By MYRON LOVE Jewish participants in this year’s 106th annual Winnipeg Music Festival (March February 26-March 17) reaped a bountiful harvest of awards. Of the Jewish...
By BERNIE BELLAN When’s the last time two Jewish athletes received widespread recognition on the sports pages of the Winnipeg Free Press on the same day?In...
By MYRON LOVE Growing up in democratic countries in Western society, we are fortunate to be able to go about our lives oblivious to potential danger....
The Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada is pleased to announce that our 2024 Sol and Florence Kanee Lecturer will be Mike Fegelman, Executive Director and...
By BERNIE BELLAN Hadera Short has been dancing since the age of three. In an April 2022 story we wrote that Hadera told “The Jewish Post...
By GERRY POSNER The name Isenstein is one familiar to many Winnipeggers, particularly for those who remember the late Sheppy and Hannah Isenstein . Sheppy Isenstein...
Jewish Life and Times: A Collection of Essays Volume X Review by MARTIN ZEILIG This soft covered collection of interesting and even entertaining essays, which are...
By MYRON LOVE Last fall, the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg signed onto Israel Connect, an online initiative that brings together community volunteers with Israeli teens seeking...
By BEN CARR Like so many Canadians, it pains me day after day to watch the ongoing crisis unfold in the Middle East. From the horrific...
By BERNIE BELLAN (Posted March 6, 2024) In October 2022 an art history teacher by the name of Erika Lopéz Prater was fired from her position...
Online gambling has grown in popularity around the globe in recent years. While many jurisdictions have legalized land-based gambling, it hasn’t applied to online platforms. Nonetheless,...
By BERNIE BELLAN As the war in Gaza drags on Jews are finding themselves coming under regular threats in a myriad of locations around the world....