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By BRIAN M. GILFIX Cote Saint-Luc, Quebec September 18, 2023 I have read with interest in various past issues of the JP&N (Sept. 16 and 20,...
By BERNIE BELLAN In the September 27 print edition of The Jewish Post & News I wrote an article showing how much inflation has had a...
By BERNIE BELLAN (Originally published Sept. 25 in The Jewish Post & News)The storm that erupted over the revelation that a former member of a Ukrainian...
By MARLA BERCHARD (née GUBERMAN)In August 1972, I was three months shy of my eighteenth birthday when I was selected by a panel to be the female...
For years, best friends Shannon Golding and Susie Freedman Tapper had talked about going into business together. Almost three years ago, it finally happened.The impetus behind...
By RON CSILLAGAs an artist herself, Yvonne Singer can well appreciate the esthetic merits of the open-air monument to Swedish Second World War hero Raoul Wallenberg...
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 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...