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By BERNIE BELLAN The last (November 20) issue of the Jewish Post had as an insert a regular publication of the Simkin Centre called the “Simkin...
By MYRON LOVE Mindy (Hershfield) Zabenskie has once again proven the old adage that it’s never too late to try something new.Last August, the retired office...
By MYRON LOVE On November 9 and 10, our Jewish community commemorated the 87th anniversary of Kristallnacht – the Night of Broken Glass – the infamous...
By MYRON LOVE Despite the impression given by certain biased media, Canadian Jewry has many friends from outside our community. On the one hand, there are...
By MYRON LOVE In “Casablanca”, one of my favourite movies, the hero – after sending off to safety the woman he loves with another man and...
By MYRON LOVE In these stressful times – where levels of antisemitism in words and deeds have – since October 7, 2023 – reached levels that...
By GERRY POSNER How does a kid from the corner of Oak Street and Fleet Avenue in the south end of Winnipeg come to be one...
We received an interesting message from someone by the name of Michal Laufer, who wrote that he was “Communications Director for Livnot U’Lehibanot — an Israel-based...
By MYRON LOVE “The place we call home,” observed Bruce Sarbit, “ – shtetl, town, city, country – is essential to who we are. We endow...
By MYRON LOVE On October 12, 2000, the Jewish Child and Family Service (JCFS) invited Holocaust survivors in our community to attend an information session at...
By GERRY POSNER Recently I learned of an event that just occurred in Kansas City, Missouri. It was an unusual event in that it was a...
By MYRON LOVE Who knew that Buddy the Elf – the central character in the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre’s upcoming production of “Elf the Musical,” which...
By MYRON LOVE The past year has been a time of renewal with the unveiling of new – or substantially renovated – buildings for our two...
By MYRON LOVE Local author Harriet Zaidman’s new novel, “What Friends Are For” – which is scheduled to be launched Thursday, November 20 at 7:00 p.m. at...
By MYRON LOVE “We really welcome the decision of Richard Morantz and Sheree Walder to donate $1-million to our ongoing capital campaign,” said Rena Secter Elbaze,...
By MYRON LOVE Ladino was long the spoken language of the Jews from the Iberian peninsula and North Africa just as Yiddish was the day to...
By MYRON LOVE October 5 started out overcast and rainy. The rain – which fortunately stopped just before the Walk for Israel began – didn’t prevent...
By GERRY POSNER I’ve written many times previously about the many Jewish Winnipeggers who found success in psychiatry. Although Winnipeg has turned out an inordinate number...
By BERNIE BELLAN (with files from Myron Love)Former Winnipegger Ezra Glinter, the New York-based son of Nancy and Harry Glinter, is the winner of one of...
By BERNIE BELLAN Gustavo Zentner has played many roles since arriving in Winnipeg from his native Argentina in the late 1990s.In a May 2022 article written...