Usually when I write my column in The Jewish Post & News titled “Short takes,” I focus on one or two themes. This time, I’m departing...
By BERNIE BELLAN The hiring of Jeff Lieberman as the new CEO of the Jewish Federation got me to thinking about how long I’ve been with...
By BERNIE BELLAN Our March 20 print issue represented the largest Passover issue we have published in many years. I’m grateful for the continued support The...
By BERNIE BELLAN The story within the Jewish world that, of late, has been crowding out almost every other story of particular interest to Jews has...
By BRYAN SCHWARTZ Shlomo Karhi, Minister of Communications, the other day sent a Purim-time message to Israeli reserve soldiers who are protesting against judicial reform, even...
By BERNIE BELLAN I’ve been writing about Jewish population trends in Winnipeg for many years now, but never more so since the 2016 census produced wildly...
By MYRON LOVE We who grew up as part of the postwar “baby Boom” generation have lived in what could be described as an ahistorical time. ...
By BERNIE BELLAN The juxtaposition of two stories on this website – about the death of Jim Carr and the appointment of Anita Wortzman as the...
By Bernie Bellan While there is no doubt that antisemitism is the issue of paramount concern to Jewish communities around the world, there is no shortage...