winnipeg-born Brayden Bernstein – a graduate of both Gray Academy and the Asper School of Business, has just completed his latest project: a...
On Thursday, December 7, the Manitoba Legislature Rotunda was the scene for a Chanukah celebration featuring Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew lighting the shamash candle. Approximately 100...
By BERNIE BELLAN The emergence of antisemitism on university campuses on Canada since the Hamas massacre of October 7 has shocked and saddened much of the...
By BERNIE BELLAN On Sunday, November 19, the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada, in cooperation with the Jewish Federation, Westwood Collegiate, and an organization called...
We were alerted to a new online store opened by Val Benevet, who has a strong background in marketing. The store, called SHALOM CUSTOM DESIGNS, is...