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Oscar Antel By MYRON LOVE Growing up in Winnipeg, Oscar Antel recalls, Yiddish was the every day language of our community. And, while there are few...
Alan Slusky By MYRON LOVE In his practice of psychology, Dr. Alan Slusky cites his late father, Irvin Slusky, as his role model. “My father was...
screenshot taken from Avi Posen’sLimmud presentation on March 6when he discussed how much young people are wedded to social media By BERNIE BELLAN Elsewhere on this...
Winnipeg’s two largest congregations, Shaarey Zedek, and Etz Chayim, have announced that they are taking similar approaches to reopening, even though the Province of Manitoba has...
By BERNIE BELLAN The Jewish Federation has been accepting donations on behalf of Ukrainian Jews. As of Friday, March 18, the Federation had received $150,000 in...
Avi & Illana Posen,with newborn Lielle By BERNIE BELLAN In 2019 former Gray Academy educator Avi Posen, along with his wife, the former Illana Minuk, made aliyah...
clockwise from top left:Beit AmHSBA Gardens Shalom Gardens Rosh Pina Housing Co-op Three have had open and fair admission policies throughout their histories, but now there...
Naomi Ragencover of her latest novel By BERNIE BELLAN The following information is taken from Naomi Ragen’s website: “Naomi Ragen is an American-born novelist, playwright and...
clockwise from top left:Abby Flackman, Ian Baruch Evelyn Orlovitz By MYRON LOVE It is a healthy sign when an organization – such as the Jewish Federation...
In recent issues of The Jewish Post & News we’ve been debating whether the Simkin Centre needs to remain a fully kosher facility. Following are a...
4 new Queen’s Counsel appointeesclockwise from top left: Brenlee Carrington Trepel, Jonathan Kroft, Leilani Kagan, Richard Buchwald Honorary Title Recognizes Exceptional Merit in Law Profession: Goertzen...
Greg Brodsky Z”L By BERNIE BELLAN The news of the passing of legendary lawyer Greg Brodsky has already been well reported in various news media.But, aside...
Haskel Greenfield By MARTIN ZEILIG Haskel Greenfield has spent a good deal of his professional life as an archeologist attempting to uncover the mysteries of the...
Gustavo Zentner By MYRON LOVE You might say that community involvement is part of Gustavo Zentner’s DNA. The new president of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg...
Educator Dina Raihman By BERNIE BELLAN In our August 17, 2019 issue we featured an article by Rebeca Kuropatwa about a program that had been in...
Allan Cheskes Introduction: With this story we begin what has become an annual tradition, which is to preview some of the speakers who will be presenting...
Sam Slutchuk By BERNIE BELLAN When Sam Slutchuk was still a student at Gray Academy – five years ago, he developed a keen interest in working...
By BERNIE BELLAN With the decision by the provincial government to require online learning in all classrooms for students from K-12 from January 10-14, Gray Academy...
Harvey Secter/Robert Silver Two well-known members of Winnipeg’s Jewish community were among 135 Canadians to be appointed to the Order of Canada last week.
By BERNIE BELLAN With the rapid spread of the Omicron variant it comes as no surprise that many local synagogues have taken a proactive approach to...