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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...
By SAM MARGOLIS (Canadian Jewish News) Several encampments which have occupied Canadian universities since April have been dismantled, a week after an Ontario Supreme Court granted...
Ed. note: This post was originally published in May, but given recent events in which the president of PARIM (the Professional Association of Residents and Interns...
Vandals have targeted notable Jewish cemeteries in Cincinnati, Ohio and Montreal, Canada, sparking outcry and concern over mounting threats of antisemitism. Vandals at Montreal’s Kehal Yisrael...
As I sat in an anthropology lecture at the University of British Columbia, we debated the question: What is a unifying national identity for Canadians? In...
June 30, 2024 By MICHAEL FRAIMAN (Canadian Jewish News)) When members of Pride of Israel Synagogue in Toronto began showing up for Sunday prayer services on...
By BERNIE BELLAN Each year that the Jewish Foundation releases its Annual Report, I scan the report looking for unusual items. During the course of my...
By MYRON LOVE After 20 years at Gray Academy – and 30 years overall as a teacher, Dr. Sheppy Coodin is retiring – leaving behind many...
By MYRON LOVE It’s not likely that many readers are familiar with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), but it is a condition that Mark and Jennifer Joseph know...
By MYRON LOVE Ariel Karabelnicoff left an indelible mark on our community over the 16 years that he and his wife Grabriela and their daughters lived...