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(submitted by B’nai Brith Canada) August 12, 2024 OTTAWA – The Department of Justice on Monday announced the resignation of Birju Dattani from the Canadian Human Rights Commission...
By BERNIE BELLAN I wanted to return to the subject of Dr. Gem Newman’s valedictory address in front of an audience of graduating U of M...
By MYRON LOVE In the first half of the last century, virtually every town and village in North America was home to at least one (and...
By MYRON LOVE Last October 7 began as a normal Shabbat for Shmuel Junger. As usual, the longtime resident of the community of Zufim (population about...
By BERNIE BELLAN What happens when a fringe festival performer, who also happens to be Jewish, doesn’t shy away from voicing their support for Israel? In...
By BERNIE BELLAN Readers of this website may have read an earlier story I posted about a Fringe play titled “THE KID WAS A SPY,” by...
By JONATHAN ROTHMAN (Canadian Jewish News) The Jewish National Fund of Canada is taking the federal minister of national revenue to court over Canada Revenue Agency’s...
We received a request for assistance to help Jo Ann Greisman return to her Winnipeg home from Israel, which is where she had received advanced immunotherapy...
By MYRON LOVE Rabbi Shawn Zell’s newest publication, “Meaningful Mourning: Reflecting on the Life and Death of a Loved One,” is a thought-provoking and comprehesive contemplation...
By MYRON LOVE The first (and last) time that I interviewed Jonathan Strauss for The Jewish Post & News would have been shortly after the then...
By MYRON LOVE Brothers Bradley and Harlan Abells have followed similar paths in their lives. They both attended Brock Corydon School’s Hebrew bilingual program. They are...
By MYRON LOVE When Elena and Konstantin Grinshteyn arrived in Winnipeg in 2006 with their one-year-old daughter, they were warmly welcomed at the airport by a...
By BERNIE BELLAN I’ve been reporting on allocations given to the 12 beneficiary agencies of the Jewish Federation for over 10 years now. I have also...
By GERRY POSNER Many of us undergo transformations of some kind during our lifetimes, but surely one of the most profound changes to occur to anyone...
By ALEX ROSE (CJN) Camp Northland B’nai Brith has a pretty standard operating procedure for emergencies. When a fire or other urgent situation occurs, a siren...
By BERNIE BELLAN When I took a look at at the Fringe Festival shows I was going to be previewing on this website (also in the...
By BECKY CHISICK Past Secretary and President-elect of the Professional Association of Residents and Interns of Manitoba (PARIM), Dr. Matthew Bzura, is a man of courage...
By BERNIE BELLAN As has been my long-time custom, I try to find Fringe shows that feature Jewish performers or playwrights – or, as is sometimes...
By MYRON LOVE As a result of the closure of the South Shore Jewish Community Congregaton in Montreal in December 2021, an historic Torah scroll which...
By BERNIE BELLAN David Matas, expert on human rights and counsel to B’nai Brith Canada, spoke at the Gwen Secter Centre on Thursday, July 11, to...