By MYRON LOVE St. John’s High School has a rich and storied history in the annals of our Jewish community. The North End institution is one...
Intrduction: Recently we received an email from David Walker, whose father, Jack Walker, died in 1994 at the age of 56. Jack Walker was a well-known...
By MYRON LOVEIt started out with two cousins – Drs. Eric and David Vickar, who hadn’t seen each other in a while deciding to meet halfway...
By MYRON LOVE While it has often been said that you can’t go home again, Joyce Kerr proves you can. After 35 years working in our...
By BERNIE BELLAN Longtime volunteer – and successful businessman Jeff Lieberman was the surprise choice to be the next CEO of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg....
By MYRON LOVE Rainbow Stage, Canada’s only summer musical theatre in a park, has since its earliest days, had a strong connection to our Jewish community....
Introduction: As has been our custom over the years, we present previews of various Fringe shows that feature Jewish performers (or writers) – some from Winnipeg, some...
Cantor Gerry Daien passed away at the age of 94 on Thursday June 22, 2023. He was surrounded by Peril, his wife of 72 years, and...
On 29 June 2023, Sally Singer died at the age of 101. Sally was the eldest of four Fink siblings who were the oldest known holocaust...
Sadly, on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, at 102 years young, Geraldine “Gerry” Baker, our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, peacefully passed away in her sleep at...
By BERNIE BELLANIt’s often hard to remember the full slate of activities that Winnipeg synagogues used to offer pre-Covid…and pre-Zoom.But, back in 2016 Etz Chayim Congregation...
By BERNIE BELLAN July 8, 2023 In an email sent out by Jewish Federation of Winnipeg President Gustavo Zentner on Thursday, July 6, Zenter announced that...