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By MYRON LOVE Lindsay Kerr, Winnipeg’s Hillel director, is happy to report that this year’s ninth Shabbat UnPlugged, held on the weekend of January 9-11, attracted...
Our beloved matriarch, Lillian Mostow, passed away peacefully at 99 years of age at the Simkin Centre, where she had received exemplary care for more than...
Jean Shirley Kopstein passed away peacefully, a month shy of her 92nd birthday, with her three devoted children by her side.Known to her family as Shaney,...
Cathy passed away quietly on February 7th surrounded by family after fighting an admirable fight. She is survived by her husband Sheldon, daughters Cheryl (Mike), Jennifer...
It is with great sadness that the family of Fay Rykiss announce her passing on December 6th, 2025.She turned 98 years old on November 15th and...
At peace and surrounded by love Sandra Peterson passed away on January 30th at St Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg.Left to remember Sandi are her children Eric...
(JTA) — An Illinois congresswoman who is running for U.S. Senate said during a debate Thursday night that she believed Israel committed a genocide in Gaza,...
(JTA) — Isaiah Zagar, the famed Jewish mosaic artist whose shimmering, kaleidoscopic installations transformed streets and buildings across Philadelphia and founded the city’s Magic Gardens, has...
(JTA) — South Africa will not participate in this year’s Venice Biennale following a dispute between its culture ministry and the artist it had selected, whose...
There’s a joke in Blazing Saddles, about an event that took place several thousand years ago, that maybe hasn’t aged so well. It’s in the scene...
At any moment, an alert might pop up about a catastrophic world event. Maybe Israel has bombed Iran, or Iran has bombed Israel. Maybe the U.S....
Gamification is one of the trends in modern game development. The technology allows players to interact with in-game elements and complete various tasks to earn additional...
Actor Allen L. Rickman, known best for his appearance in the dybbuk scene opening of the film A Serious Man, gives you his take on Josh...
(JTA) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky withdrew her endorsement of a congressional candidate in a neighboring Illinois district on Thursday, citing the AIPAC pro-Israel lobby as a...
(JTA) — Speaking from Washington, D.C., on Thursday, the president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, Eric Fingerhut, laid out his assessment of...
The first hearing held as part of a federal investigation into how the Trump administration has sought to counter campus antisemitism turned into a showdown between...
When Donald Trump won the 2024 election, promising to bring peace to the Middle East, the open question was whether he would deliver a credible plan...
(JTA) — Israel’s highest court has delivered a unanimous rebuke to state and municipal authorities over long-stalled plans to upgrade the Western Wall’s egalitarian prayer section,...
I know that for many in our community, the name of Reverend Jesse Jackson evokes a complicated history. Yet when I received the news of Jackson’s...
The New York theater world has been enriched in recent years by small companies of artists who are Russian-born and work from a Russian sensibility, though...