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By DAVID TOPPER A Note to the reader: I will preface this story with a remark about me. I often write stories and poems using the...
By MYRON LOVE At the age of 91, Rube Helman remains one of the last of a dying breed: a travelling salesman. It was only two...
By GERRY POSNER When you turn 80, you often start to think about items on your bucket list and your diminishing opportunities to complete your list....
By BERNIE BELLAN I’m sure that I’m not alone in saying that I’ve long had an abiding curiosity about the two mausoleums that are located in...
By BERNIE BELLAN In our August 16 issue I raised a number of questions about the history of the Israel pavilion at Folklorama.Among those questions were:...
By DAVID TOPPER In my previous story in the Jewish Post & News, “Einstein & Johanna: A True Tale of Tragic Comedy,’’ I began by saying...
By IRENA KARSHENBAUM On a foggy December afternoon in 2021, I accidentally stumbled on a fascinating website, The Baron Hirsch Jewish Farmers Community. The golden field,...
By GERRY POSNER From Rupertsland Avenue in Winnipeg in 1953 to Richview Avenue in Toronto in 2023, some 70 years later… that is the quick story...
By DAVID EISENSTADT Fifty-plus years active, and jazz icon Bernie Senensky is still working hard and going strong.That doesn’t begin to describe this notable Canadian Jewish...
By BERNIE BELLAN A few weeks ago I was contacted by a publicist for a publishing company, who asked me whether I’d be interested in obtaining...
By SETH ROGOVOY August 9, 2023 (The Forward) Forward Editor’s note: Robbie Robertson, the lead guitarist and songwriter for the Band died August 9, at the age...
Most peoples have their architectural style, especially when it comes to building holy places. However, the Jewish people, due to numerous persecutions and forced migrations, were...
By MYRON LOVE Zac Weinberg firmly believes that everyone should give back to their community to help the most vulnerable among us if they are able....
By BERNIE BELLAN Recently I was contacted by a publicist for a publishing company who asked whether I’d be interested in reading a book titled “Escape...
Introduction: The recent release of the movie, “Oppenheimer” has generated a renewed interest in the effort that led to the development of the atomic bomb: “The...
By GERRY POSNER From the south end of Winnipeg – an only child born to Morris and Jean Caplan (Gallay) and, after a long marriage to...
Intrduction: Recently we received an email from David Walker, whose father, Jack Walker, died in 1994 at the age of 56. Jack Walker was a well-known...
By MYRON LOVEIt started out with two cousins – Drs. Eric and David Vickar, who hadn’t seen each other in a while deciding to meet halfway...
By BERNIE BELLANIt’s often hard to remember the full slate of activities that Winnipeg synagogues used to offer pre-Covid…and pre-Zoom.But, back in 2016 Etz Chayim Congregation...
By MYRON LOVE Last August, the Jewish Post and News ran a story about budding author Noah Lieberman who had just published his first book –...