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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...
By MYRON LOVE On October 6, Maya Weinrich, a third-year student at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s Medical School for International Health (MSIH), was preparing to...
Carson Mellon, who was one of two youth ambassadors for Shalom Square this past summer, has been appointed Folklorama Ambassador General for 2024.We asked Carson to...
By GERRY POSNER If you want to talk about the North End of Winnipeg – and the many successful products of that area, none “shines” brighter than...
By MYRON LOVE On Wednesday November 15, the Manitoba chapter of the Canadian Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFT Canada) celebrated the 25th National Philanthropy Day –...
By MICHAEL POSNERCopyright @ great untold stories inc.Reprinted with permission Nov 27, 2023I’m not worried about Israel.Israel can — Israel will — look after itself. It...
The Baron: Maurice de Hirsch and the Jewish Nineteenth Centuryby Matthias B. LehmannStanford University Press, 400 pp., $49Reviewed by IRENA KARSHENBAUM In reading Matthias B. Lehmann’s...
Dr. Sidney Fleisher died peacefully at his home on November 4th. He was a loving and adored husband, father, father-in-law, zaida, and great-zaida. He is missed...
On November 21, 2023, 8 Kislev 5784, Ruth Claman, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, daughter, aunt, and mother-in-law, passed away peacefully at her home in...
By ORLY DREMAN Two months have passed since that black Shabbat on Oct. the seventh.When I am walking with my grandchildren and they see photos of...
(JTA) — The “H” in NHL may as well stand for Hughes. Jewish brothers Jack, Luke and Quinn Hughes made hockey history on Tuesday night when...
By BERNIE BELLAN After 71 years of serving as the home for first the Rosh Pina Synagogue, then for the past 21 years as the home...
(JTA) — Throughout Hollywood history, many stars of Jewish ancestry have soft-pedaled that heritage, changing their names or speaking rarely, if at all, about their Jewishness....